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Public Address 04/09/06 - The Clearing Of Throats

Published: Mon 4 Sep 2006 01:35 PM
PUBLIC ADDRESS 04/09/06 - The Clearing of Throats
B*llsh*t and w*nkers | Sep 04, 2006 10:56
Russell Brown's Hard News
I'm not sure I get Bill Ralston's moment of shame, as breathlessly reported by two Sunday newspapers. During the week, a Herald on Sunday reporter was pursuing a "news" story on an itinerant Auckland man, whose only conventional news value appears to be that he's Ralston's cousin...
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You Scratch Mine | Sep 04, 2006 08:33
David Slack on his own account
David Farrar's monthly statistics are as ever, a telling reflection of contemporary New Zealand life. I see that once again Public Address has kindly delivered large numbers of visitors to his site, and I daresay he will be pleased to stand us a drink in appreciation next time...
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Set Tasers to pun | Sep 03, 2006 13:49
Keith Ng working hard for once
Thanks for all the comments, folks - this is certainly an emotive issue. And fair enough - a device that causes pain should cause some emotional response. But some of the rhetoric is starting to snowball now, and surely, this can only cheapen the debate...
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Making moves, making mischief | Sep 03, 2006 06:16
Jolisa Gracewood in New Haven
What fun to host a virtual book tour; I might have to do that myself one day, when I churn out the book-length version of this question of kiwifying your overseas-born children...
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