I was feeling pretty dejected about the prospect of the media desert in NZ. In Melbourne I felt pretty spoilt: with three independent radio channels - PBS, 3RRR and 3CR - as well as the national tv channel SBS with its internationalist outlook, and a raft of great documentaries on ABC. By comparison, NZ suffers […]
Entries from June 2004
He rawe - Maori Television!
June 16th, 2004 · No Comments
Tags: Aotearoa New Zealand
140km/h gusts - welcome home!
June 4th, 2004 · No Comments
Greeting me on my return to Wellington are some seriously strong winds. News reports of roofing iron torn off, garage doors pummeled and elderly folk lifted Mary Poppins like into the sky.
It’s an elemental sort of place. Gales, downpours, crashing surf, rocky sea shore…. the people stoic, braving what may come. I must try to […]
Tags: Wellington · Travels, whanau, life
