Posts by Terry Baucher
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<i>Nah. But Adams is really out of depth in her new portfolio. They need someone stronger to front this.</i>
I thought Adams was hopeless on Morning Report today. At the very least she could have made some of the points Russell made in his opening few paragraphs
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And for those who quibble about the cost for installing cycleways perhaps a read of this MOT report on the social cost of accidents would be instructive (Note for NZTA reporting purposes my injuries are deemed to be serious as I was hospitalised for three days. Based on the MOT data I think they would be classed as minor but I know the direct ACC costs are some $35,000 to date and climbing).
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For those of a slightly ghoulish persuasion this is a map prepared by Cycle Action Auckland showing 107 cyclist v vehicle crashes along Tamaki Drive between 1 January 2003 and November 2011 (personal note I'm one of the purple flags near Sage Road in Kohimaramara).
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=206432868319884065325.000479a64faf5f12c026f&msa=0
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I'd also like to encourage people to go completely crazy and not only go see O Le Tulafale (The Orator) (if you haven't already - why not?) but buy the DVD, which is due out just in time for discerning Christmas shopping. (Also consider buying Roseanne Liang's wonderful My Wedding and Other Secrets__ -- this year's local rom-com that didn't suck a duck.)
Yes, both are excellent films, particularly The Orator which uses film very well to tell its story.
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The other point that comes to mind is when are the Police going to execute their search warrants? Or is that also something that will be resolved after the weekend?
I stand corrected. Good. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10768152
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And, quite frankly, do think “publish and damn the consequences” is a big part of what’s wrong with tabloid media culture in the UK?
The key word there is "tabloid" and I'd agree with you that there's a problem in the UK but that's not the issue at hand here. You'll also recall that the lawyer for Milly Dowler's family thought any comparison was wrong.
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Hard News: A week being a long time in politics, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
OK Craig, just how do I publish and be damned when I don't have the tape or the transcripts?
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I'd guess not all that high a percentage of the population would actively seek out a recording or transcript hosted offshore
Interesting point, especially when you consider TV3's link to Fairfax and that the HoS has overseas owners. I would have though it would be a simple matter for the transcript to "accidentally" appear overseas.
The other point that comes to mind is when are the Police going to execute their search warrants? Or is that also something that will be resolved after the weekend?
The cynic in me says that no-one in the media wants to press the matter either because they're owned by the Govt (RNZ and TVNZ) or have been bailed out by the Govt (Mediaworks) or just don't want to get offside (HoS). Dispiriting, really particularly as I'm pretty certain what's on the tapes is mostly petty gossip.
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Hard News: A week being a long time in politics, in reply to BenWilson,
Unless the quantum superposition of the privacy of the conversation collapses by someone just hardening up and posting it in its naked glory.
THis is the bit that gets me: it's a scoop in the truest sense of the term yet the HoS asks permission? Whatever happened to "publish and be damned"? Can you imagine the British or Aussie press being so pusillanimous in a similar situation? It's a political meeting held in full view to decide who gets to control $75 billion a year in spending and that's private? WOnder who it was who didn't include a "public interest" defence?
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Rich, that' Gold, thanks.