Posts by Damian Christie
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So opposite Mediawatch on RadioNZ - a programme that Russell pioneered.
Yeah but it's shit now he's not on it... (kidding)
Fortunately, such are the wonders of the modern age that we live in - I mean we don't have robot dogs that do our laundry or food in pill form (although I did find these pills that keep you going alllll night) - that both Mediawatch and Q+A are viewable via the Interwebs, at one's leisure...
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Funny you should ask, Q+A premieres Sunday week, that's the 22nd I believe, at 9am, on ONE.
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I guess he'll be first on the new Holmes show then? </cheap shot>
I happen to know who'll be the first guests on Q+A, and they should both make for interesting viewing. </plug>
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The future Lord Christie?
Yes indeed - he is *Precisely* who I have in mind in such a vision.
'of course I was terribly drunk at the time'
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My memory is that Lange didn't, though he could've, and James Brendan Bolger most certainly won't lest his Irish cousins sort him out (as well they should).
Both are ONZ though, which is theoretically much cooler, but I guess not when people are introducing you.
Labour gave Jenny Shipley a DCNZM just after they dropped the DNZM that would have seen a Dame Jennifer.
Didn't realise that regarding Shipley - so she's entitled to upsize then under the new deal? I knew I should've checked her (and Brash) out before I wrote it... short of time, and always happy to be corrected :)
And very interesting regarding the popular misconception about Doug Myers knighthood. I see his father had one, maybe there's the source of confusion. But both TVNZ and the NZ Herald seem to have run with the error on various occasions.
I agree about businessmen just getting Knighthoods because they're rich and have served themselves (argument here about contributing to the economy, employment etc) - and I think if these people are recognised it should say "...for services to Sir Robert Jones" and so forth. But that's the thing - these weren't designed as community service awards, they're a way of sorting the rich from the poor, the toffs from the rest of us, the wheat from the chaff. The crazy cat lady who feeds all our neighbourhood strays is probably more deserving (destruction of native fauna aside) of an honour than Michael Fay... not saying much of course.
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Russell Brown and Damian Christie talk to David Malacari, Director of the Auckland Festival; Damian heads along to an opening night featuring Tim Minchin and Ladi6
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Damian Christie meets the team from Wicked Diving, who run an eco-friendly dive operation around the Similan Islands, in Southern Thailand. (Read more at publicaddress.net/cracker)
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Damian Christie tries to interview Madeline, Anji and Priya Sami, together known as the Sami Sisters, performing at Womad this coming weekend.
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...in which Craig Ranapia reviews his thought on the latest graphic novel turned feature film.
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Damian Christie and Simon Pound talk to Isaac Hinden-Miller, creator of fashion-blog 'Isaac Likes'.