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180 Seconds: Of Boobs and Bikes
In which Craig Ranapia argues that 'let those who ride decide' should apply to bras, as well as to helmets.
Last post by Damian Christie at 11:55AM, 25 Aug 2008 -
180 Seconds: The Super-Dense Mass of Stupid
Craig Ranapia ponders the media Olympics and looks forward to the debut of the Large Hadron Collider.
Last post by Craig Ranapia at 12:36PM, 18 Aug 2008 -
PA Radio: Silver Scrolls and golden tunes
APRA general manager Ant Healey talks to Damian Christie about this year's Silver Scroll awards and the fact that two of this year's finalists also…
Last post by Russell Brown at 11:12AM, 15 Aug 2008 -
PA Radio: The Foreign Correspondent is here
Damian Christie talks to Kerri Ritchie, the ABC's New Zealand correspondent, about reporting us for the Australians.
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:24AM, 14 Aug 2008 -
180 Seconds: A Down Low Valentine to Dubya? No ...
Craig Ranapia can't get behind the "real moral complexity" theory on The Dark Knight.
Last post by Craig Ranapia at 05:03PM, 6 Aug 2008 -
PA Radio: Jeff Cole of the World Internet Project
The World Internet Project began a decade ago as an effort to understand how the internet was changing us all. It takes a further step…
Last post by Russell Brown at 09:39AM, 29 Jul 2008 -
180 Seconds with Craig Ranapia: Winston's Got a Little List
A while back, I suggested Winston Peters could have a brilliant post-politics career treading the boards as swell-egant shyster Billy Flynn in Chicago. I miscast…
Last post by Craig Ranapia at 12:40PM, 28 Jul 2008 -
PA Radio: The Museum's secrets revealed
Damian Christie peeks behind the curtain at Auckland Museum's Secrets Revealed: The Backstage Mysteries of Your Museum, with museum director Dr Vanda Vitali as his…
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:09AM, 24 Jul 2008 -
PA Radio: Craig Ranapia -- Men in Tights and Other Delights
In 1950, the Japanese Government began to designate certain individuals or groups who were "bearers of important intangible cultural assets" as “living national treasures”. I’d…
Last post by Craig Ranapia at 08:13AM, 22 Jul 2008 -
PA Radio: Alister Barry and The Hollow Men
First there were the emails, then the book and the stage play -- now, __The Hollow Men__ the documentary is poised for its world premiere…
Last post by Russell Brown at 11:33AM, 17 Jul 2008 -
PA Radio: Florian Habicht
Director Florian Habicht talks about his latest venture into unexpected film-making: Rubbings from a Live Man, his "intimate documentary" of the unique theatre producer and…
Last post by Russell Brown at 09:16AM, 17 Jul 2008 -
PA Radio: The Science Media Centre
Peter Griffin, the founding manager of the Science Media Centre, talks to Russell Brown about the agency's aim to support and improve media coverage of…
Last post by Russell Brown at 09:07AM, 17 Jul 2008 -
PA Radio: Pulse of the Nation
Damian Christie talks to Craig Neilson about the new fantasy game from the creators of Telecom Virtual Rugby: this time it's political.
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:46AM, 15 Jul 2008 -
180 Seconds: I Veitch, You Veitch, We All Veitch…
One of the more delightful by-ways of the English language is the study of eponyms — words derived from people’s names. From Beijing to Harrare,…
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:00PM, 14 Jul 2008 -
PA Radio: Ant Timpson
Filmhead Ant Timpson -- never a man to do just one thing at once -- talks about the revival of the Incredibly Strange film festival…
Last post by Russell Brown at 09:19AM, 4 Jul 2008 -
PA Radio: The New Zealand Political Stock Market
Qi-Shan Lim talks to David Slack and Damian Christie about creating New Zealand's first political prediction market.
Last post by Russell Brown at 09:52AM, 1 Jul 2008 -
PA Radio: Spare us the CIRs
Unimpressed with all sides' rhetoric over the smacking referendum, Craig Ranapia holds that the result of the Citizens' Initiated Referenda Act is "nothing more than…
Last post by Robyn Gallagher at 10:26AM, 30 Jun 2008 -
PA Radio: SkyKiwi's Justin Zhang
The co-founder of the Chinese foreign student website SkyKiwi talks about managing nationalistic passions online, and about running SkyKiwi's Australian sibling, Snowpear.
Last post by Russell Brown at 06:30AM, 18 Jun 2008 -
PA Radio: Mark Jennings
3 News chief Mark Jennings discusses his new news website and the challenges and opportunities of the internet for broadcast journalism.
Last post by Russell Brown at 09:41AM, 17 Jun 2008 -
180 Seconds: Sexing Up Maggie
If current polls turn out to be accurate (and I have my doubts), Helen Clark has more pressing concerns that how the world will mark…
Last post by Jan Farr at 09:14AM, 17 Jun 2008 -
PA Radio: Anna Coddington
Anna Coddington talks to Damian Christie about getting serious, her debut solo album, The Lake, and how she really doesn't care if people think she's…
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:32AM, 13 Jun 2008 -
PA Radio: The Internet Ad Lag
Mark Evans, CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, discusses the most recent figures on internet advertising spend in New Zealand, why it has only a…
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:38AM, 12 Jun 2008 -
PA Radio: Justice in a Court of Law
Craig Ranapia looks at the Criminal Procedure Bill and doesn't like what he sees.
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:34AM, 12 Jun 2008 -
PA Radio: Cheese there too
In the last of his reports from Pakistan, Damian Christie visits the Pakistan Dairy Development Company -- and finds it's full of Kiwis.
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:03AM, 10 Jun 2008 -
PA Radio: Jill Marshall on doing it for the kids
Author Jill Marshall talks to David Slack about her decision to offer a residency for an aspiring (or established) children's writer at the Michael King…
Last post by Russell Brown at 10:36AM, 6 Jun 2008