Comments on: Someone Else’s Country

By: jessica dk

jessica dk — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:38:23 +0000

http://www.thestandard.org.nz/someone-elses-country/ amazing documentary.

By: Remember this? at The Standard

Remember this? at The Standard — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:57:19 +0000

[...] can find out more about Caygill's sorry record as Minister of Finance in Alister Barry's Someone Else's Country, which is available free on the NZ on Screen [...]

By: 350ppm

350ppm — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:49:39 +0000

Last week was the 40th anniversary of the election in which Roger Douglas was first elected to the NZ Parliament. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Douglas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NZ_Elections

By: Brenda Leeuwenberg

Brenda Leeuwenberg — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:39:48 +0000

If you like this you will probably also enjoy the excellent 1996 series Revolution.

Unfortunately not available to embed, you can watch all 4 parts on NZ on Screen here: http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/revolution-1996/series

By: Rex Widerstrom

Rex Widerstrom — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:13:15 +0000

Excellent, thanks for the heads-up. Now if only someone had an archive of the 1992 ABC “Four Corners” program, covering much the same topic.

In it Winston Peters alleged, amongst other things, that MPs had been taking bribes. A reminder of the furore can be found in the Hansard of his personal explanation.

While some of what Winston said – notably in relation to Selwyn Cushing – was later found to be incorrect, there are still a great many issues rasied in that program by him and by others as to the actions of Michael Fay, David Richwhite and others that have never been adequately answered.

I once had a copy, which I played to public meetings (TVNZ having refused to air the show) but I lost it over the years.

Australia appears not to have a version of NZ on Screen, with broadcasters pretty much left to their own devices with regards to decisions on the preservation of programs. Let’s hope the ABC has that one, and will release it one day.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:18:58 +0000

Great video. Everybody should watch it!

By: Adam Jarvis

Adam Jarvis — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:43:39 +0000

Great video, thanks for posting.

Well worth watching.

By: travellerev

travellerev — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:12:45 +0000

Thanks for that one. Always keen to learn more about NZ politics and it’s history.

By: Pascal's bookie

Pascal's bookie — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:39:29 +0000

heh. I’ve heard similar things about the USSR. And apparently GWB wasn’t a proper conservative, etc.

By: vto

vto — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:37:45 +0000

yes well you see this is the problem with debating something like all of this. There were indeed a few who did some plundering eg. Fay and Richwhite imo. However that was a problem in structuring some things that happenned – they were not carried out as well as they could have been. But that doesnt mean the central idea is not correct or worthy.

By: Alastair Jamieson

Alastair Jamieson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:39:59 +0000

Fresh thinking from Don Brash on how to catch up with Australia? Check out Rob Muldoon at around 4mins into this clip http://bit.ly/7kdWPE