Comments on: Te-henua-e-noho. There once was an island.

By: lprent

lprent — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:51:32 +0000

Cool – thanks for the link. I’ll pass it to Lyn.

I gathered that FIFO was really big in Tahiti from what Lyn was saying about the reception there.

By: lprent

lprent — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:36:35 +0000

Ts: that was just some speculation. You notice that they didn’t refer to anything, papers, studies, organizations… In fact there was just some unfounded speculation from some time ago that made its way into folklore

On the last trip over there, Lyn and Briar took over some earth scientists from Aussie to actually do some measurements.

There is no evidence of tectonic movements. Apart from anything else there isn’t the type of earthquake activity that would be required to move lumps of solid mantle by centrimetres. I do wish some people would start to think about the levels of energy that would be required for their geological fantasies, and how it would express itself.

But there is extensive erosion on the atoll (which is what the idiot CNN reporter was talking about – 2m horizontal rather than vertical). That is most likely a result of the increased storm surges over the last couple of decades, plus the centrimetres of current sea level rise (probably largely due to thermal expansion).

By: tsmithfield

tsmithfield — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:56:54 +0000

Aren’t there geological factors at work here?

Here is a link to a CNN news article that refers to sinking at the rate of 2 metres per year. That sounds a bit to fast even for the most ardent GWA.

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/03/08/PNG.takuu.transportation/index.html

The article states:

The island has been shrinking significantly from a rise in sea levels due to global warming and movements in the earth’s continental plates.

Surely the geological effect is by far the greatest here. No disrespect to the population, of course, who undoubtably face a very uncertain future due to the rapid demise of their island. However, it seems to overcooking the cabbage to blame it all on climate change.

By: Pacificfrank

Pacificfrank — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:37:27 +0000

What an honour. This festival is extremely popular in Papeete and the large French expat community hangs out for it every year. I think it must be in its 6th year. NZ film makers have done well and it’s great to see another taking out the Grand Prix.
The award was reported via the Tahiti Presse site and this link might open up the story and a picture of the presentation with the French High Commissioner on the left and the President of Fr Polynesia on the extreme right. Just shows the prestige of the event.
http://en.tahitipresse.pf/index.cfm?snav=see&action=see&presse=28422&rub=2
The film even pipped the highly successful Topp Twins film “Untouchable Girls” amongst others.
Well done and fÃ©licitations.

By: lprent

lprent — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:19:18 +0000

The tv3 site is having problems. Otherwise I’d put up the nightline piece.

By: lprent

lprent — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:02:16 +0000

It will be interesting to see what happens at Big Sky – how a US audience sees it.

Lyn will probably come back tomorrow still ecstatic (and probably hung-over )

By: prism

prism — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:23:38 +0000

Terrific news about getting the Grand Prize at Tahiti for the doco.

By: lprent

lprent — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:21:48 +0000

Yeah Briar and Lyn are going to be ecstatic. They started making this doco in 2006.

By: kiwiteen123

kiwiteen123 — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:15:13 +0000

Yay Lyn (and Lynn) good to see Climate change being used for films!

By: lprent

lprent — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:07:55 +0000

Excellent. Lyn just txted me.

They won the Grand Prix prize at FIFO….

By: zelda

zelda — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:17:41 +0000

One paragraph?. The AR4 is littered with WWF references.

As well as such Journals as ‘Event Management’

Jones, B., D. Scott and H. Abi Khaled, 2006: Implications of climate change for outdoor event planning: a case study of three special events in Canada’s National Capital region. Event Management, 10, 63-76.

But that is beside the point here. The inhabitants of this unique culture need some support as the existing sea level rise threatens their homeland

By: Lukas

Lukas — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:54:57 +0000

ahh, different email address used with the different browsers when posting here.

Yeah, Skype is essential for my job, without it I would have either a very expensive phone bill or ridiculous response times from suppliers in the states and China

By: lprent

lprent — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:48:01 +0000

All you have to do is use the same e-mail address when posting comments.

Skype is kind of essential these days. My parents are lost when they can’t see my brothers kids in Abu Dhabi (or one of those UAE countries)

By: lprent

lprent — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:46:05 +0000

Yeah. But it is something that has to be done for a number of markets that have problems with accents. Mind you I find it hellishly hard to understand many accents of English from the US, the UK, and the largest number of English speakers in the Indian subcontinent.

You also have to remember that the premiere in Tahiti is going to be subtitled in French. Once you do that, then you may as well subtitle the lot.

By: Rob Carr

Rob Carr — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:40:00 +0000

Looks good but is suffering from one major flaw of too many documentaries these days. Subtitling people who speak English with an accent. Really bugs me for some reason. Seems very condescending.