Maybe. But it will be interesting to see if that is still the case in ten years. I have often heard that it is in "the public interest" to have public media. But, if the public vote with their feet, and are no longer interested, then governments may well ...
I am glad to see TV3 news is saved. I have found that better to watch than TVNZ. And I am glad to see that it happened without a government bail-out. Those who argue that it is in the public interest for the government to keep funding national media need ...
So, it looks like there are a number of potential issues they could be protesting about. Perhaps they could just be trying to make the road safe again by painting over it, lol.
In case anyone thinks otherwise, I think Brian Tamaki and his followers are loony-fringe. Having said that, I think the point I made the other day stands. If we are to accept forms of protest that involve damaging property to be ok, e.g. the damage done to...
The fact is that we are interacting with the marine life in Lyttelton Harbour all the time in day to day marine activities anyway. So, there is a degree of risk to the dolphins that is accepted by default. And unlike the boat races that last two days, the ...
That is true. But, I am looking ahead in terms of whether the SailGP event can or should be held at Lyttleton again. And, I think that is where the risk analysis is done before contracts are drawn up and signed. And the contract might specify the ...
So far as the dolphins and the yachting are concerned, I have only seen emotional and idealogical arguments raised in that respect. I haven't seen any analysis of what risk the dolphins are actually exposed to due to the yachting, and how that compares to ...
I find this action to the crossing to be quite despicable. But I think we are seeing the slippery slope in action. If it is OK to protest by defacing a display in our national museum to make a point, then we shouldn't be surprised when groups we don't like...
Just to remind you Darien, it wasn't that long ago that Labour was kowtowing to him when he was part of the Labour government. Absolutely toxic I know. But it is what it is I guess.
I largely agree with you. It could be argued that the Waititi comments were consistent with some of the Nazi type messaging(race superiority etc). But, certainly not in terms of the dreadful actions that accompanied the Nazi messaging in WW2. So, trying to...
Who knows if they're registered with Apra and Peters is not saying that because it suits his purposes. I agree. As I said earlier, he likes stoking controversy where none is necessary just because it suits his purposes. He seems to treat the media as his ...
Yeah, I still think it is humorous. But, on the other hand, getting even one number one hit is an achievement that the vast majority of bands would give their right arm for.
Yep. Perversely probably good for Chumba Wumba who have likely gained a whole new audience through this controversy.
Or it could just be Peters being Peters. He seems to enjoy creating controversy where none is necessary. I am not a fan of his btw. Though I did think his twitter quip was rather humorous and cutting. I would use another of their hit song titles as a quip ...
Perhaps NZ First has registered with Apra which provides permission to play a lot of music in public settings. I agree his Nazi comments were way out of line. But, on the other hand, Peters may have been trolling the media who have said virtually nothing ...
Hi LPrent, I am not sure we disagree too much. My argument was more theoretical than practical. I think we both would agree that market conditions is the factor that determines rents rather than landlord costs. Except that if landlord costs are so high ...
Lprent, I agree with you that interest rate reductions won't result in savings being past directly through to tenants. And I agree that landlords will charge what the market can bear. But, that doesn't mean rent rises won't reduce or at least be slowed due...
I agree, allowing landlords to claim interest expenses just like any other businesses may not reduce rents. But it mayincentivise landlords to be less choosy if they perceive less risk.
From a humanitarian perspective, I don't have a problem with feeding children who are going hungry. But, what is being used at the moment appears to be a fairly blunt way of doing that. From a philisophical standpoint, I think this type of initiative ...
All we need is channels such as Ground News that displays how biased various articles are. The current TV news is hopeless in that it only covers what they think we should know about. Not what is necessarily most important.
TV3 was privately owned, and it's content didn't seem a helluva lot different to the state-owned one. So, I am not sure you have much of an argument there.
You might have an argument if the media organisations such as TVNZ were able to produce quality material. But, why should my taxes go to fund mindless reality TV fodder that seems to dominate most of the TV schedule these days? And if they were capable of ...
Thanks for the clarification on that. Therefore, I would revise my statement to say that the tax payer should not step in to rescue TVNZ for the reasons I have given above.
I don't think the government should be funding media at all in the current environment. They should remove public funding and leave media companies to sink or swim. The way we consume media is changing rapidly and the old media models are becoming ...
Or I wasn't taking much notice of Newshrub back then. Hence likely contributing to their current woes. But it certainly wasn't extensively covered.
I agree. And I don't know why on earth we are funding TVNZ either. It is all agenda driven biased coverage that ignores important news events and feeds us what they want us to hear. And their entertainment content has degenerated to an endless stream of ...
The problem with TV news is that they only report the news they want us to hear, and ignore all sorts of important events happening in the world that are worthy of reporting. For example, a Filipino student we are hosting asked me if I had heard of the ...
It appears that the gang patch ban was effective to at least some degree in Australia, even if it was just the psychological impact of the general public feeling safer. The Bill of Rights will be something the government has to work around. So, will be ...
Thanks Weka, I should have given that link myself. She did say that she will be apologising personally to Mark Mitchell on Wednesday, so the apology part may not yet be complete.
I guess it does boil down to what he was there for. If he was there to provide security for aid organisations, then there are four questions to answer in my mind: 1. Was it justifiable for aid organisations to be there? 2. Was military grade security ...
I see Ginny Anderson delivered a public apology on News Talk ZB this morning. Good on her for that. I guess the evidence that there was nothing to see with respect to Mark Mitchell's previous career is that Nicky Hagar didn't write a book about it prior to...
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