Daily review 07/03/2023

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  1. adam 1
    7 March 2023 at 5:59 pm

    No wonder no one wants to bring up Tax, when the media are so bloody weird about it. Just look across the ditch.

    This gottach fetish the NZ and Aussie media have has got to stop, just a friendly reminder to the media – your looking like right dicks.

  2. arkie 2
    7 March 2023 at 6:16 pm

    As usual Chloe Swarbrick encapsulates what we should expect from our representatives:

    “Ultimately, all systems are the sum of their parts and those parts are people who have, you know, names and addresses and live lives. And when I look at our parliament, or our councils around the country, the rise of more normal people, for lack of a better term, inside those spaces, who don’t hold these long-term ambitions to be at the top of the pecking order, but just to get shit done for their people … that’s grassroots-level transformation. So I think, if anything, it may be a new way of conceiving and serving in politics – politicians as tools.” Swarbrick adds, grinning, “in every sense of the word.”

    https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/07-03-2023/fixing-is-not-austerity-chloe-swarbrick-on-wayne-brown-cuts-and-seeking-re-election

  3. Anne 3
    7 March 2023 at 6:37 pm

    Received this email in response to signing the Change Org. petition concerning Mike Hosking and his dearly beloved whose name I can never remember:

    MAR 7, 2023 —

    Hello to all who have signed our petition, 8797 people that want to see Hosking and Hawkesby removed from Newstalk ZB.

    Hosking's comments to the Prime Minister 'See you next Tuesday', were disrespectful, demeaning and down right disgusting.

    Let's get to 10,000 with this petition, not far to go. Please share with all your groups and friends.

    Nga mihi nui

    Heather and Jerry

    It appears the expression has another meaning involving the word c**t.

    Does anyone know whether Hosking has responded to the claim made about his use of the words "See you next Tuesday"? For example has he used the expression before with regular interviewees or was this the first time?

    • Muttonbird 3.1
      7 March 2023 at 6:49 pm

      It could be that he didn't know. I consider myself reasonably up to date with urban cultural expression and I didn't know about it until 5 or so years ago.

      Haven't studied the immediate discussion afterward (I'd rather gouge my eyes out), but that might have clues whether it was deliberate or not. Telling if he uses it again. The sentence he used was grammatically correct if he meant to call Hipkins a c**t.

      Also, was Hipkins in studio face to face, and more importantly will he be next Tuesday? That is the question, otherwise it does point to Hoskings using the term with full knowledge, because it is quite specific…

      If Hoskins did do this deliberately it’s all good because it shows he’s losing it and will be gone the way of Paul Henry and Sean Plunket before long.

      In fact it’s a very, very Paul Henry thing to say.

      • joe90 3.1.1
        7 March 2023 at 7:45 pm

        I reckon Mikey's urban cultural expression starts with the patchy stubble and finishes with the skinny jeans.

        • Muttonbird 3.1.1.1
          7 March 2023 at 7:55 pm

          Well, if that gammon didn't know about it, fine. His crew certainly would have but they can't stop him blurting out live something he thought leftie-owning clever.

      • Anne 3.1.2
        7 March 2023 at 10:11 pm

        "It could be that he didn't know."

        Perchance I picked up on this Herald item:

        He didn't know. Never heard of the ‘other meaning’ before nor had the ZB team. I accept that. The authors of the petition should have done their homework before sending the email.

    • SPC 3.2
      7 March 2023 at 7:01 pm

      Sure it's CU Next Tuesday (been known as such for decades, not my Monday morning quarterback).

      But if someone has a regular interview with someone on a Tuesday (say PM's in a row Key/English/Ardern/Hipkins) it's probably not personal (nor even an in joke if its done in ignorance).

      • Muttonbird 3.2.1
        7 March 2023 at 7:15 pm

        Indeed, but there are a few riders to that as mentioned above.

        It really is quite a specific term whether you know the pop culture meaning or not. Ask yourself this, why say Tuesday at all? It used to be Monday and Monday doesn't work.

    • gsays 3.3
      7 March 2023 at 10:18 pm

      And here is me thinking it was Caring, unusually nice type.

  5. SPC 5
    7 March 2023 at 7:23 pm

    Everyone staying in New Zealand tonight, aside from those impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle, are legally required to complete their Census forms today.

    As of this morning, more than 1.4 million people have returned an Individual Form.

    https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/simon-mason-stats-nz-deputy-ceo-says-they-are-working-on-a-response-for-gabrielle-affected-people-to-fill-out-census/

    Already 1.4M people have failed to comply, how many will be filling out forms tomorrow as their act of rebellion?

    • pat 5.1
      7 March 2023 at 7:30 pm

      It struck me as odd that we were allowed (encouraged) to complete our census forms prior to census day…. I get the rationale, however it is contrary to the stated purpose of the census and assumes we can predict the future.

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