Today I donned my best suit (‘only’ suit), a pressed shirt, and some newly polished shoes, and headed to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. My mission: to hear the mayoral candidates for Wellington espouse their vision for the city. Here are the list of candidates in case you didn’t already know: Ray Ahipene-Mercer Rob Goulden […]
The announcement today that TVNZ has lost $11.1 million as a result of the payouts for redundancies is a bit of a shock. Over 140 redundancies that’s just over $79,000 on average to every person. Quite a tidy sum, more than twice the average wage.While the majority of redundancies were middle management the next biggest […]
You all know how it is – you go to the supermarket and you buy stuff and you throw it in the trolley and you get to the checkout and pay your money and leave. Gone are the days where I knew how much things cost. Since supermarkets stopped pricing goods individually I never look […]
It’s a great couple of weeks for kiwi TV. Firstly there’s the Flight of the Conchords series starting next Monday 17th September (10.00pm) on Prime – if you haven’t already illegally downloaded it then be sure to tune in. But before that Prime is broadcasting the documentary FIGWIT : Frodo Is Great, Who Is That? […]
I tried to be oh so nonchalant over the RWC but I couldn’t help myself and watched the Argentinians beat France (who picked that eh?) and then the All Blacks trounce Italy. OK, so I might be hooked. Bugger, that’s going to take up quite a bit of my time. Thanks to TV3 for live […]
I see that Paul Holmes is on the cover of the TV Guide this week, “furious at drug dealers”. Without reading the story I can only assume this relates to Millie’s brush with the law . Is this another example of Paul Holmes using his daughter’s predicament to ‘sell’ his new TV show? He has […]