In which I spend a bit of time before breakfast browsing through the new paper that arrived in my letterbox... the good, bad and meh
Read MoreCulture
TED comes to Auckland
Tickets now available for TEDx Auckland, a day of discussions around technology, entertainment and design, in the internationally-famous TED format
Read MoreNew Zealand, together the victor
Rugby World Cup 2011 has been a blast, reminding ourselves how good we can be. And being at Eden Park from 7am on the day of the final is a very special memory
Read MoreToo much time, not enough phone
We're too dependent on our phones, right? Obsessed. But when you're cut off, all you can do is spend all that down-time coming up with conspiracy theories. As BlackBerry has found out after its (almost) worldwide outage
Read MoreThree cheers to becoming a Two Flag Nation
They're just wee flags squeezed onto car windows. But they symbolise something much more than rugby and something I hope will out live the Rugby World Cup
Read MoreAuckland looks great, now let's smile, eh?
The work of many years looks to have paid off in our largest city. New Zealanders seem to be putting the rugby corporate nonsense behind them. But can we all now start acting like good hosts?
Read MoreManagement wisdom: 7 top tips for NZ
New Zealand has spent a decade looking for the fast track back to the top half of the OECD. So here are seven top ideas for where this country goes next and how our businesses might succeed on a global scale
Read MoreAlasdair Thompson is wrong... but also, um, right
Yeah, he's a dinosaur and all that. Yes, it's given good fodder for comics, talkback and office wags. But Alasdair Thompson has a few points in his favour. And I've got a few questions about the media coverage
Read MoreYou Shan't Go To The Ball, Pimentella
How quickly the oppressed become the oppressors
Read MoreSo What, Mediawatch?
RNZ's Mediawatch, in its own words, "looks critically at the New Zealand media – television, radio, newspapers and magazines as well as the 'new' electronic media." So why doesn't it criticise the train wreck which Morning Report is rapidly becoming?
Read MoreNew Zealand TV – there’s got to be a better way
Mediaworks gets a $34 million government bail-out. TVNZ blows $79 million on two non-commercial digital channels. And successive governments drop the ball on free-to-air public service television. There has to be a better way of broadcasting
Read MoreIn a courtroom next door to Mark Hotchin's... another suppression is granted
I wonder what would have happened to Mark Hotchin if he hadn't been quite so respectable, quite so upper class and quite so, well, rich
Read MoreThe return of Hone Heke
So Hone Heke's bones are to be moved... What an excellent opportunity for us to re-connect with one of the great characters of New Zealand history and maybe build a new industry at the same time
Read MoreJust like the pictures, the quake debate goes on
A Pundit debate about media ethics winds up on telly... So is my argument "spurious"? Has the media overstepped in reporting the Christchurch quake? Some new thoughts...
Read MoreHow a new news was born of tragedy
Until mother nature threw her fury at New Zealand three times in six months, wall-to-wall news was something for other countries. TV networks however are creating a new media world live on your screen, right now
Read MoreHave a Big Day Out on us
Free stuff--Win two tickets to the Big Day Out with Pundit
Read MoreWhy does Te Papa hate women so much (and other outraged thoughts)
I'm outraged at the outrage created by the outrageous position taken by that outrageous institution, Te Papa.
Read MorePaul Henry (Why Not? Everyone else is commenting)
How little it takes to send this country's commentariat into a prissy lather
Read MoreNot in my name, Paul Henry
Paul Henry must go - TVNZ is culpable if it nurtures this culture of bullying any longer
Read MoreThe wobbly world of Fashion Week
It's odd. For an industry based on looking good, the fashion industry seems to know next-to nothing about presentation
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