Turns out there's a lawyer in Hastings who is all for Hastings merging with Napier and his name is Guy Wellwood!!!
Apparently he's about as popular as a hippie at an art deco party.
After he has finished convincing the 14 empirical minions of Hastings to fold up their tent and secede to Napier maybe he could turn his attention to the name Wellywood and secure copyright on it eh?
Monday, 6 June 2011
The Flying Bus Theory
CHRIS SKELTON/Dominion Post
How easy is it to hit George W Bush with a bus fired from a catapult? A group of Wellington artists staged an unusual performance on the grounds of Parliament this afternoon to find out - and to bring attention to the case against the Urewera 18.
Ben Knight, part of the Concerned Citizens artists' collective, said the act was staged to comment on some of the allegations surrounding the so-called ''terror raids'' of 2007.
Using a Bush impersonator, a mocked-up catapult and pillow ''buses'', they fired on the former president in front of onlookers at the Beehive.
''We wanted to test the feasibility of the assassination plot that police were so concerned about - a catapult, designed to launch a bus onto the head of former US president George Bush.
''We tried using real buses at first but they performed even more poorly than the pillows.''
People had reacted positively to the performance, Knight said, although Bush received some sour glances.
Knight said it might sound ''pretty silly'', but the charges laid against 18 people after the 2007 raids had seriously affected their lives for four years.
A number of prominent figures have also spoken out against the handling of the case, including civil rights lawyer Moana Jackson and Professor Jane Kelsey.
Sunday, 5 June 2011
Sponge Bob Carter eh?
See princess snout trougher is off to biggest trough of all. Most intersting quote in the article was this one:
`Until it's in the hand, it's not in the bag'
Now what exactly does he mean there? I mean I don't want to read too much into it and I don't know whether it's just me but I'm sure that sounds a bit gay?
`Until it's in the hand, it's not in the bag'
Now what exactly does he mean there? I mean I don't want to read too much into it and I don't know whether it's just me but I'm sure that sounds a bit gay?
Is the international food system in crisis?
Very good item on Nat Rad this morning about that thing we all need regardless of race, culture, creed - FOOD. Goes along with my theory that if you put shit in the dirt you end up with E-coli in your veggies, fascinating stuff.
11.05 Ideas:
Earlier this week Oxfam made headlines around the world with the release of a report claiming food prices for staple commodities would double over the next 20 years, potentially resulting in an unprecedented reversal in human development. Ideas talks to: Oxfam New Zealand’s campaign and advocacy director John Stansfield; Otago University professor of sociology Hugh Campbell, and Dr Karen Cronin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Research.
Presented by Chris Laidlaw
11.05 Ideas:
Earlier this week Oxfam made headlines around the world with the release of a report claiming food prices for staple commodities would double over the next 20 years, potentially resulting in an unprecedented reversal in human development. Ideas talks to: Oxfam New Zealand’s campaign and advocacy director John Stansfield; Otago University professor of sociology Hugh Campbell, and Dr Karen Cronin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Research.
Presented by Chris Laidlaw
Saturday, 4 June 2011
Operation 8 Update
Kimmy had Errol and Abi on her show this morning.
Very illuminating and it sounded to me like Kim also suspects it may have been a fit up to quell dissent or she may have been quite cynical, hard to tell really but that's what makes her so good.
Very illuminating and it sounded to me like Kim also suspects it may have been a fit up to quell dissent or she may have been quite cynical, hard to tell really but that's what makes her so good.
Concerned Exhibition with a Citizens Auction
Went to the exhibition in Garret St last night, very good turnout. Some I expected to see there but got a surprise when Duncan Sarkies showed up.
Put a bid of three hundy on this work by
Put a bid of three hundy on this work by
Mercedes Webb-Pullman
called Tame the Iti.
Think I might have got it, must find out when the silent auction closes. Auction closes tomorrow night (Mon 6/11) at 8 o'clock but it's already up to $350 so that's me out.
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Big Fitzy has finally seen the wood for the trees
The Airport have stepped away from the `SIGN', keep thinking of that song,`I saw a sign, it opened up my mind, I saw a sign'
Anyway somebody who gets paid a shitload for their PR counsel have finally twigged that it's Ixnay on the Ignsay, bit like when Dubbya was told to go easy on the word crusade post 9/11.
And of course we can always rely on Lyall Bay to nail it precisely, after all it's important to nail everything down if you live in Lyall Bay.
This morning (June 1) an anti-Wellywood sign was put up at Lyall Bay.
The "Backwood" sign was mounted on the wall along The Esplanade and was in the style of the Hollywood sign.
It could be seen on a webcam that is pointed toward Wellington International Airport.
Surfies who know where the web cams are, who woulda thought?
Anyway somebody who gets paid a shitload for their PR counsel have finally twigged that it's Ixnay on the Ignsay, bit like when Dubbya was told to go easy on the word crusade post 9/11.
And of course we can always rely on Lyall Bay to nail it precisely, after all it's important to nail everything down if you live in Lyall Bay.
This morning (June 1) an anti-Wellywood sign was put up at Lyall Bay.
The "Backwood" sign was mounted on the wall along The Esplanade and was in the style of the Hollywood sign.
It could be seen on a webcam that is pointed toward Wellington International Airport.
Surfies who know where the web cams are, who woulda thought?
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