Thursday 26 July 2007
New Music TV Show - Bassline to be produced19Jul07
A new Maori Television show showcasing the cream of New Zealand music will stage a series of gigs between August and November this year.
BASSLINE – to be produced by Auckland-based Revolution Productions – will film the live performances and interviews with the artists as well as interesting and straight-to-the-point field stories.
Presented by Te Awanui Reeder from chart-topping band Nesian Mystic and B-Girl Sheeq from Auckland radio station Flava, the show will offer an insight into the sound and culture of the local music scene.
The gigs that are filmed for BASSLINE will benefit the charity, Youthline, which provides personal development initiatives and counselling to young people.
To learn more about BASSLINE and to find out how to be a part of the show, contact TK Davey at Revolution Productions on 09 308 9100, mobile 021 126 0011 or email tk@revprod.tv.
BASSLINE – to be produced by Auckland-based Revolution Productions – will film the live performances and interviews with the artists as well as interesting and straight-to-the-point field stories.
Presented by Te Awanui Reeder from chart-topping band Nesian Mystic and B-Girl Sheeq from Auckland radio station Flava, the show will offer an insight into the sound and culture of the local music scene.
The gigs that are filmed for BASSLINE will benefit the charity, Youthline, which provides personal development initiatives and counselling to young people.
To learn more about BASSLINE and to find out how to be a part of the show, contact TK Davey at Revolution Productions on 09 308 9100, mobile 021 126 0011 or email tk@revprod.tv.
Saturday 21 July 2007
Saturday 14 July 2007
Children of the 50s, 60s, 70s,
we would be in class and someone would be called to go to the murder house - it was awful - I still get palpatations when I have to go to the dentist. No injections back then, just slow drilling and pain!!!
The Murder House" it sounds like a Stephen King title lol but yeah, omgosh it was sooo terrifying sitting in class knowing that when your poor classmate came back from t.m.h. it would be YOUR TURN! It was all in alphabetical order so we all knew when we'd have to go. And the waiting.... waiting... waiting... and then in walks the classmate and looks in your direction.... ooohhhh I'm surprised we all don't have heart conditions from the trauma... ;)
Hated it. Had one HUGE fat dental nurse that kept screaming at me to open my mouth wider, it was as wide as I could get it & was already sore. Just cos her fat fingers wouldn't fit in it.I actually had to have four teeth out top & bottom as my jaw is too small to hold the normal amount of teeth, but that's another story & dentist. waving & holding out hand for a TT2*.
I was born in the 60s hated school, especially the dental nurses. Im sure they just drilled our teeth for the fun of it.. half the fillings I have now probably were never necessary. My children have 1 or 2 max. Yes it was a lot safer back then on the streets, used to bus into the city and walk home after work from the bus stop.. wouldn't do that now.
anything phsycodelic and hotpants and trouser suits and muslin dresses and pink mens shirts and flowery boys boardshorts.
at the dairy they could sell you 3lb bags of sugar on a weekend but weren't allowed to sell 6lb bags.
I was a child of the 40's and I can remember the unsalted potato chips which had a small bag of salt enclosed, plus the stiff petticoats which my Mum always had starched for the big Sat. night dances. Anyone here from Hamilton where I grew up? Remember the Starlight Ballroom in Htn and the Teen-a-rama Rock 'n'Roll dances?
friend of my Dad's worked in a clothes shop and gave my sister & I a paper dress each. Does anyone else remember them? You could just cut them to length. Ours were striped across ways in colours of yellows & orange. Yuk, hated mine so never wore it. Didn't like the person who gave them to us either.
40 years ago today..... Decimal currency changeover. Who remembers this ditty? One and two pence stay in line on DC day, drop one down from three to nine on DC day, ten to twelve you drop down two, conversion's easy when you do, you'll be set for DC day. The 10th of July thissss yeeeaarrr!
There must have been different songs in different areas as the one I remember went like this. *One a penny, one cent, two a penny two cents, three a penny, two cents too. Four a penny, three cents, five a penny five cents, six a penny, five cents too.* Can't remember any more of it.
Our netball coach was named Fred, and we'd sing this song on the bus trip...Seven little girls, sitting in the back seat kissing and hugging with Fred. Hard case cos he was old and wrinkly. I'm sure he lapped it up though lol
was always sent to the dairy to buy Dad's tobacco & tissues. He got, "a packet of Grey's Fine Cut and a double book of yellow tissues." I use to run all the way saying that over & over so I would get it right at the shop.On Saturday nights, Nana & I would go to the dairy where Nana would get the Saturday Star Sports paper & a chocolate covered bar & I would have a bag of popcorn and a Chokito[spn] bar.I never ate the middle out of the bread but did nibble the corners off.*
remember, My parents giving my-self and my younger siblings castor oil on a Saturday, then mum would give us a hot cup of tea after-wards to wash it down. I hated that crap but my brother loved it. I remember we had to have black molasses too, once again my brother loved it and my sisters and my-self hated it. Our parents said we had to have it clean us out, so that our blood wouldn't be dirty, lol, I'm cracking up to my-self writing this.
Yep, we had to save to buy things we wanted, or did without. Now kids seem to think anything they get was theirs by right and a lot of what they get they don't appreciate anyway. Not happy with one TV, they expect to have one of their own in their room. Glad my kids understood I couldn't afford to do things like that. Had to buy things like food first. lol.As the saying goes, the more you earn the more you spend. What happened to saving? Admit I can't save, even now. Something always crops up just as you think you are nearly on top of the bills.*Sigh.*
did you have school banking? We used to take our bank book and our 6d or 1s to school each week. One kid in our class used to bring 2/6d - we thought he was rich!! It was amazing how the money mounted up - we were taught to save from a very early age.
yeah the banking, we took our Post Office Savings book and 1/- to school on the Wednesday and got the book back on the friday. I think someone from the PO came to the school to pick up all the books. Did you have a Dr Barnadoes Box as well???
yes I remember the apples in tissue paper. Dad used to order cases of fruit from hawkes bay every year - they used to be sent by rail and every year without fail some of the fruit had been pinched.
grew up in Hawkes Bay (but I didn't pinch that fruit... honest ;)) I remember one year at primary school all our class went to a packing shed with our prewritten letters for overseas pen pals, that were packed with the fruit that were being sent overseas. Some of us, including me, got penpals out of that. What a novel idea.
I remember standing on the Duke Of Edinborough corner in front of a telephone box ( only because i was too small to climb on top ) and trying to look up at the balcony of the St George Hotel and watch the beatles
Mum used to make malt biscuits using maltexo. They were yum. Mum also used to make her own wholemeal bread when I was young and I had very healthy lunches for school. But I used to swap them for white bread with marmite and lettuce. I still like marmite and lettuce on white bread! I think we used to get malt bread years ago - does anybody remember that.
The Murder House" it sounds like a Stephen King title lol but yeah, omgosh it was sooo terrifying sitting in class knowing that when your poor classmate came back from t.m.h. it would be YOUR TURN! It was all in alphabetical order so we all knew when we'd have to go. And the waiting.... waiting... waiting... and then in walks the classmate and looks in your direction.... ooohhhh I'm surprised we all don't have heart conditions from the trauma... ;)
Hated it. Had one HUGE fat dental nurse that kept screaming at me to open my mouth wider, it was as wide as I could get it & was already sore. Just cos her fat fingers wouldn't fit in it.I actually had to have four teeth out top & bottom as my jaw is too small to hold the normal amount of teeth, but that's another story & dentist. waving & holding out hand for a TT2*.
I was born in the 60s hated school, especially the dental nurses. Im sure they just drilled our teeth for the fun of it.. half the fillings I have now probably were never necessary. My children have 1 or 2 max. Yes it was a lot safer back then on the streets, used to bus into the city and walk home after work from the bus stop.. wouldn't do that now.
anything phsycodelic and hotpants and trouser suits and muslin dresses and pink mens shirts and flowery boys boardshorts.
at the dairy they could sell you 3lb bags of sugar on a weekend but weren't allowed to sell 6lb bags.
I was a child of the 40's and I can remember the unsalted potato chips which had a small bag of salt enclosed, plus the stiff petticoats which my Mum always had starched for the big Sat. night dances. Anyone here from Hamilton where I grew up? Remember the Starlight Ballroom in Htn and the Teen-a-rama Rock 'n'Roll dances?
friend of my Dad's worked in a clothes shop and gave my sister & I a paper dress each. Does anyone else remember them? You could just cut them to length. Ours were striped across ways in colours of yellows & orange. Yuk, hated mine so never wore it. Didn't like the person who gave them to us either.
40 years ago today..... Decimal currency changeover. Who remembers this ditty? One and two pence stay in line on DC day, drop one down from three to nine on DC day, ten to twelve you drop down two, conversion's easy when you do, you'll be set for DC day. The 10th of July thissss yeeeaarrr!
There must have been different songs in different areas as the one I remember went like this. *One a penny, one cent, two a penny two cents, three a penny, two cents too. Four a penny, three cents, five a penny five cents, six a penny, five cents too.* Can't remember any more of it.
Our netball coach was named Fred, and we'd sing this song on the bus trip...Seven little girls, sitting in the back seat kissing and hugging with Fred. Hard case cos he was old and wrinkly. I'm sure he lapped it up though lol
was always sent to the dairy to buy Dad's tobacco & tissues. He got, "a packet of Grey's Fine Cut and a double book of yellow tissues." I use to run all the way saying that over & over so I would get it right at the shop.On Saturday nights, Nana & I would go to the dairy where Nana would get the Saturday Star Sports paper & a chocolate covered bar & I would have a bag of popcorn and a Chokito[spn] bar.I never ate the middle out of the bread but did nibble the corners off.*
remember, My parents giving my-self and my younger siblings castor oil on a Saturday, then mum would give us a hot cup of tea after-wards to wash it down. I hated that crap but my brother loved it. I remember we had to have black molasses too, once again my brother loved it and my sisters and my-self hated it. Our parents said we had to have it clean us out, so that our blood wouldn't be dirty, lol, I'm cracking up to my-self writing this.
Yep, we had to save to buy things we wanted, or did without. Now kids seem to think anything they get was theirs by right and a lot of what they get they don't appreciate anyway. Not happy with one TV, they expect to have one of their own in their room. Glad my kids understood I couldn't afford to do things like that. Had to buy things like food first. lol.As the saying goes, the more you earn the more you spend. What happened to saving? Admit I can't save, even now. Something always crops up just as you think you are nearly on top of the bills.*Sigh.*
did you have school banking? We used to take our bank book and our 6d or 1s to school each week. One kid in our class used to bring 2/6d - we thought he was rich!! It was amazing how the money mounted up - we were taught to save from a very early age.
yeah the banking, we took our Post Office Savings book and 1/- to school on the Wednesday and got the book back on the friday. I think someone from the PO came to the school to pick up all the books. Did you have a Dr Barnadoes Box as well???
yes I remember the apples in tissue paper. Dad used to order cases of fruit from hawkes bay every year - they used to be sent by rail and every year without fail some of the fruit had been pinched.
grew up in Hawkes Bay (but I didn't pinch that fruit... honest ;)) I remember one year at primary school all our class went to a packing shed with our prewritten letters for overseas pen pals, that were packed with the fruit that were being sent overseas. Some of us, including me, got penpals out of that. What a novel idea.
I remember standing on the Duke Of Edinborough corner in front of a telephone box ( only because i was too small to climb on top ) and trying to look up at the balcony of the St George Hotel and watch the beatles
Mum used to make malt biscuits using maltexo. They were yum. Mum also used to make her own wholemeal bread when I was young and I had very healthy lunches for school. But I used to swap them for white bread with marmite and lettuce. I still like marmite and lettuce on white bread! I think we used to get malt bread years ago - does anybody remember that.
The "Things You Never See Around Anymore" list
Ever thought about all the items that were once objects of desire but have just disappeared from our lives? I'll start the list (then it's your turn). Dial telephones, Sony Walkmen, big brown teapots, candlewick bedspreads, ashtrays, slide projectors, turntables, records, castor oil, typewriters, pressure cookers, macrame hangings ...
those doll things that cover the toilet roll and the dolls that go on the bed..
Georgie pie
chatter rings (damn annoying things) and roller skates lol
golliwogs, and those little dolls that you got at a&p shows, and buzzy bees, records, old cartoons that we use to watch as kids.
COMIC books... Richie Rich! and JugHead
seame street, play school nice one stu. wombles muppets smurfs
top cat, flintstones, jetsons, yogi bear, atom ant
brady bunch, bewitched, hogans heroes, HR pufnstuf, bugaloos
Knuckle bones, marbles and hop scotch Cowboys and indians... Gollywogs. Oops am I allowed to say that?
Slinky's, Splat, those rubber-gel hand thingies that you slap against a surface, 1 & 2 cent lollies, brown plastic appliances, carpet in bathrooms, Rainbow Bright, spokey dokey's....
playing elastics.use to play that all the time at school
Crank handle telphones black baby lollies, witches britches, stockings with seams up the back, fur coats
Spaceman Candy sticks with the red tips like cigarettes, they are all white now
Half pint milk bottles in school,,,Moggy Men, Banana Bikes, Sherbet Dabs, Apple Shampoo, Bendix washing machines, milk tokens, moolies, Joe 90, Gigantor, Mrs Beasley dolls, Kewpie dolls, crank handles on cars, 78 records, 6 o'clock closing.....
Anniseed wheels. kids putting disprin in their coke bottles just to get high. lol Jem and the holograms.
No TV and sing songs around the piano at night, racing home made trolleys down the street, ghastly home made tartan trousers, stove-pipe trousers, hats and best clothes on the bus to go to 'town', trolley buses in Auckland, trams in Auckland
men in shorts, long sox and sandles and I hope like hell that fashion never ever comes back
tea cosies, men in stubbies,glass milk bottles, the 8'clock paper, the Auckland Star.......Bell bottom trousers.
petticoats with blow up thingies in the hem, teddy boy irridescent socks, really high teased up hair...hot pants clothing
Bata Bullets and Bubblegummers and those pinafores that had a pleated tartan skirt and a plain white cotton top half so you could wear a hand-knitted jersey over top of it
those pants with the...3 white stripes down the sides with that bit that went under the foot, cant remember what they are called but males shouldnt have worn them the mind boggles trying to remember what they are called- Stirrups,
tt2 iceblocks
Banda machines (pre-photocopiers) They made heaps of prints in purple ink that smelled yum... carbon paper for typing... milk tokens... milk bottle tops (used to make stuff out of them)...
the sherbet lolly that used to come in a triangle container....it had a piece of licorice you dab in the sherbet. Pears shampoo that smelt like real apples. Ra Ra skirts. An egg beater.
The free farmers bus.. and the farmers playground in the Hobson Street store. Yup, with the cafe, and the toy cars etc. :) Spent many happy holidays there... was a special treat to go there once during the school holidays. And then we'd fight over who would give the toll bridge man the coin on trip back to the North Shore.
Vinegar & Tomato sauce.....In big bottles on the fish & chip shop counter. We used to help ourselves and squirt it onto the chips before they wrapped them up.
Treasure tip iceblocks, caramel tablets, Rarotongan Orange and Lime Smash Fizzy Drinks made by Thompson Lewis.
Big Hair and Padded Shoulders Power Suits, pantyhose with inbuilt panties,Kaydee Plastic Sandals, legwarmers, fluoro bike pants, red gumboots, Norm Kirk and other leaders of integrity.
Twinkies They have no nutritional value whatsoever (which is why they are no longer sold in NZ) but damn they tasted Good! :0)
White gloves for the summer/black gloves for the winter(?!) 6d bottles of drink, bottles you could take back to the shop and the innocence not to embarrased about it. Paper straws that came apart if you took too long drinking from it. Respect for the parents. I luv Lucy, The Flintstones and Laverne and Shirley. Frys mint bars and Frys chocolate truffles. Getting three jobs in one afternoon because you were bored with the old one.
Emerald Drops
The goodnight kiwi smacking in public, raleigh 20 bikes, european immigrants.
The goodnight Kiwi on TV Telethon, carless days, bright orange flags kids used to put on their bikes, toffee bars, K-Bars, multiple bangles on girls arms
view master
Buying non-sliced bread I was around before sliced bread. Used to buy a chubby loaf and eat the middle out of it by the time I was home. I got into so much trouble.
Golden kiwi lottery tickets. Pounds, shillings and pence and half pennies (hapennies). Mary Quant make up, vanity bags as accessory bags, tie dyed tee shirts, twin sets
I remember Nomads, they were so comfy But I had the cheaper ones first called "Donalds" (i think, something similar) I used to really like twinkies too.
Homestead Chicken, RTR Countdown Mag, Frank Flash
grapefruit juice in glass bottles from when the milk man delivered your milk to your home, along with the bread.
partyline phone lines, stubbies,hot pants...drain pipe addidas tracksuits, needle and spud ear peirsings
Lovely gold shiny paper in cigarette packets that we used to dress our little dolls in and make gold crowns with..
Hula hoops brown supermarket shopping bags, Butcher shops seem to be disappearing , prams and pushchairs with four wheels.
Those small (1") pink plastic baby dolls that you could put into match boxes for beds. I think they sold for about 6d (5c)
Lanes Emulsion cod liver oil tablets in schools, chocolate delight fizzy and Blue Lagoon. McKenzies and Deka stores. Milkbars, bodgies and widgies.
every delivery vehicle was either a CF bedford van or a TK bedford truck
Does the Rawleighs man still go door to door with his products ? Bwwaaaa that Lanes Emulsion was disgusting. Every Saturday night we had it shoved down our throats. Also, the Bond Brush man used to come door to door.
String you entwined round your fingers on one or both hands and made things like parachutes, cup and saucer
Those paper thingies you folded in certain way... which colour do you chose, which number do you chose, open it up and there's a written message like... your feet smell
I don't miss Lanes Emulsion ever and ever nor those disgusting Iron tonics nor Mother Superior dragging us out of the Milkbars away from the Bodgies. They had Cars with "peaches, this is your can" painted on the doors
Nappies A line full of cloth nappies blowing in the wind..Babies gowns they were kept in till about 3 months,matinee jackets..Horse and cart delivering milk in glass quart and pint bottles where I lived.
knucklebones, four square and elastics! They also had knitted baby booties and bonnets!
Rolling a weeks' supply of ciggies from my Father's packet of Capstan Tobacco. And keeping a rolled ciggie for my own personal use. I was only 5. Being given driving lessons in a Wolsley Car at 5 and I could drive the truck too. People have no faith in their kids today.. I miss that get up and go from the 1950's.. Being able to pour a good Beer from a flagon with a whisky chaser. Chucking the home brew out of the washing machine and digging a hole for the Dunny..Girls had to do everything..
Acid drops, deck and the HUGE twenty cent lolly mixtures!! Roller skates, bubble skirts, the radiogram and old records, nomad shoes, Princess Di haircuts, intervals in the movies so you could stock up with fresh lollies or have a pee, ponchos, Starsky and Hutch Jackets, Pokie machines with the big handle instead of pressing a button.
Trademe July 14 2007
those doll things that cover the toilet roll and the dolls that go on the bed..
Georgie pie
chatter rings (damn annoying things) and roller skates lol
golliwogs, and those little dolls that you got at a&p shows, and buzzy bees, records, old cartoons that we use to watch as kids.
COMIC books... Richie Rich! and JugHead
seame street, play school nice one stu. wombles muppets smurfs
top cat, flintstones, jetsons, yogi bear, atom ant
brady bunch, bewitched, hogans heroes, HR pufnstuf, bugaloos
Knuckle bones, marbles and hop scotch Cowboys and indians... Gollywogs. Oops am I allowed to say that?
Slinky's, Splat, those rubber-gel hand thingies that you slap against a surface, 1 & 2 cent lollies, brown plastic appliances, carpet in bathrooms, Rainbow Bright, spokey dokey's....
playing elastics.use to play that all the time at school
Crank handle telphones black baby lollies, witches britches, stockings with seams up the back, fur coats
Spaceman Candy sticks with the red tips like cigarettes, they are all white now
Half pint milk bottles in school,,,Moggy Men, Banana Bikes, Sherbet Dabs, Apple Shampoo, Bendix washing machines, milk tokens, moolies, Joe 90, Gigantor, Mrs Beasley dolls, Kewpie dolls, crank handles on cars, 78 records, 6 o'clock closing.....
Anniseed wheels. kids putting disprin in their coke bottles just to get high. lol Jem and the holograms.
No TV and sing songs around the piano at night, racing home made trolleys down the street, ghastly home made tartan trousers, stove-pipe trousers, hats and best clothes on the bus to go to 'town', trolley buses in Auckland, trams in Auckland
men in shorts, long sox and sandles and I hope like hell that fashion never ever comes back
tea cosies, men in stubbies,glass milk bottles, the 8'clock paper, the Auckland Star.......Bell bottom trousers.
petticoats with blow up thingies in the hem, teddy boy irridescent socks, really high teased up hair...hot pants clothing
Bata Bullets and Bubblegummers and those pinafores that had a pleated tartan skirt and a plain white cotton top half so you could wear a hand-knitted jersey over top of it
those pants with the...3 white stripes down the sides with that bit that went under the foot, cant remember what they are called but males shouldnt have worn them the mind boggles trying to remember what they are called- Stirrups,
tt2 iceblocks
Banda machines (pre-photocopiers) They made heaps of prints in purple ink that smelled yum... carbon paper for typing... milk tokens... milk bottle tops (used to make stuff out of them)...
the sherbet lolly that used to come in a triangle container....it had a piece of licorice you dab in the sherbet. Pears shampoo that smelt like real apples. Ra Ra skirts. An egg beater.
The free farmers bus.. and the farmers playground in the Hobson Street store. Yup, with the cafe, and the toy cars etc. :) Spent many happy holidays there... was a special treat to go there once during the school holidays. And then we'd fight over who would give the toll bridge man the coin on trip back to the North Shore.
Vinegar & Tomato sauce.....In big bottles on the fish & chip shop counter. We used to help ourselves and squirt it onto the chips before they wrapped them up.
Treasure tip iceblocks, caramel tablets, Rarotongan Orange and Lime Smash Fizzy Drinks made by Thompson Lewis.
Big Hair and Padded Shoulders Power Suits, pantyhose with inbuilt panties,Kaydee Plastic Sandals, legwarmers, fluoro bike pants, red gumboots, Norm Kirk and other leaders of integrity.
Twinkies They have no nutritional value whatsoever (which is why they are no longer sold in NZ) but damn they tasted Good! :0)
White gloves for the summer/black gloves for the winter(?!) 6d bottles of drink, bottles you could take back to the shop and the innocence not to embarrased about it. Paper straws that came apart if you took too long drinking from it. Respect for the parents. I luv Lucy, The Flintstones and Laverne and Shirley. Frys mint bars and Frys chocolate truffles. Getting three jobs in one afternoon because you were bored with the old one.
Emerald Drops
The goodnight kiwi smacking in public, raleigh 20 bikes, european immigrants.
The goodnight Kiwi on TV Telethon, carless days, bright orange flags kids used to put on their bikes, toffee bars, K-Bars, multiple bangles on girls arms
view master
Buying non-sliced bread I was around before sliced bread. Used to buy a chubby loaf and eat the middle out of it by the time I was home. I got into so much trouble.
Golden kiwi lottery tickets. Pounds, shillings and pence and half pennies (hapennies). Mary Quant make up, vanity bags as accessory bags, tie dyed tee shirts, twin sets
I remember Nomads, they were so comfy But I had the cheaper ones first called "Donalds" (i think, something similar) I used to really like twinkies too.
Homestead Chicken, RTR Countdown Mag, Frank Flash
grapefruit juice in glass bottles from when the milk man delivered your milk to your home, along with the bread.
partyline phone lines, stubbies,hot pants...drain pipe addidas tracksuits, needle and spud ear peirsings
Lovely gold shiny paper in cigarette packets that we used to dress our little dolls in and make gold crowns with..
Hula hoops brown supermarket shopping bags, Butcher shops seem to be disappearing , prams and pushchairs with four wheels.
Those small (1") pink plastic baby dolls that you could put into match boxes for beds. I think they sold for about 6d (5c)
Lanes Emulsion cod liver oil tablets in schools, chocolate delight fizzy and Blue Lagoon. McKenzies and Deka stores. Milkbars, bodgies and widgies.
every delivery vehicle was either a CF bedford van or a TK bedford truck
Does the Rawleighs man still go door to door with his products ? Bwwaaaa that Lanes Emulsion was disgusting. Every Saturday night we had it shoved down our throats. Also, the Bond Brush man used to come door to door.
String you entwined round your fingers on one or both hands and made things like parachutes, cup and saucer
Those paper thingies you folded in certain way... which colour do you chose, which number do you chose, open it up and there's a written message like... your feet smell
I don't miss Lanes Emulsion ever and ever nor those disgusting Iron tonics nor Mother Superior dragging us out of the Milkbars away from the Bodgies. They had Cars with "peaches, this is your can" painted on the doors
Nappies A line full of cloth nappies blowing in the wind..Babies gowns they were kept in till about 3 months,matinee jackets..Horse and cart delivering milk in glass quart and pint bottles where I lived.
knucklebones, four square and elastics! They also had knitted baby booties and bonnets!
Rolling a weeks' supply of ciggies from my Father's packet of Capstan Tobacco. And keeping a rolled ciggie for my own personal use. I was only 5. Being given driving lessons in a Wolsley Car at 5 and I could drive the truck too. People have no faith in their kids today.. I miss that get up and go from the 1950's.. Being able to pour a good Beer from a flagon with a whisky chaser. Chucking the home brew out of the washing machine and digging a hole for the Dunny..Girls had to do everything..
Acid drops, deck and the HUGE twenty cent lolly mixtures!! Roller skates, bubble skirts, the radiogram and old records, nomad shoes, Princess Di haircuts, intervals in the movies so you could stock up with fresh lollies or have a pee, ponchos, Starsky and Hutch Jackets, Pokie machines with the big handle instead of pressing a button.
Trademe July 14 2007
Christmas salesman turns 100
A man who made thousands of family get-togethers special is ready to do some celebrating of his own.
Karl Misa, who founded one of Auckland's biggest Christmas tree farms, turns 100 on Monday.
"I've worked hard and I have had a good life," he says.
The centenarian moved to New Zealand from the Croatian village of Podgora in 1925.
He joined his brother Tom, who had moved here 10 years earlier.
Together they bought a poultry farm on Balmoral Rd in 1940.
It's now the base for a festive family business.
The business started during World War Two when Karl stayed in New Zealand with the Home Guard.
He cut the tops off the many macrocarpa trees on the property and then sold them as Christmas trees.
At the time their top customers were American servicemen.
"They would buy the trees for their sweethearts," Karl says.
The keen moviegoer says bachelorhood and red wine are the secrets to his long life.
He also worked as a dairy farmer and gum digger before opening Capitol Fish Mart in Balmoral with Tom and running it for 40 years.
Karl lived with his brother, his wife Antica and their five children.
Tom's eldest son Roni says Karl was like a second dad, especially after his own died in 1966.
"We always had our family around, and he's had such a great impact in all our lives."
Niece Sylvia Sokolich says the family, including many nieces and nephews, are lucky to have Uncle 'Sisi' still around.
"He's never been alone, he's always been supported and loved," she says.
Karl was active into his 90s, and was known for growing orchids and selling plums, grapes and firewood.
Illness has taken its toll and he's now living in the Guardian at Hillsborough, formally Hillsborough Hospital.
But he's proud of his life, especially his superior selling skills.
"I could sell snow to Eskimos."
Karl will celebrate his birthday on Sunday at Eden Terrace's Dalmatian Club, where he is a life member
By AROHA AWARAU - Central Leader Friday, 13 July 2007
Karl Misa, who founded one of Auckland's biggest Christmas tree farms, turns 100 on Monday.
"I've worked hard and I have had a good life," he says.
The centenarian moved to New Zealand from the Croatian village of Podgora in 1925.
He joined his brother Tom, who had moved here 10 years earlier.
Together they bought a poultry farm on Balmoral Rd in 1940.
It's now the base for a festive family business.
The business started during World War Two when Karl stayed in New Zealand with the Home Guard.
He cut the tops off the many macrocarpa trees on the property and then sold them as Christmas trees.
At the time their top customers were American servicemen.
"They would buy the trees for their sweethearts," Karl says.
The keen moviegoer says bachelorhood and red wine are the secrets to his long life.
He also worked as a dairy farmer and gum digger before opening Capitol Fish Mart in Balmoral with Tom and running it for 40 years.
Karl lived with his brother, his wife Antica and their five children.
Tom's eldest son Roni says Karl was like a second dad, especially after his own died in 1966.
"We always had our family around, and he's had such a great impact in all our lives."
Niece Sylvia Sokolich says the family, including many nieces and nephews, are lucky to have Uncle 'Sisi' still around.
"He's never been alone, he's always been supported and loved," she says.
Karl was active into his 90s, and was known for growing orchids and selling plums, grapes and firewood.
Illness has taken its toll and he's now living in the Guardian at Hillsborough, formally Hillsborough Hospital.
But he's proud of his life, especially his superior selling skills.
"I could sell snow to Eskimos."
Karl will celebrate his birthday on Sunday at Eden Terrace's Dalmatian Club, where he is a life member
By AROHA AWARAU - Central Leader Friday, 13 July 2007
Tuesday 10 July 2007
By SUE FEA - The Southland Times Tuesday, 10 July 2007
She's a hard road delivering the perfect beer, boy
SHE'S A HARD ROAD: Some things never change, like good southern men. True-blue Southlander Mark Wilson has been chosen by Speight's to 'man' its giant floating Speight's bar all the way to London.
Some things never change, like good southern men – and they're still making them, bred with all the star qualities of their fathers before them.
True-blue Southlander Mark Wilson, 26, now a Queenstown marketing manager, has the right credentials.
That's why Speight's picked him from more than 2000 applicants to safely "man" its giant floating Speight's bar all the way to London.
In just over a fortnight Mr Wilson with set sail with Lindsay Gilbert (South Canterbury), Jamie Munro (Dunedin) and Tim Clever (New Plymouth) for a "boys' sea trip" on The Great Beer Delivery, stopping off at Samoa, Panama and New York along the way.
Waiting at the dock in London will be a very thirsty James Livingstone, who sparked off the whole idea by writing to Speight's to complain about English beer.
The four Kiwi blokes will have 75 days of male bonding behind the bar and become TV stars along the way, making sure the cameras get some good nautical mileage.
A former Southland Boys' High School pupil, Mr Wilson played rugby and cricket and built tree-huts, before heading into the bush shooting and then to Otago University for five years "to further my drinking education", completing a science and commerce degree.
Queenstown then became the epi-centre of his "golden triangle", which takes in Manapouri, Dunedin and Invercargill.
"I'm a bit of a home-body – I mean, crikey, it's all right here, why would you leave? "Queenstown is sort of like going on your OE without going anywhere – this way I got a lot of international experience and a few little tools to help when I go look at the world."
But when the opportunity to promote his beloved Southland "while drinking Speight's" came up this year, he just couldn't turn it down.
"Southland's the heart of the beer, I feel. If I can't get Speight's (in a pub) I'll leave, I won't buy anything, unless it's forced on me – I'm 99.8 percent pure Speight's."
As a southern youngster attending "keg parties in woolsheds", Mr Wilson said he could not have dreamed of anything better than being given free Speight's and talking about the Stags and Southland.
Close at hand will be a signed Southland Stags jersey and the Southland centenary rugby flag.
On arrival in October, Mr Wilson will be forced to promote the sponsor's product in English pubs for two weeks, quenching the thirsts of the Kiwi masses longing for home.
And he even gets to fly a mate over to join him for free.
School and university buddy Doyle Richardson, now a father of two, is the chosen one.
She's a hard road delivering the perfect beer, boy
SHE'S A HARD ROAD: Some things never change, like good southern men. True-blue Southlander Mark Wilson has been chosen by Speight's to 'man' its giant floating Speight's bar all the way to London.
Some things never change, like good southern men – and they're still making them, bred with all the star qualities of their fathers before them.
True-blue Southlander Mark Wilson, 26, now a Queenstown marketing manager, has the right credentials.
That's why Speight's picked him from more than 2000 applicants to safely "man" its giant floating Speight's bar all the way to London.
In just over a fortnight Mr Wilson with set sail with Lindsay Gilbert (South Canterbury), Jamie Munro (Dunedin) and Tim Clever (New Plymouth) for a "boys' sea trip" on The Great Beer Delivery, stopping off at Samoa, Panama and New York along the way.
Waiting at the dock in London will be a very thirsty James Livingstone, who sparked off the whole idea by writing to Speight's to complain about English beer.
The four Kiwi blokes will have 75 days of male bonding behind the bar and become TV stars along the way, making sure the cameras get some good nautical mileage.
A former Southland Boys' High School pupil, Mr Wilson played rugby and cricket and built tree-huts, before heading into the bush shooting and then to Otago University for five years "to further my drinking education", completing a science and commerce degree.
Queenstown then became the epi-centre of his "golden triangle", which takes in Manapouri, Dunedin and Invercargill.
"I'm a bit of a home-body – I mean, crikey, it's all right here, why would you leave? "Queenstown is sort of like going on your OE without going anywhere – this way I got a lot of international experience and a few little tools to help when I go look at the world."
But when the opportunity to promote his beloved Southland "while drinking Speight's" came up this year, he just couldn't turn it down.
"Southland's the heart of the beer, I feel. If I can't get Speight's (in a pub) I'll leave, I won't buy anything, unless it's forced on me – I'm 99.8 percent pure Speight's."
As a southern youngster attending "keg parties in woolsheds", Mr Wilson said he could not have dreamed of anything better than being given free Speight's and talking about the Stags and Southland.
Close at hand will be a signed Southland Stags jersey and the Southland centenary rugby flag.
On arrival in October, Mr Wilson will be forced to promote the sponsor's product in English pubs for two weeks, quenching the thirsts of the Kiwi masses longing for home.
And he even gets to fly a mate over to join him for free.
School and university buddy Doyle Richardson, now a father of two, is the chosen one.
Saturday 7 July 2007
Welsh rarebit
4:59AM Thursday July 05, 2007By Amanda Laird
If the definition of a great winter supper is a dish that's simple to make and tastes delicious, look no further than this Welsh rarebit. Hot buttered toast is covered with a melted cheese, mustard and ale mixture and grilled until golden brown - heavenly!
Serves 2
20g butter70 ml dark ale220g grated Caerphilly or Lancashire cheese2 tsp English mustardSalt and freshly ground black pepper4 slices hot buttered toast
1. Preheat the grill to moderately high. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over a low heat. Add the ale and cheese, stirring until the cheese has melted. Add the mustard and season to taste.
2. Spread the mixture on to the hot buttered toast and grill until golden brown and bubbling.
If the definition of a great winter supper is a dish that's simple to make and tastes delicious, look no further than this Welsh rarebit. Hot buttered toast is covered with a melted cheese, mustard and ale mixture and grilled until golden brown - heavenly!
Serves 2
20g butter70 ml dark ale220g grated Caerphilly or Lancashire cheese2 tsp English mustardSalt and freshly ground black pepper4 slices hot buttered toast
1. Preheat the grill to moderately high. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over a low heat. Add the ale and cheese, stirring until the cheese has melted. Add the mustard and season to taste.
2. Spread the mixture on to the hot buttered toast and grill until golden brown and bubbling.
Friday 6 July 2007
Tornado-damaged Taranaki braces for strong winds tonight
6:15PM Friday July 06, 2007By Sarah McDougall
Tornado-battered Taranaki residents were bracing themselves for more bad weather tonight with fierce winds forecast to hit the region.
A state of emergency was still in place tonight after at least six tornadoes pummelled the area causing millions of dollars worth of damage and leaving dozens of families homeless.
The tornadoes hit Oakura, Egmont Village, Inglewood and the Waitara area about 5.30pm yesterday trampling houses, trees and power poles.
Civil Defence group controller Graham Young said emergency services would be watching the weather closely.
"Tonight we do have a heavy wind warning up to 110km an hour," he told NZPA.
Tornado-battered Taranaki residents were bracing themselves for more bad weather tonight with fierce winds forecast to hit the region.
A state of emergency was still in place tonight after at least six tornadoes pummelled the area causing millions of dollars worth of damage and leaving dozens of families homeless.
The tornadoes hit Oakura, Egmont Village, Inglewood and the Waitara area about 5.30pm yesterday trampling houses, trees and power poles.
Civil Defence group controller Graham Young said emergency services would be watching the weather closely.
"Tonight we do have a heavy wind warning up to 110km an hour," he told NZPA.
Wednesday 4 July 2007
Dalton: It's like having your heart dug out by a spoon
A shattered Team New Zealand crew was reflecting today on what might have been after one of the most closely fought America's Cup matches in history.
The 5-2 scoreline in favour of Alinghi - sealed with an amazing one second victory this morning - hides the true story of a contest where no winning margin was more than 30 seconds.
Team NZ boss Grant Dalton expressed the painful combination of pride and disappointment that the team felt today.
"The guys have done an amazing job, and right now aren't feeling that sharp - it's been a long four years," Dalton said. "I am of course enormously proud of them but Alinghi did a better job than us.
He described the feeling of losing as being like having your heart "dug out with a spoon".
But he added: "We didn't come here to take part, we came here to win it and we haven't done that."
Skipper Dean Barker paid credit to his opponents, saying: "The guys at Alinghi are just doing it a little bit better at the moment."
Ernesto Bertarelli, Alinghi's president, conceded that Team New Zealand had been tough opponents and winning had been much harder than the 5-0 win in Auckland in 2003.
"I don't think anyone can remember a more exciting match. Every single race was unbelievable," Bertarelli said.
Auckland City Mayor Dick Hubbard pledged to hold a civic reception for Team New Zealand's yachtsmen, describing them as "winners and heroes" though they lost.
"Team NZ are still winners in terms of what they have done for New Zealand," he said. "I think this is just a setback."
The Government immediately committed $10m to allow another challenge to be mounted for the next America's Cup, which could be held in Spain as early as 2009.
However, Bertarelli said no announcement would be made for a couple of days.
The 5-2 scoreline in favour of Alinghi - sealed with an amazing one second victory this morning - hides the true story of a contest where no winning margin was more than 30 seconds.
Team NZ boss Grant Dalton expressed the painful combination of pride and disappointment that the team felt today.
"The guys have done an amazing job, and right now aren't feeling that sharp - it's been a long four years," Dalton said. "I am of course enormously proud of them but Alinghi did a better job than us.
He described the feeling of losing as being like having your heart "dug out with a spoon".
But he added: "We didn't come here to take part, we came here to win it and we haven't done that."
Skipper Dean Barker paid credit to his opponents, saying: "The guys at Alinghi are just doing it a little bit better at the moment."
Ernesto Bertarelli, Alinghi's president, conceded that Team New Zealand had been tough opponents and winning had been much harder than the 5-0 win in Auckland in 2003.
"I don't think anyone can remember a more exciting match. Every single race was unbelievable," Bertarelli said.
Auckland City Mayor Dick Hubbard pledged to hold a civic reception for Team New Zealand's yachtsmen, describing them as "winners and heroes" though they lost.
"Team NZ are still winners in terms of what they have done for New Zealand," he said. "I think this is just a setback."
The Government immediately committed $10m to allow another challenge to be mounted for the next America's Cup, which could be held in Spain as early as 2009.
However, Bertarelli said no announcement would be made for a couple of days.
Tuesday 3 July 2007
Back on the Street
Back on the Street
5:00AM Saturday June 30, 2007By Rebecca Barry
Johnny Barker
Recognise the artist formerly known as John Barker?
"Johnny Barker," says Johnny Barker. "It sounds a bit more rock'n'roll."
You'd want a cool name if you were involved in as many projects as Johnny Barker. You'll know him as the lead singer of now-defunct band Jester, recall his voice from the theme tune for the fictional Air New Zealand Zephyrs band (the ad where the band played atop the Capitol building in LA), and hear him without realising through his session work for local musos Annabel Fay and Florence Hardigan.
You'll also see him star and sing in Lease, one of Peter Jackson's "wildcard" selected finalists in the 48Hours film contest, the finals of which screen on C4 on Sunday.
Tonight he gets formally introduced - for the second time - on Shortland Street. A few years after playing musician Jed Ferris, the guy who disrupted Waverly and Fergus' relationship, Barker has been recycled to play newbie nurse, Joey Henderson.
Is Johnny barking to have taken on so much?
"All the work that I've done in between has put me in a much better stead to take this on," he says.
Barker is obviously a good-looking, successful bloke but his new character is a dork.
"He's a little socially inept in not being able to communicate publicly - kind of like me," says Barker. This might sound odd coming from a guy who is so often in the spotlight but Barker says he was ill-prepared for people approaching him in the street, asking if he was "that guy".
"I had a minor meltdown. But over the years I've learned to take it in my stride and I've learned how to deal with it a little bit better.
"Luckily I was playing a nice character, because if I was playing a villain or something then people would judge you before they'd met you and give you a hard time. Especially playing gigs and stuff in the band and the crossover with music. It was difficult for me and the band as well but I got over that a long time ago."
Jed played guitar but there's no chance of a tune from Joey, and that's how Barker wants it to stay. Despite the Zephyrs song becoming so popular (it went to number three on the charts), Barker turned down an on-screen role. "I was so certain about my band's path and career that I didn't want to cross them over. We were playing such a different style of music and I didn't want to be yelled at as being the Air New Zealand guy. I would have made a huge amount of money because it got rolled over - I would have got paid four times that fee. So looking back, I could have made four albums for that band which has now turned to dust."
Still, one of the perks was the travel he was paid as contra. He skipped off to LA to check out the acting scene. Ironically, it was on his return that he won parts in "little, crappy, straight-to-DVD kind of films".
"I just finished one [playing the lead actress' fiance] which was awful. The director was this old man who was loving every opportunity to get lead actress' clothes off. Rather than spritzing people's skin to make them look sweaty, he'd grab a glass of water. There was this unspoken sleazy air about the whole thing."
Coming back to the Street was easier the second time because he was prepared for the fast turnaround, leaving him free to focus on his skills as an actor. Particularly in the comedy department.
"[Joey's] always getting himself in trouble by being overly confident and doing things without being told. I'm someone who knows nothing about medicine and now I'm using my hands to put in IVs."
After Shortland Street's extensive medical training sessions, Barker would be as useful as a solar-powered torch in an emergency. The medical terms caught on much better: "Has the streptokinase caused a cerebral bleed?"
He almost had a cerebral bleed the other day, by the sounds of it.
"I get to smash my head. I was on the floor in a pool of drool. I just read some new scripts and I'm going to get myself smacked up again. It's good fun."
Barker says he's been working harder as a musician than an actor. Aside from his work as a session musician, he's about to release an EP for his solo project, Sleepy Kid.
He's also part of Ghosts of Motat, an art and music collaboration, and the Silhouettes, a covers band with a weekly residence at the Crib on Ponsonby Rd.
Combined with the Shorty gig, he can expect a lot more hecklers then, surely?
"I've been preparing myself for it. Our drummer gave me the best advice: as soon as one jealous boyfriend or dickhead guy gives me a hard time, he'd be straight over the drums with fists flying. It sounds like it's going to be rock'n'roll."
Lowdown
Who: Johnny Barker, rock'n'roll actorWhat: Shortland Street's nerdy new nurse, Joey HendersonWhen: 7pm, TV2, weekdays. Also starring in 48 Hour Film competition finalist Lease on C4, 8.30pm, Sunday.
5:00AM Saturday June 30, 2007By Rebecca Barry
Johnny Barker
Recognise the artist formerly known as John Barker?
"Johnny Barker," says Johnny Barker. "It sounds a bit more rock'n'roll."
You'd want a cool name if you were involved in as many projects as Johnny Barker. You'll know him as the lead singer of now-defunct band Jester, recall his voice from the theme tune for the fictional Air New Zealand Zephyrs band (the ad where the band played atop the Capitol building in LA), and hear him without realising through his session work for local musos Annabel Fay and Florence Hardigan.
You'll also see him star and sing in Lease, one of Peter Jackson's "wildcard" selected finalists in the 48Hours film contest, the finals of which screen on C4 on Sunday.
Tonight he gets formally introduced - for the second time - on Shortland Street. A few years after playing musician Jed Ferris, the guy who disrupted Waverly and Fergus' relationship, Barker has been recycled to play newbie nurse, Joey Henderson.
Is Johnny barking to have taken on so much?
"All the work that I've done in between has put me in a much better stead to take this on," he says.
Barker is obviously a good-looking, successful bloke but his new character is a dork.
"He's a little socially inept in not being able to communicate publicly - kind of like me," says Barker. This might sound odd coming from a guy who is so often in the spotlight but Barker says he was ill-prepared for people approaching him in the street, asking if he was "that guy".
"I had a minor meltdown. But over the years I've learned to take it in my stride and I've learned how to deal with it a little bit better.
"Luckily I was playing a nice character, because if I was playing a villain or something then people would judge you before they'd met you and give you a hard time. Especially playing gigs and stuff in the band and the crossover with music. It was difficult for me and the band as well but I got over that a long time ago."
Jed played guitar but there's no chance of a tune from Joey, and that's how Barker wants it to stay. Despite the Zephyrs song becoming so popular (it went to number three on the charts), Barker turned down an on-screen role. "I was so certain about my band's path and career that I didn't want to cross them over. We were playing such a different style of music and I didn't want to be yelled at as being the Air New Zealand guy. I would have made a huge amount of money because it got rolled over - I would have got paid four times that fee. So looking back, I could have made four albums for that band which has now turned to dust."
Still, one of the perks was the travel he was paid as contra. He skipped off to LA to check out the acting scene. Ironically, it was on his return that he won parts in "little, crappy, straight-to-DVD kind of films".
"I just finished one [playing the lead actress' fiance] which was awful. The director was this old man who was loving every opportunity to get lead actress' clothes off. Rather than spritzing people's skin to make them look sweaty, he'd grab a glass of water. There was this unspoken sleazy air about the whole thing."
Coming back to the Street was easier the second time because he was prepared for the fast turnaround, leaving him free to focus on his skills as an actor. Particularly in the comedy department.
"[Joey's] always getting himself in trouble by being overly confident and doing things without being told. I'm someone who knows nothing about medicine and now I'm using my hands to put in IVs."
After Shortland Street's extensive medical training sessions, Barker would be as useful as a solar-powered torch in an emergency. The medical terms caught on much better: "Has the streptokinase caused a cerebral bleed?"
He almost had a cerebral bleed the other day, by the sounds of it.
"I get to smash my head. I was on the floor in a pool of drool. I just read some new scripts and I'm going to get myself smacked up again. It's good fun."
Barker says he's been working harder as a musician than an actor. Aside from his work as a session musician, he's about to release an EP for his solo project, Sleepy Kid.
He's also part of Ghosts of Motat, an art and music collaboration, and the Silhouettes, a covers band with a weekly residence at the Crib on Ponsonby Rd.
Combined with the Shorty gig, he can expect a lot more hecklers then, surely?
"I've been preparing myself for it. Our drummer gave me the best advice: as soon as one jealous boyfriend or dickhead guy gives me a hard time, he'd be straight over the drums with fists flying. It sounds like it's going to be rock'n'roll."
Lowdown
Who: Johnny Barker, rock'n'roll actorWhat: Shortland Street's nerdy new nurse, Joey HendersonWhen: 7pm, TV2, weekdays. Also starring in 48 Hour Film competition finalist Lease on C4, 8.30pm, Sunday.
Screen Award nominations
Outrageous Fortune, Maddigan's Quest lead pack in Screen Award nominations
7:15PM Tuesday July 03, 2007
Robyn Malcolm has been nominated for her role as Cheryl West in Outrageous Fortune.
Stars of both the big and small screens are celebrating tonight after finalists in the third annual Air New Zealand Screen Awards were announced at Sky City earlier this evening.
Outrageous Fortune leads the pack with 16 nominations across 10 categories, including Best Drama, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Script and Achievement in Directing.
Fantasy series Maddigan's Quest also proved popular with eight nominations, while Shortland Street only managed to rustle up three nods.
In the film categories, You Move You Die and The Last Magic Show both mustered two nominations each, while Mark Albiston's short film Run scored five nominations.
The awards ceremony will take place at Sky City Theatre next month, where 30 trophies will be handed out.
Last year, Roger Donaldson's The World's Fastest Indian dominated the awards, claiming seven of the prizes, while The Insider's Guide to Love won six awards in the television categories.
MAJOR CATEGORY NOMINEES
Best Drama:Shortland Street, South Pacific PicturesKaraoke High, Debra KelleherOutrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures
Best Comedy:Wayne Anderson - Singer of Songs, Glenn Elliott, Julia Parnell, Orlando Stewart, Jason PengellyMoon TV, Leigh Hartbro' Town, Elizabeth Mitchell
Best Actress:Shortland Street - Amanda BillingMaddigan's Quest - Rose McIverOutrageous Fortune - Robyn Malcolm
Best Actor:Maddigan's Quest - Jordan MetcalfeOutrageous Fortune- Grant BowlerOutrageous Fortune - Antony Starr
Best Director (drama/comedy):Outrageous Fortune - Michael BennettOutrageous Fortune - Mark BeesleyOutrageous Fortune - Simon Bennett
Best Director (documentary):The Magical Word of Misery - Mark Albiston - Sticky Pictures LimitedPacific Solution - James FrankhamLove, Speed and Loss - Justin Pemberton
Best Digital Feature:You Move You Die, Ketzal SterlingThe Devil Dared Me To, Chris Stapp, Matt Heath and Karl ZohrabThe Waimate Conspiracy, Stefen Lewis
Best Short Film:Fog, Rachel Gardner and Peter SalmonHawaikii, Michael JonathanRun, Mark Albiston
7:15PM Tuesday July 03, 2007
Robyn Malcolm has been nominated for her role as Cheryl West in Outrageous Fortune.
Stars of both the big and small screens are celebrating tonight after finalists in the third annual Air New Zealand Screen Awards were announced at Sky City earlier this evening.
Outrageous Fortune leads the pack with 16 nominations across 10 categories, including Best Drama, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Script and Achievement in Directing.
Fantasy series Maddigan's Quest also proved popular with eight nominations, while Shortland Street only managed to rustle up three nods.
In the film categories, You Move You Die and The Last Magic Show both mustered two nominations each, while Mark Albiston's short film Run scored five nominations.
The awards ceremony will take place at Sky City Theatre next month, where 30 trophies will be handed out.
Last year, Roger Donaldson's The World's Fastest Indian dominated the awards, claiming seven of the prizes, while The Insider's Guide to Love won six awards in the television categories.
MAJOR CATEGORY NOMINEES
Best Drama:Shortland Street, South Pacific PicturesKaraoke High, Debra KelleherOutrageous Fortune, South Pacific Pictures
Best Comedy:Wayne Anderson - Singer of Songs, Glenn Elliott, Julia Parnell, Orlando Stewart, Jason PengellyMoon TV, Leigh Hartbro' Town, Elizabeth Mitchell
Best Actress:Shortland Street - Amanda BillingMaddigan's Quest - Rose McIverOutrageous Fortune - Robyn Malcolm
Best Actor:Maddigan's Quest - Jordan MetcalfeOutrageous Fortune- Grant BowlerOutrageous Fortune - Antony Starr
Best Director (drama/comedy):Outrageous Fortune - Michael BennettOutrageous Fortune - Mark BeesleyOutrageous Fortune - Simon Bennett
Best Director (documentary):The Magical Word of Misery - Mark Albiston - Sticky Pictures LimitedPacific Solution - James FrankhamLove, Speed and Loss - Justin Pemberton
Best Digital Feature:You Move You Die, Ketzal SterlingThe Devil Dared Me To, Chris Stapp, Matt Heath and Karl ZohrabThe Waimate Conspiracy, Stefen Lewis
Best Short Film:Fog, Rachel Gardner and Peter SalmonHawaikii, Michael JonathanRun, Mark Albiston
Messages of support as Kiwis approach must-win race
7:00PM Tuesday July 03, 2007
Emirates Team New Zealand may be in an unenviable position as they take to the water in Valencia tonight, but well wishers from around the world continue to send their messages of support and encouragement.
Prime Minister Helen Clark said she was confident the Kiwis could come back: "Just focus on one race at a time, that's what worked in the Louis Vuiton Cup and steely determination can work here".
And leader of the Opposition, John Key, was equally convinced, saying "Go well, we all know you can win. All four million of us are right behind you".
Messages of support have flooded into the Herald online over the past two weeks and it seems most respondents have absolute confidence in the ability of Team New Zealand to fight back.
Many have spoken of the commitment and tenacity the New Zealand team has shown throughout the competition.
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Look forward to seeing the cup in Auckland," wrote TNZ supporter from Singapore.
Emirates Team New Zealand may be in an unenviable position as they take to the water in Valencia tonight, but well wishers from around the world continue to send their messages of support and encouragement.
Prime Minister Helen Clark said she was confident the Kiwis could come back: "Just focus on one race at a time, that's what worked in the Louis Vuiton Cup and steely determination can work here".
And leader of the Opposition, John Key, was equally convinced, saying "Go well, we all know you can win. All four million of us are right behind you".
Messages of support have flooded into the Herald online over the past two weeks and it seems most respondents have absolute confidence in the ability of Team New Zealand to fight back.
Many have spoken of the commitment and tenacity the New Zealand team has shown throughout the competition.
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Look forward to seeing the cup in Auckland," wrote TNZ supporter from Singapore.
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