Blog Posts July 2009
Do we really love te reo?
I don’t always agree with Māori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples’ view of the world. But when it comes to his desire for more New Zealanders to embrace te reo we’re marching in step.
This year's Māori Language...
Posted by Mark Russell on Monday 27th Jul 2009
The daily tweet
The Twitter phenomenon has captured the public’s imagination with scores of people following the likes of Barack Obama, Britney Spears, Stephen Fry and Snoop Dogg.
In joining the humble phone, fax, email and Facebook, Twitter has added yet...
Posted by Sam Halstead on Monday 20th Jul 2009
A nose for news
Mike Whittaker of Auckland recently sold his noisy 25-year-old washing machine on Trade Me for over $5000 – and achieved instant fame.
He appeared on TV, enjoyed international media coverage and his Trade Me page received more than 800,000 views - and all because of Mr Whitaker’s ability to tell a good story.
Instead of writing “25-year-old Kelvinator washing machine,...
Posted by Patricia Thompson on Sunday 12th Jul 2009
200 words per minute
This is going to date me but here goes: Back in the late 1970s, with my heart set on a career in journalism and my hopes set on a place at Wellington Polytechnic’s journalism course at the end of my U.E. year, I took up typing.
We had a 'free' double...
Posted by Mark Russell on Sunday 5th Jul 2009
And the award goes to...
Award ceremonies have always been a regular fixture on people’s calendars with the likes of the Academy Awards and Laureus World Sports Awards offering a chance for the leading lights in their field to be honoured and praised.
Industry awards are a popular means of drawing the public’s attention to various achievements and present great opportunities for coverage in newspapers,...
Posted by Sam Halstead on Wednesday 1st Jul 2009