Dominika White
New Pacific channel seeks funding
Funding is holding up a potential Pacific TV channel, said two media practitioners behind the move at the PIMA forum at AUT last Friday.
Spasifik magazine publisher Innes Logan and Tagata Pasifika executive producer Stephen Stehlin told the crowd that their move to establish a Pacific channel was moving forward, but was still yet to gain momentum.
Stehlin [...]
John McCain and Barrack Obama become comic stars
Neither are vigilantes dressed in black capes, but John McCain and Barack Obama are joining the medium of Batman, their favourite superhero, in biographical comic books this week.
One of America’s leading comic book publishers, IDW Publishing, is releasing comics of McCain and Obama and a flip-book version combining both candidates.
“Comics and graphic novels speak to [...]
Pacific Community News launches in Auckland
A newspaper focusing on the Pacific community in Auckland is due to be launched next week.
The editor of the Pacific Community News, Taberannang Korauaba, says it will be distributed around Auckland on September 7.
He believes there needs to be more positive coverage of the Pacific Island community.
“We need to create an environment where the Pacific [...]
aaah! nourishes the soul
At the end of a cobbled path inside a small shopping centre silently awaits a tea store.
Its shelves are lined with tea for stress, sleep and energy, as well as the classics Earl Grey and green tea. Beside these are accessories such as a vibrant red, cast-iron teapot, an assortment of tea strainers and specialty [...]
Climbing the greasy poll
As the horse race between parties gathers pace, political polls now feature almost daily in national headlines. A recent poll by Fairfax-Media Nielson has National with a strong lead over Labour (54% to 30%), even considering the margin of error of plus or minus 3 per cent.
So does this mean National will be next in [...]
Web used to inform voters
John Key has more than 5000 Facebook friends and Helen Clark has 2000. This could be a sign of what is to come in the world of political campaigning.
Finding out who to vote for and why still tends to be time-consuming and confusing to young people.
The Electoral Commission released information on August 11 showing 56 [...]
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