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After midnight: An oral history of SKY 1 porn
Remember staying up extra late, one hand hovering nervously over the remote in case of footsteps, waiting to catch a tantalising glimpse of nudity on TV? You were not alone. An anonymous panel revisits...
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‘I’m not really a big awards dude’: Shayne Carter on music directing the...
As music director for this year’s Silver Scroll Awards, Shayne Carter’s job is to design song reinterpretations of the five finalists for the best New Zealand songwriting. He spoke to Calum Henderson...
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‘Wait!’: Lisa Coleman on why The Revolution wants a say in what gets released...
The Revolution’s Lisa Coleman – also known as one half of Wendy & Lisa – tells Calum Henderson about getting the band back together and how they feel about the recent Purple Rain reissue.“It’s so...
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Chartlander: The NZ music charts this week in … 1991
Welcome to Chartlander, where each week we travel back through time to land in a different year on the official New Zealand singles chart in the hopes of (re)discovering forgotten Top 40 gold. Today we...
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Every pedestrian who ignored Wellington Phoenix FC’s new logo launch, ranked
I am an early-morning commuter trying to get to work on time. I am not interested in looking at your new logo.A-League soccer club Wellington Phoenix released their new logo at a waterfront ceremony...
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The Mitre 10 Cup players most likely to become All Blacks, based solely on...
Is it possible to sense a rugby player’s future from their name and name alone? Watch these players closely this Mitre 10 Cup season to find out.There are 14 teams in the Mitre 10 Cup. This week, each...
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Chartlander: What we were listening to the day Helen Clark became Prime Minister
Every week Chartlander travels back through time, landing in a different year on the official New Zealand singles chart in the hopes of (re)discovering forgotten Top 40 gold. Today we go back to the...
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Chartlander: What was on the airwaves the day Robert Muldoon called the snap...
Every week Chartlander travels back through time, landing in a different year on the official New Zealand singles chart in the hopes of (re)discovering forgotten Top 40 gold. Today we continue our tour...
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HOMEmade is a throwback to the golden days of tradie telly
New Zealand’s search for a bona fide celebrity builder to carry the torch lit by Cocksy may finally be over with the arrival of TVNZ 1’s no nonsense new home reno show.It all seems so long ago now, but...
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Chartlander: The cassingles that flew off the shelves the day Jim Bolger...
Every week Chartlander travels back through time, landing in a different year on the official New Zealand singles chart in the hopes of (re)discovering forgotten Top 40 gold. Today we continue our tour...
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My advice for Jacinda and Bill after playing politics simulator Democracy 3
Just how hard is it to win an election and successfully lead a government? Seems easy enough, but there’s only one way to find out for sure: simulate it in a computer game.No actual politics game...
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Chartlander: Hip Hop-R&B holds a majority as New Zealand votes in its first...
Every week Chartlander travels back through time, landing in a different year on the official New Zealand singles chart in the hopes of (re)discovering forgotten Top 40 gold. Today we continue our tour...
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Common Sense is the reality show New Zealand needs to make next
Calum Henderson watches Common Sense, a reality show that asks real people for their real reckons on current events. Who hasn’t watched the vox pops on the news and thought: these random people on the...
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Chartlander: New Zealand’s hottest singles the week Robert Muldoon became PM
Every week Chartlander travels back through time, landing in a different year on the official New Zealand singles chart in the hopes of (re)discovering forgotten Top 40 gold. Today we continue our tour...
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The children of New Zealand just gave our politicians a roasting
Calum Henderson watches Face the Classroom, TVNZ’s two-night special that forced our politicians to confront their harshest critics yet – the children of NZ. Move over Mike Hosking, Paddy Gower, Lisa...
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Five things election night TV coverage could learn from Havoc and Newsboy
What could a TV2 election special from 2002 teach modern news producers as they prepare for Saturday night’s big event? Calum Henderson investigates.Election night has historically been one of the...
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Chartlander: The dynamite singles chart the day Winston Peters first entered...
Every week Chartlander travels back through time, landing in a different year on the official New Zealand singles chart in the hopes of (re)discovering forgotten Top 40 gold. Today we continue our tour...
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The new My Kitchen Rules NZ is leaner and meaner than ever
Calum Henderson watches the revamped My Kitchen Rules NZ, with shiny new judges and shady new contestants. By now we should all understand the basic rules of reality television, especially the one that...
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MKRNZ recap: New theory – Teal is a David Lynch character
A Johnny Depp lookalike, a Tourism Wanaka ambassador and ‘Paleo’ Pete Evans walk into a Great Gatsby-themed dining room in suburban Auckland.From Tash and Hera’s place in Rotorua we go to Auckland for...
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Holy mackerel: There’s a new celebrity fishing show in town
Calum Henderson watches ITM Hook Me Up, a new fishing show that gets local celebs out in the deep blue. Give a celebrity a fish, they might do an Instagram post about it. But take a celebrity fishing?...
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