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AmeriNZ 330 – Sunny Day

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amerinz_podcast_1400x1400-2016TWO episodes within one week? What is this madness?! Well, I had some new audio equipment I wanted to try out, so why not do a real podcast instead of merely tests? That’s what I thought, anyway.

Today’s title refers to the fact that today is our dog Sunny’s ninth birthday. She even says hello at one point. Apart from that, it’s talk about New Zealand’s upcoming elections. Finally, a few updates, including a little bit about what equipment I was testing and why.

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Links for this episode
Sunday’s ninth birthday photo – From my Instagram
“No surprises there: Shane Jones is NZ First candidate in Whangarei” – New Zealand Herald
”Political Roundup: Will Shane Jones be NZ First’s Trump card?” – New Zealand Herald
”NZ First’s Shane Jones has ‘ability to be New Zealand’s Donald Trump’ – political commentator” – 1 News Now
”Let’s not weaponise homophobia against allies” – Phil Quin
”New Zealanders’ concerns highlighted in run to election: Poverty and the gap between rich and poor is the single biggest issue facing New Zealand and the World according to New Zealanders” – Roy Morgan Research
Blue Microphones Icicle – The thing I bought and used today (scroll down to see it)
ArcherRadio – My friend returns to podcasting

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AmeriNZ 329 – Big Move

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amerinz_podcast_1400x1400-2016Despite the tail end of a winter cold, I was determined to resume recording. So, I did,. This episode is mainly an update on what’s happened since I last recorded, including our move. It’s the main reason I’ve been missing—and missed the tenth anniversary of the AmeriNZ Podcast.

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Links for this episode
“Boxed in” – my blog post about our move
”Barrier cleared” – a blog post about a few of the blogging (and podcasting…) barriers I faced
”Health and sickness” – my blog post about a the health stuff I mentioned

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AmeriNZ 328 – Our Turn

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amerinz_podcast_1400x1400-2016The date for New Zealand’s parliamentary elections has been announced, and I talk about that first, as well as about how New Zealand elections work. I also talk about the politics of all this—the state of the Left in New Zealand, the prospects for the National Party winning a fourth term, what Winston Peters could do, etc. There’s also a personal update at the end, too.

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Links for this episode
“Prime Minister sets 2017 election date” – NewsHub (formerly known as “3 News”)
Tweet on police numbers from One News reporter Andrea Vance
“The Many Contradictions Of Peter Thiel’s New Zealand Citizenship” – By Ryan Mac, Forbes

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AmeriNZ 327 – Flipside

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amerinz_podcast_1400x1400-2016Last time I talked about some storms down south. We had some bad ones last weekend. The bad weather has made it difficult to get my projects around the house finished. There are a couple items in the New Zealand news that are related to the USA—not political, exactly, but politics-related. Mainly, it’s about immigration and very wealthy Americans coming to New Zealand.

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Links for this episode
“Wild storm: One critically injured, thousands still without power in Auckland” – New Zealand Herald
“Unexpected disruption” – My blog post on the disruptions I talked about
“Prime Minister backs billionaire Peter Thiel’s New Zealand citizenship” – New Zealand Herald
“Peter Thiel” – Wikipedia
“American doomsdayers: why they’re coming to New Zealand” – New Zealand Herald

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AmeriNZ 326 – Summertime

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amerinz_podcast_1400x1400-2016We finally got some summer weather! We had pleasant holidays, but this time of year is very quiet and that’s both good and bad (probably mostly good). My birthday is tomorrow! That will keep me from paying any attention to the hoopla in Washington, DC.

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Links for this episode

The pretty stamps I mentioned.

The pretty stamps I mentioned.

“Weather bomb: More heavy rains forecast for weekend” – New Zealand Herald
“I’m willing to share” – My blog post offering to share my birthday as a distraction
“A day of no significance” – My blog post on my not paying attention to the hoopla in D.C.
2PP121 – 10 January 2017 – 2Political Podcast has returned!!

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AmeriNZ 325 – New Team

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amerinz_podcast_ep325_1400x1400New Zealand has a new Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. I talk about that, some of the intrigue, and especially about what all this could mean. On the other hand, I probably won’t have anything more to say about it until the middle of January at the earliest, and there are a couple reasons for that. Everything else is going well.

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Links for this episode
“New Prime Minister” – My blog post on the new team (with videos)
“John Key’s departure – videos” – My blog post with reaction videos
“John Key Resigns” – My blog post written after I recorded AmeriNZ 324
“That leadership ‘election’: Have we just been played?” – By Simon Wilson, Radio NZ

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Episode 324 – Shock Resignation

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amerinz_podcast_1400x1400-2016Today the New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, announced he was resigning on Monday, December 12. It came as a total surprise—no one in the general public saw it coming. In this special episode, I talk about that, what happened, what will happen, and a little about what may happen. I’ll talk more about this topic next time, when we know a little more.

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Links for this episode
“PM to resign: ‘It feels like the right time to go’” – Radio New Zealand
“Prime Minister John Key announces resignation” – Official Press Release
“John Key’s shock resignation speech” – New Zealand Herald
Labour Leader Andrew Little Press Conference – Facebook
Update: Labour Leader Andrew Little Press Conference – YouTube
Update: John Key’s departure – videos – My blog post with several videos, including the complete speech and press conference with John Key and reactions to it.

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AmeriNZ 323 – Results

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amerinz_podcast_150x150I made Thanksgiving Dinner this year! I talk about that first. Then, it’s on to the recent US election, and how it could affect expats as well as New Zealand. Then, I talk about the results of the NZ local government elections. There were good results. After that, it’s ome updates on how I’m doing, plus I share some of my confusion over “content creation”.

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Links for this episode
“Three months later” – My blog three months after my procedure
“Another new adventure” – My blog post about starting allopurinol
”More earthquake trouble – My blog post on the recent earthquake

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AmeriNZ 322 – Progress

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amerinz_podcast_150x150The first and last episode for September is about progress, starting with New Zealand.

New Zealand’s new Governor General was sworn in. I yawned—and cringed.

We’re still in the midst of our local elections. Turnout has been very low. And, then there are multiple health-related updates.

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Links for this episode
“Hollywood big guns among crowd at swearing in of new Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy” – Stuff
“Hollywood big guns among crowd at swearing in of new Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy” – NZ Herald
Auckland Council releases daily vote counts (PDF)
All my blog posts tagged “Bella”

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AmeriNZ 321 – Seasons

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AmeriNZ_Podcast_EP321_1400x1400-EDITThis episode was recorded on Tuesday, but I couldn’t post it until today due to major problems with this site. The problems were kind of complicated, though ultimately simple to fix, but it took me two days to figure it out. And I think I have.

This is now the tenth season of the AmeriNZ Podcast, but that’s not the only reason this episode is called “Seasons”. Today’s main topic is about why that is, and what turns out to have been the main reason I struggled so much to record new episodes.

But first, last time I said I’d blog about the final results of the second NZ Flag Referendum, and a link to that is in the shownotes for this episode. There really wasn’t any change from the results of the preliminary results.

We’re also in the midst of our local elections. My friend Richard Hills is a candidate for re-election to our Local Board, and is also running for Auckland Council.

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Links for this episode
“The final word” – My blog post on the final results of the second flag referendum.
“Endorsing around” – My blog post on my support for Richard Hills.
“We all make plans” – My blog post on my recent adventure.

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