AmeriNZ 334 – Still more change

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Arthur

Change is continuing in the New Zealand election campaign, so much so that I could almost do a daily podcast on it and not run out of material. A lot has changed since my last podcast episode, and I mainly talk about that today. This episode has 98% less talk about the details of political polls!

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Links for this episode
”Something’s not right” – My detailed blog post on what’s wrong with the reporting on a recent poll
“The support is there” – My blog post on where the Greens’ support went
“Season of change” – My blog post on why a Labour/Greens government may happen
“Labour, Greens and Māori Party ‘could change the world’ – Marama Fox” – Newshub
”Peter Dunne to stand down” – Another major change in the election
”Jacinda Ardern: No surprise at Greens’ Ohariu call” – New Zealand Herald
“Storm erupts over Gareth Morgan’s ‘lipstick on a pig’
tweet” – New Zealand Herald
“Cat fight” – My blog post on Gareth Morgan’s crusade against cats
“AmeriNZ 295 – Waiting” – The 2013 podcast episode where I talked about Gareth Morgan’s crusade against cats
“Opening the books has changed the election campaign trail” – Stuff’s piece on the opening of the financial books
“First Labour Party ad” – My blog post about the first ad (with video)
“New speed limit of 110km/h for some key New Zealand expressways” – New Zealand Herald

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AmeriNZ 333 – One Week

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Arthur

If a week is a long time in politics, we’ve been through a year this past week. This episode is mainly updating all the many changes since last week’s episode. Yes, there’s a lot of detail, but it sets the stage for what will happen in the weeks ahead.

This episode is a re-record, which isn’t unusual. The reason is, though.

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Links for this episode
Polls apart – My detailed blog post on the poll results and what they mean
“Timeline: Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei’s downfall” from Radio NZ

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AmeriNZ 332 – Changes

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Arthur

Political upheaval, people leaving, people arriving—but this is about New Zealand. There were big changes this week, and there may be some more. This is my main topic this episode.

I’ve been sick lately, which kept me from podcasting and blogging. This was my third bad cold this winter, but that’s happened before. Still, Spring is on the way—eventually.

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Links for this episode
Life for the party – My blog post on the changes to Labour
“A good start” – My blog post on Jacinda Ardern’s first couple days as Labour Party Leader
”Labour to assess whether Metiria Turei’s electoral revelations could damage party” – New Zealand Herald

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AmeriNZ 331 – Newsy Zealand

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Arthur

There’s been a lot of news here in New Zealand, but the two biggest stories were probably not widely reported overseas. So, first I begin talking about sport (yes, really!): The America’s Cup and the British and Irish Lions Tour to New Zealand. I mainly talk about stuff that provides some background and context to those stories, and why they matter for New Zealand.

The New Zealand general election is drawing ever closer, and a new poll is out. How did National and Labour fare? How did New Zealand First, which I talked about last time, do? And, what does all of this imply for the results of the election?

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Links for this episode
”America’s Cup” – Wikipedia
“America’s Cup and us” – My blog post on the victory
”2017 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand” – Wikipedia
”Irish Rugby Football Union” – Wikipedia
”Ireland’s Call” – Wikipedia
”New Zealand Barbarians” – Wikipedia
”Māori All Blacks” – Wikipedia
”Andrew Little drops to fourth as preferred PM in latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll that sees both major parties take a hit” – 1 News (with video)
”Andrew Little deflects worst approval rating by Labour leader since 2009: Polls are not ‘what motivate me’” – 1 News (with video)

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AmeriNZ 330 – Sunny Day

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Arthur

TWO 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 328 – Our Turn

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Arthur

The 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

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Arthur

Last 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 325 – New Team

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Arthur

New 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

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Arthur

Today 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

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Arthur

I 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 334 – Still more change

AmeriNZ 333 – One Week

AmeriNZ 332 – Changes

AmeriNZ 331 – Newsy Zealand

AmeriNZ 330 – Sunny Day

AmeriNZ 328 – Our Turn

AmeriNZ 327 – Flipside

AmeriNZ 325 – New Team

Episode 324 – Shock Resignation

AmeriNZ 323 – Results