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From The Hood: Dining With The Baron
An extraordinary tale of marine vicissitude
The Complicatist : The sounds of summer…and Bert Jansch, R.I.P
Laneways beats the Big Day Out, hands down
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 26, September 2011 * * * * *
The September 2011 Edition of Werewolf
Gordon Campbell on who should pay for the Rena clean-up
So Transport Minister Stephen Joyce will be meeting this morning with the Mediterranean Shipping Company, the Greek firm that chartered the Rena from its Greek […]
On RNZ’s banning of Bomber Bradbury
The lifelong ban that RNZ has now been imposed of Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury for breaching the state broadcaster’s hallowed standards of balance is outrageous, even […]
On why the deal on Police covert video surveillance is a travesty
Click for big version. At Saturday’s protest against the bill in Wellington. Photo by Anne Russell. So a cosy deal has been reached between National […]
On the latest SAS death in Afghanistan
Somehow, the job that we’re doing in Afghanistan is so crucial that it is worth our SAS soldiers dying for – but only until 31st […]
On the Act Party’s latest policy contortions
Click for big version. By bringing together every dope smoking university student who owns a copy of Bob Marley’s Legend with every rural Rasta, the […]
On Barack Obama’s latest bailout of Israel
So US President Barack Obama is promising to use a Security Council veto to block any attempt by Palestine to gain UN recognition, and he […]
On the Police surveillance bailout, and Morning Report
Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com It would be easier to respect the law if – repeatedly – the Police and SIS didn’t seem so […]
On youth voting and the RWC’s C-List celebrities
The Greens’ Gareth Hughes has highlighted the apparent lack of interest by the young in this year’s election. Only about 72% of eligible 18-24 year […]
Ten Myths About Asset Sales
Selling down the public’s stake in energy companies and Air NZ makes little sense, socially or economically
Cricket and Depression
Is there something about cricket that puts its top players at greater risk of mental illness?
Too Old To Vote?
As the population ages, will senile voters decide the election outcome in future?
Classics : Lady and the Tramp (1955) and Benji (1974)
How Disney (and others) teach children that living in a nice suburban home beats living free in the city
Left Coasting : Barricading the Information Superplaza
BART starts a free speech firestorm
Touching the Void
In Melancholia Lars von Trier hives off serenely into the cosmos
From the Hood: The Inspector Protector
Inspection is my life
Milestone Movies : Cave of Forgotten Dreams ( 2010)
This time, Werner Herzog’s process of turning obsession into art begins with art
The Complicatist : Retromania ( yet again)
We’re all busy making plans for the past
Imagining War
The ethical and stylistic issues in using real-life war zones as a basis for contemporary fiction
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 25, August 2011 * * * * *
The August 2011 Edition of Werewolf
On workplace deaths, and Italy’s threat to Europe
It has been a bad week for those who think that business can be safely left to regulate itself. Workplace safety failures have been revealed […]
On Nicky Hager’s new book
Nicky Hager’s book launch press conference. Video credit: Anne Russell In late 2001, I remember interviewing Helen Clark on another subject, but took the opportunity […]
On the EQC’s funding woes, and a peak oil update
So, it seems, the Greens were right all along – a special levy to fund the costs involved with the Christchurch earthquake still makes good […]
On sports injury; and the West Memphis Three aftermath
[See below for The West Memphis Three aftermath] Imagine if there was a party drug known to kill a number of teenagers around the world […]
On Italy, Politics and the Rugby World Cup
Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com Silvio Berlusconi really needs Italy to win the Rugby World Cup, or an equivalent miracle. While he faces prosecution […]
On oil profits (and other administrivia) within the new Libya
The fighters in western Libya who captured the supply line towns on the way into Tripoli and made the final push into the capital do […]
On The Release Of The West Memphis Three
Good news stories are few and far between, and the release from jail of the West Memphis Three is definitely one of those moments to […]