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Jack Yan posted Pubic enemy, number one | Aug 14, 2008
Napier, New Zealand’s “piddler on the roof”, as he was dubbed by the media, has turned himself in. A vandal has been urinating on the meter for a parking complex in Napier. One news report indicated that he had managed to urinate into the coin slot so that the inside of the machine has been...
Jack Yan posted Izzy wizzy, let’s get Bizzy | Jul 26, 2008
This was one of my favourite scenes from the new comedy, The Jaquie Brown Diaries. Background: TV3 journalist Brown, playing a fictional version of herself, is known in the series as New Zealand’s top ‘lightweight journalist’, specializing in human-interest fare (not too far from the truth in...
Jack Yan posted Brown delivers ’08’s best sitcom | Jul 25, 2008
Who else thought this? The Jaquie Brown Diaries is the funniest new comedy of 2008! Snappy writing, almost perfect timing, good casting. Brown, playing herself, is a natural at a sitcom. (And from my infrequent encounters, she is very humorous in real life.) This might even be exportable—maybe...
Jack Yan posted Fairer reporting on recent murders | Jun 27, 2008
In the last month, two New Zealanders were murdered—but I have to hand it to the mainstream media, especially TV3 and National Radio, for covering these without racial bias. Ten years ago, the Chinese ethnicity of the victims would have been made to be a big deal. Indeed, any crime involving east...
