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Holmes on Veitch: the final word

Published on 2008-07-21 16:28:33

In yesterdays NZ Herald Paul Holmes gave his view on the affair.  Holmes is a personal friend and colleague of Veitch, he interviewed Veitch a week after the official press conference when Veitch admitted to “lashing out” and it is rumoured that Holmes penned the statement given at the conference.  I am determined he shouldn’t [...]

Ma Xin Xin

Published on 2008-07-17 18:40:58

On Monday, The Prince and I took the children down to the Waikato for a day trip.  Upon our return that evening I was horrified to hear of abduction of a 5 year old girl, by a masked man who put her into a silver car and drove away, whilst playing outside her home in [...]

Formal Complaint laid against Veitch

Published on 2008-07-17 17:43:44

Auckland City Police investigating allegations of assault by Mr Tony Veitch can confirm that they have received a formal complaint from the former partner named in the media. Police have nothing further to add at this stage. Noreen Hegarty Police Media Officer. That’s the Police media release that came out at 5:41pm last night. (source [...]

Veitch: RNZ and TVNZ knew!

Published on 2008-07-12 19:14:13

This weekend it has emerged that both Radio New Zealand and TVNZ knew of the issue between Tony Veitch and former partner Kirsten Dunne Powell.  According to the NZ Herald, TVNZ bosses viewed it as a civil matter settled privately between parties and contend that they had a limited knowledge of the incident and certainly [...]

Derek Fox, Tony Veitch and Domestic Abuse

Published on 2008-07-10 19:11:47

Tony Veitch assaulted his partner two years ago, revelations today put the amount of “hush” money paid to his ex partner Kirsten Dunne-Powell at around $170,000.  Radio NZ has suspended Veitch and the general consensus is that TVNZ should do the same.  The majority of views in the Heralds your views section call for him [...]

Tony Veitch

Published on 2008-07-09 01:07:14

So, Tony Veitch has admitted to assaulting his ex partner Kirsten Dunne-Powell, he’s apologised to his ex, to his bosses and lastly he’s apologised to the people of New Zealand.  For what? Not living up to our supposed expectations?  I don’t know him, why should I care?  Thinking we might care is the height of [...]

The solution is not Asian Vigilantes and Triads

Published on 2008-07-08 18:17:06

A vigilante is a person who ignores due process of law and enacts his or her own form of justice when they deem the response of the authorities to be insufficient. (source Wikipedia) On Saturday 5th July and estimated 10,000 people marched in South Auckland against crime.  The march was organised by Peter Low of [...]

60 Minutes Story, Little Women

Published on 2008-07-07 19:19:56

Being the mother of a so called “tweenaged” daughter, I watched this story on 60 Minutes with interest.  I’m forever arguing with the wee pipi princess about her clothes.  She loves those Bratz dolls, oversized heads and skimpy clothes, if I’d been given a doll with a head that large as a child, I would [...]

More ASH stupidity

Published on 2008-07-03 00:07:27

The more teenagers visit shops where cigarettes are on display, the more likely they are to start smoking, new research by anti-smoking organisation ASH says.  Last year 27,000 Year 10 students from 238 schools were asked questions which indicated their susceptibility to smoking such as “If your best friend offered you a cigarette, would you [...]

I’m not one for reviews but…

Published on 2008-07-02 19:13:39

I happen to be on holiday and caught the beginning of a brand new NZ made comedy series on TV One last night called “Burying Brian”. The story opens with Jodie arriving home from a girls night out, the house is all locked up and Brian, her husband remains stubbornly asleep on the couch as [...]