poneke
| Location | New Zealand |
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| Introduction | Kia ora, I’m a politically and socially aware Wellingtonian, a media professional of 20 years’ experience with catholic interests in such things and issues as urban transport, climate change, Flight of the Conchords, civil society, the law, how well the news media serves the public and much more besides. Above all I am a skeptic, which is quite a different animal from a cynic. This aim of my blog is to present a personalised, eclectic mix of essays with a literary journalism bent; media criticism; and breaking news on important and not-so-important issues. It is anonymous, but not because I am trying to hide my identity. When I started in journalism, newspaper stories rarely had bylines. They stood or fell on their content, not who their author was. I want this blog to be like that. Poneke is the Maori transliteration of Port Nicholson, which was the original name the British settlers gave to Wellington. The actual Maori name for the area that today is New Zealand’s capital is Te Whanganui-a-Tara, or the Great Harbour of Tara, a reference to a chief named Tara, said to have visited the area 800 years ago. Ka kite ano |