Wellingtonista on the telly

by Robyn on October 1, 2010 in Uncategorized

Last night, our fearless editoress Joanna appeared on Media7. The episode was dedicated to regional media coverage of mayoral campaigns, from Northland to Southland. Joanna talked about the Wellingtonista’s mayoral candidate questionnaire, including that one candidate who couldn’t follow directions.

Jo did us proud, and skilfully managed to glamorously coordinate with the Media 7 set. You can watch the episode in full here.

After seeing the clips of regional telly in other parts of New Zealand, it makes me wish for Wellington to have its own low-budget, slightly crappy regional television channel.

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And speaking of Wellington local body politics and TVNZ 7, on Wednesday night, Back Benches held a debate with the Wellington mayoral candidates, focusing on transport and tourism. Watch the episode here.

Robyn Gallagher

When Robyn Gallagher isn't exploring and writing about her favourite bits of Wellington, she can be found over at her long-running blog, watching too many films, or generally mucking around on the internet.

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Joanna October 1, 2010 at 3:39 pm

Hey, I’m not looking down! Things I wanted to mention but didn’t have time:

How I’ve seen nothing in the mainstream media about how to vote – which Graeme has handily fixed
Comparing and contrasting Simon Prast and P and Al Mansell and P – in which the only outrage was the use of the word ‘grouse’.
How I knew absolutely nothing about the other candidate (even his name) who hadn’t replied to us, except then someone told me who he was.
I also didn’t get time to explain properly how I think Jack Yan is putting too many eggs in his free WiFi basket (or suggest that maybe he should be working with the Mesh Network people) , but that’s TV for you.
It was fun! I am happy I got to represent the ’04, yo.

noizyboy October 1, 2010 at 4:01 pm