fyre festival

Neon Picnic: New Zealand’s very own Fyre Festival

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With 30 years’ hindsight, the failed Neon Picnic festival of January 1988 can be seen as the Fyre festival of its day, writes Chris Bourke. This piece was originally published on Audioculture. It was a flawed concept that captured the spirit of the times. The organisers envisaged something more evolved than the contemporary rock bands and … Read more

The Fyre Festival was just like this Labour government – all smoke, no fyre

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Broken promises, paying more for less… National MP Chris Bishop draws parallels between the doomed Fyre Festival and the Labour government. I’ve just got back from my honeymoon (it was great, thanks for asking). Browsing idly one night on my iPad, I noticed that Netflix had a new documentary called Fyre. I’d vaguely heard the … Read more