Slow television

What happened when I watched all 12 hours of Go South

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Over Easter, Prime aired a piece of slow television gold: Go South. Tara Ward watched the whole thing. First published on 23 April 2019 It was five and a half hours into an epic 12 hour journey through New Zealand when I saw it: a giant cat, randomly standing on the platform of the Christchurch train station. … Read more

Shorty St Scandal is the only logical response to Ferndale

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With all due respect to everything New Zealanders have achieved in art and commerce, no serious person disputes Shortland Street’s position as this country’s best ‘thing’. It’s older than Lorde, weirder than the Wizard of Christchurch and more ripped than Ma’a Nonu. It exists in this strange microclimate where there is only one bar and two cafés, where … Read more