Embattled Radio New Zealand Takes Comfort In The Knowledge That No One’s Listening Anyway
GORDON LIGHTFOOT | National LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE Taxpayer funded state broadcaster Radio New Zealand have been making headlines recently due to all sorts of problems they’ve been having with their staff. Back in March, cabinet minister Kiri Allan had a go at RNZ during a farewell for her partner Mani Dunlop, who was […]
Man Picks Rank Outsider For First Try Scorer As If He Has Some Kind Of Inside Knowledge
ROSEMARY ABBOTT | Sport NO NEED FOR A CRYSTAL BALL Braydon Mulholland was strutting around this afternoon like he had some sort of direct line to the sports gods themselves. The 32-year-old had just placed a $10 bet on Blues prop Nepo Laulala to score first in tonight’s semi final against the Crusaders, with Laulala […]
Public Service Bureaucrat Secretly Fantasises About Being Made Redundant
GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Local IMAGINE THAT Public servant Peter (not his real name) has anonymously approached the Whakataki Times with an admission that may represent a widespread feeling among our taxpayer funded government staff. He says that he has a deep, burning desire to be dramatically laid off from his job, claiming it would be […]
