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It’s Moments Like Those You Need Mintos

By Dave Stewart, on May 16th, 2013

In 1981 I knew little of sports in South Africa, or racism in sport in general. The NZRFU inviting an apartheid team to tour New Zealand in 1981 changed that for me and a lot of other people. There are a lot of arguments that still rage today over the 1981 tour, but all that proves is that racism in sport is divisive. Towards the end of the 1981 tour I was so impacted by what I had seen that I had brought a 35mm camera and had started taking photographs and developing them in a darkroom in the bathroom. By the time the tour was over I had a job as a photographer. . . . → Read More: It’s Moments Like Those You Need Mintos

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What Would You Say?

By Dave Stewart, on May 15th, 2013

The GCSB said the law was ambiguous and confusing in relation to what it’s powers were over spying on New Zealanders. Really? 14. Interceptions not to target domestic communications Neither the Director, nor an employee of the Bureau, nor a person acting on behalf of the Bureau may authorise or take any action for the purpose of intercepting the communications of a person (not being a foreign organisation or a foreign person) who is a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident. That looks as clear as dog’s balls to me, but I’m not an intelligence person. . . . → Read More: What Would You Say?

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Spider Web

By Dave Stewart, on May 14th, 2013

Spider’s Web

Out in the garden early today as the sun was rising and heating the dew off the plants and spotted this.

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Shadow Of Doubt

By Dave Stewart, on May 14th, 2013

I hadn’t taken much notice of the Crewe Murders to be honest as the trials unfolded, but you couldn’t really ignore the efforts of the Thomas retrial committee as they fought to free an an innocent man. Mum was a wardsmaid at Middlemore while Thomas was hospitalised during his imprisonment. I remember her coming home to Buckland Road one night and telling me ‘He is innocent, I can tell by his eyes, he couldn’t have murdered anyone’ That was good enough for me. . . . → Read More: Shadow Of Doubt

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Born Again?

By Dave Stewart, on May 12th, 2013

My mother was my hero, and mothers everywhere still are my heros. This is not to denigrate the role of the father, that is important too, but in my case it was a different role that Dad played. Mum was the person whom taught me about love and tenderness. About caring and sharing. And about treating every one the same. Which is not to say Mum didn’t have favorites, she did. She had 7 of them. . . . → Read More: Born Again?

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What Do You Call An Act Leader In A Suit

By Dave Stewart, on May 11th, 2013

When John Key ordered the party faithful of Epsom to help rig the last election he told them to vote for the former National party Police Minister John Banks.

How did they feel seeing their MP in the defendant dock on Friday.

John Banks, Government Minister

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/8646686/I-haven-t-committed-any-offence-ACT-leader

 

 

. . . → Read More: What Do You Call An Act Leader In A Suit

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Website Re-Launched Mother’s Day, 2013

By Dave Stewart, on May 11th, 2013

Exposures Online broke a lot of new ground, providing race day photofinishes and videos to the Interweb where none had been available before. Stewart also used the website to blog before blogging was a word and wrote stories of things that ‘wound his clock’, mainly music, politics and everything else. . . . → Read More: Website Re-Launched Mother’s Day, 2013

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Flying Loeb the stuff of rally legend

By Dave Stewart, on May 10th, 2010
S Loeb

On Friday, he lost his door. Yesterday, as Petter Solberg ruefully put it, Sebastien Loeb drove as if he’d lost his mind. The leader after day one of the New Zealand round of the World Rally Championship, Solberg couldn’t have said anything more meaningful at the end of Friday’s press conference. He warned that Loeb “would leave his brain in the service area and it will be a maximum attack … expect incredible times from him.” . . . → Read More: Flying Loeb the stuff of rally legend

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Shear brilliance from Waikaretu wonder woman

By Dave Stewart, on March 27th, 2007

She may be petite but Waikaretu’s Emily Welch is one tough and determined competitor. The 27-year-old beat 40 male shearers to take the senior runner-up title at the weekend’s 47th Golden Shears in Masterton, a feat never accomplished by a woman. “I went into the competition really well prepared. It was one of those competitions where everything just clicked. . . . → Read More: Shear brilliance from Waikaretu wonder woman

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Concert Review – David Bowie, Wellington Feb 14 2004

By Dave Stewart, on March 15th, 2004

On February 14th 2004 David Bowie played a concert at The Cake Tin in Wellington as part of his Reality Tour. I went. 9.00 pm, it’s starts persisting down – the storm that flooded the bottom half of the North Island had begun. There’s no big screen, but there’s a huge stage backdrop that is an enormous LCD screen and it’s awesome. It’s dark now, it’s raining, we all know the bands about to start playing and then we hear the opening notes of Rebel Rebel. . . . → Read More: Concert Review – David Bowie, Wellington Feb 14 2004

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