Across The Ditch with Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey was Recorded Live on 23/05/13. Issue One: Peter and Selwyn discuss how the New Zealand Police Commissioner Peter Marshall has conditionally apologised for the way members of the remote Ruatoki community were apprehended and detained during supposed antiterror raids in 2007. The commissioner said Police stand [...]
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5AA Australia: Police Commissioner Offers Conditional Apology To Ruatoki Community
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Radio 5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning On Today’s ‘Smile And Be Optimistic’ Budget
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Across The Ditch was Recorded Live on 16/05/13. In this week’s bulletin Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey discuss the big challenges facing the National-led Government, and also the significant issues that are likely to be delivered by Finance Minister Bill English when he reads today’s Budget. Budget 2013: The big challenges for the National-led Government [...]
5AA Australia: Selwyn & Peter Discuss Invasive New Spy Laws + Weather Warnings
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, May 9th, 2013
5AA Australia: Selwyn & Peter Discuss Invasive New Spy Laws + Weather Warnings 5AA’s Across The Ditch was Recorded LIVE on 9/05/13. This week, Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey discuss how the New Zealand Government has passed under urgency the first stage of two new spy bills that will enable the GCSB to spy on [...]
ANZAC Day Live Stream: Wellington City Dawn Service at the Lambton Quay Cenotaph
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, April 25th, 2013
ANZAC Day Live Stream: Wellington City Dawn Service at the Lambton Quay Cenotaph your browser does not support frames. ANZAC Day stream will be live form approximately 5:00am New Zealand time. This live stream is courtesy of R2.co.nz, the RSA, and Absolutely Positively Wellington.
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch – Same Sex Bill Passes In NZ
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, April 18th, 2013
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch – Same Sex Bill Passes In NZ + Education Ministry Seeks High COurt Redress Over Leaky Buildings Across The Ditch was Recorded Live on 18/04/13. The Issues: Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey discuss how New Zealand’s Parliament passed last night a marriage equality bill making it legal for people of [...]
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch – GCSB Scandal Is Becoming Very Weird
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, April 11th, 2013
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch – GCSB Scandal Is Becoming Very Weird Across The Ditch with Peter Godfrey and Selwyn Manning was Recorded Live on 11/04/13. GCSB: This issue just keeps getting more weird. This week it has been revealed that the GCSB spy agency has illegally spied on at least 85 New Zealanders. And [...]
5AA Australia: We Have Rain! + Top Road Cop Retires + GCSB PM Scandal
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, April 4th, 2013
5AA Australia: We Have Rain! + Top Road Cop Retires + GCSB PM Scandal Across The Ditch was Recorded Live on 4/04/13. First up Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey discuss how it looks like New Zealand’s drought in the North Island has broken… : We Have Rain! Also, Leo Tooman, one of New Zealand’s top [...]
5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey on PM’s Schoolmate Is Now His Spy Boss
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, March 28th, 2013
5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey on PM’s Schoolmate Is Now His Spy Boss Across The Ditch was Recorded Live on 28/03/13. The Prime Minister John Key’s apparent cozy relationship with the spy agency, the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), continues to be questioned. In Parliament on Wednesday opposition politicians questioned the Prime Minister’s [...]
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch with Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, March 14th, 2013
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch with Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey Across The Ditch was Recorded LIVE on 14/03/13. In this week’s bulletin Peter Godfrey and Selwyn Manning discuss how the New Zealand Parliament voted on Wednesday night in favour of the second reading of the marriage equality bill. 77 members of Parliament voted in [...]
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, March 7th, 2013
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey Issue 1: Political pressure is intensifying on Hekia Parata, the Minister of Education, after a series of failures under her watch, including how a pay-system she signed off on (Novopay) still fails to ensure teachers are paid, over-states their tax liability, and is costing [...]
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Sean Perry
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, February 28th, 2013
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Sean Perry In this bulletin of Across The Ditch Selwyn Manning and Sean Perry discuss the first fatal shark attack in New Zealand since the 1970s, and also how the NZ Supreme Court has given the National-led Government a green light to go ahead with a [...]
Live Stream: Golden Shears 2013 – The World’s Premiere Shearing and Wool Handling Championship
Written by LiveNews Publisher on Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Live Stream: Golden Shears 2013 – The World’s Premiere Shearing and Wool Handling Championship your browser does not support frames Live Stream courtesy of R2.co.nz – Welcome to the webcast of the 2013 Golden Shears, live from the Masterton. The webcast will run from approximately 7:30am on Wednesday 27 February until the end of the [...]
Live Stream: 2013 Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Group Championships
Written by LiveNews Publisher on Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Live Stream: 2013 Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Group Championships your browser does not support frames. Live Stream courtesy of R2.co.nz – Welcome to the webcast of the 2013 NZ Age Group Championships. The webcast is for Tuesday 26 February until Saturday 2 March 2013, and will run from approximately 9amNZ Time, until end of [...]
5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey on NZ Reserve Bank Gov Says He Will Intervene In Dollar If He Has To
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, February 21st, 2013
5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey on NZ Reserve Bank Gov Says He Will Intervene In Dollar If He Has To In this week’s Across The Ditch Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey discuss how if signals are anything to go by then New Zealand Reserve Bank governor’s message that he will intervene to bring [...]
Live Video: US President Barack Obama’s State Of The Union Address
Written by Selwyn Manning on Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Live Video: US President Barack Obama’s State Of The Union Address THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F Kennedy declared to this chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress.” “It is my task,” he said, “to report the [...]
Video: Greenpeace’s Future is Here Live Debate Onboard the Rainbow Warrior III
Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
Video: Greenpeace’s Future is Here Live Debate Onboard the Rainbow Warrior III Greenpeace writes: After the release of our ‘Future is Here‘ report, politicians from three major political parties are taking part in a debating the NZ Energy Revolution in Wellington on board the new Rainbow Warrior. Russel Norman, co-leader of the Green Party, Grant [...]
Live R2 Stream: Challenge Wanaka Triathlon Streaming Live
Written by Selwyn Manning on Saturday, January 19th, 2013
Live R2 Stream: Challenge Wanaka Triathlon Streaming Live your browser does not supportframes. Welcome to the webcast of the Challenge Wanaka Triathlon. The webcast is on Saturday 19 January 2013, and will run from approximately 5:30am NZ Time, until end of the event. For more see Challenge-wanaka.com Live R2 stream is courtesy of R2.co.nz.
Assange Delivers Christmas Speech – Says Wikileaks Preparing One Million Document Drop
Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, December 21st, 2012
Assange Delivers Christmas Speech – Says Wikileaks Preparing One Million Document Drop Wikileaks editor Julian Assange has read out a Christmas speech from a window box of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Assange said Wikileaks has not been beaten by a US Government-led clampdown on the Wikileaks operation, but rather it is preparing to release [...]
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – 2012 Round-Up
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, December 20th, 2012
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – 2012 Round-Up Peter and Selwyn deliver the last Across The Ditch bulletin for 2012 and focus on a mix of themes: Most Bizarre Spin (and this one is hotly contested) – The New Zealand Prime Minister John Key trying to spin how more [...]
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning on TPPA + Costs of Royal Visit
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, December 13th, 2012
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning Recorded LIVE on 13/12/12 This week, Selwyn and Peter discuss the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations + the cost of the Royal visit by Prince Charles and Camilla. Across The Ditch broadcasts live weekly on Radio 5AA Australia and webcasts on LiveNews.co.nz.
THE CLIMATE SHOW #31: DOHA! DOHA! DOHA!
Written by Selwyn Manning on Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
THE CLIMATE SHOW #31: DOHA! DOHA! DOHA! Courtesy of Gareth Renowden on Hot_Topic, and Glenn Williams and John Cook of Skeptical Science. The Climate Show: It’s the run up to Christmas, and the annual ritual repeats. Diplomats gather in Doha to discuss and debate action on climate change, so Glenn and Gareth talk to their [...]
Updated: Video & Report – NZ Police Assault Woman Protester At TPPA Protest
Written by Selwyn Manning on Saturday, December 8th, 2012
Video: NZ Police Assault Woman Protester At TPPA Protest See Also: GPJA Audio & Text: The Leaked Police Watch House Tape – American Embassy “extremely happy” with policing of protest. Eyewitness accounts state: New Zealand Police were forced onto a defensive footing Saturday after protesters responded with anger at how Police pushed into the centre [...]
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – Driving Dogs + Polls + Hobbit Reviews
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, December 6th, 2012
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – Driving Dogs + Polls + Hobbit Reviews A group of Kiwi dogs have been learning to drive: This is a novel idea by the SPCA and Mini designed to raise the plight of rescued dogs looking for families to adopt them. The SPCA [...]
In The News: Karyn Hay & Andrew Fagin IV Selwyn Manning on the Making of Behind The Shroud – RadioLive
Written by Selwyn Manning on Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
In The News: Karyn Hay & Andrew Fagin IV Selwyn Manning on the Making of Behind The Shroud – RadioLive On Monday, December 4 2012 RadioLive hosts Karyn Hay and Andrew Fagin talked to Selwyn Manning about the making of his doco Behind The Shroud. RadioLive: Selwyn Manning talks to Karyn Hay & Andrew Fagin [...]
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch with Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – The Hobbit + NZ Wine
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, November 29th, 2012
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch with Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – The Hobbit + NZ Wine This week Peter and Selwyn talk about the world premiere of Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson’s latest movie, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Tens of thousands of people lined a red-carpet that stretched almost the length [...]
Live Stream: The Hobbit Premiere In Wellington (stream 2)
Written by Selwyn Manning on Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Live Stream: The Hobbit Premiere In Wellington (stream 2) LIVE STREAM: The Hobbit Premiere – From Peter Jackson the director of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy comes The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The Hobbit premieres in Wellington today, and will be in cinemas around the world from December 14. Click here to check out [...]
Live Stream: The Hobbit Premiere Live From Wellington
Written by Selwyn Manning on Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Live Stream: The Hobbit Premiere Live From Wellington LIVE STREAM: The Hobbit Premiere – From Peter Jackson the director of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy comes The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The Hobbit premieres in Wellington today, and will be in cinemas around the world from December 14. If this stream stalls, check out [...]
R2 Live Stream: NetHui South 2012 – Video Stream 2 – Business and Innovation
Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, November 23rd, 2012
R2 Live Stream: Video Stream 2 – Business and Innovation Welcome to the live webcast from NetHui South 2012, held at Otago University and Otago Museum. 23-24 November 2012. Stream 2 – Business and Innovation. Cloud Computing, Big Data and always connected devices. Otago Museum – Kakapo Room. Courtesy of R2.co.nz and InternetNZ – NetHui [...]
Live Stream: NetHui South 2012 – Video Stream 1 – Dunedin Digital Strategy – Opportunities and Challenges
Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, November 23rd, 2012
Live Stream: Video Stream 1 – Dunedin Digital Strategy – Opportunities and Challenges Welcome to the live webcast from NetHui South 2012, held at Otago University and Otago Museum. 23-24 November 2012. Stream 1 – Dunedin Digital Strategy – Opportunities and Challenges. Otago Museum – Hutton Theatre. Courtesy of R2.co.nz and InternetNZ – NetHui South [...]
State Of It: A Silent Tactic Will Progress Cunliffe Group’s Interests
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
State Of It: A Silent Tactic Will Progress Cunliffe Group’s Interests State Of It – By Selwyn Manning. What can we expect from Labour over the next three months? Now that it is reasonable to assume there is little love to be lost between Labour MP David Cunliffe and the current leader David Shearer, will [...]
5AA Across The Ditch: Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning on: The Labour leader’s Strategic Meltdown + Volcanic Eruptions
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning discuss: The Labour leader’s Strategic Meltdown + Volcanic Eruptions 5AA Across The Ditch Recorded LIVE on 22/11/12. Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning discuss how the New Zealand Labour Party leader, David Shearer, had a strategic meltdown this week, demoting the most impressive politician on his front-bench, David Cunliffe, stripping him [...]
State Of It – Is Bill English’s Current Account Optimism In Keeping With National’s Stakeholder Groups?
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, November 15th, 2012
State Of It – Is Bill English’s Current Account Optimism In Keeping With National’s Stakeholder Groups? State Of It – By Selwyn Manning. Yesterday Finance Minister Bill English informed the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee that the Current Account Deficit will likely peak at around 5-6% of gross domestic product. The Current Account Deficit is [...]
Live Stream & Live Chat & Results: PBS US Presidential Elections Special
Written by Selwyn Manning on Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Live Stream & Live Chat & Results: PBS US Presidential Elections Special Broadcasting live with Ustream Live Now: LiveNews is streaming live US Presidential Election coverage and commentary courtesy of PBS and via uStream. Join in and invite others. Sign into the live chat debating chamber with a name of your choice. Live Chat includes [...]
Live Stream & Live Chat: PBS US Presidential Elections Special
Written by Selwyn Manning on Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Live Stream & Live Chat: PBS US Presidential Elections Special Broadcasting live with Ustream Live Now: LiveNews is streaming live US Presidential Election coverage and commentary courtesy of PBS and via uStream. Join in and invite others. Sign into the live chat debating chamber with a name of your choice. LiveNews.co.nz and Multimedia Investments Limited [...]
R2 Live Stream: Reserve Bank of New Zealand Financial Stability Report
Written by Selwyn Manning on Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
R2 Live Stream: Reserve Bank of New Zealand Financial Stability Report your browser does not support frames. R2.co.nz Webcast – Live from the Reserve Bank Museum Wednesday 7 November 2012, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand will deliver its Financial Stability Report. Due to the nature of live events, you may need to reload the [...]
State Of It – Memory-Fade Or Truthful Inconsistencies? The PM Must Explain The Purpose Of NZSAS Deployments To Afghanistan
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, November 1st, 2012
State Of It – Memory-Fade Or Truthful Inconsistencies? The PM Must Explain The Purpose Of NZSAS Deployments To Afghanistan Column – By Selwyn Manning. There is significant controversy over whether the small SAS unit of four to six soldiers recently deployed to Afghanistan by the New Zealand Government – supposedly to plan and provide logistics [...]
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – Huge Drug Haul + 4,444,444th Kiwi
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, November 1st, 2012
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – Huge Drug Haul + 4,444,444th Kiwi 5AA Australia: Across The Ditch was Recorded Live on 1/11/12. This week Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning discuss how 165kgs of either cocaine or heroin has been found in a container in Algeria. The container originated in [...]
State Of It With Selwyn Manning – WTFMSD! A Systemic Failure Or Acceptable Human Error?
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 25th, 2012
State Of It With Selwyn Manning – WTFMSD! A Systemic Failure Or Acceptable Human Error? Let’s look at the question: Has the Ministry of Social Development a systemic problem with private information, particularly information relating to WINZ clients, and also a systemic problem with keeping private information safe? The examples: The most significant example has [...]
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – State Asset Sale Stalls
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 25th, 2012
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Peter Godfrey & Selwyn Manning – State Asset Sale Stalls Mighty River Power Partial Sale Stalled By High Court The National-led Government had to back-track on last week’s announcement that it would proceed with the partial sale of state owned asset, Mighty River Power. Early this week the High [...]
State Of It With Selwyn Manning: Multiple Degrees Of Incompetence and Why Donors Are Pulling The Plug On National
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 18th, 2012
State Of It: Multiple Degrees Of Incompetence and Why Donors Are Pulling The Plug On National Column By Selwyn Manning. It is now clear the National-led Government’s liberal attitude toward keeping its ministries, departments, agencies, and service wing accountable and functioning adequately – is creating a pattern of widespread incompetence. In addition to this, the [...]
WTFMSD! On 5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey – The WINZ Computer Access Scandal
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 18th, 2012
WTFMSD! On 5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey – The WINZ Computer Access Scandal Across The Ditch Recorded Live on 18/10/12. Selwyn Manning and Peter Godfrey summarise the insecure status of Work and Income New Zealand’s computer network. This week’s news has been dominated by this single huge issue – [...]
The Climate Show 29: If the sun don’t come, you get a tan from standing in the English rain
Written by Selwyn Manning on Saturday, October 13th, 2012
The Climate Show 29: If the sun don’t come, you get a tan from standing in the English rain The Climate Show episode 29: with Glenn Williams and Gareth Renowden. This week The Climate Show brings you an all news special. We have wet summers for Europe, permafrost warming delivering a methane kick, La Niña [...]
95bFM: Simon Maude and Selwyn Manning On The Pros & Cons Arguments For Interventionist Economics
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 11th, 2012
95bFM: Simon Maude and Selwyn Manning On The Pros & Cons Arguments For Interventionist Economics A political debate is raging among politicians and exporters on whether the National-led Government should embark on interventionist economic policy. The argument goes that the old way of requiring the Reserve Bank o manipulate the official cash rate that follows [...]
R2 Live Webcast From Times Square New York: New Zealand Student Digital Art Exhibition
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 11th, 2012
R2 Live Webcast From Times Square New York: New Zealand Student Digital Art Exhibition your browser does not support frames. Webcast courtesy of R2.co.nz and Chorus – Welcome to the webcast of the New Zealand Student Digital Art Exhibition – exhibiting in Times Square, New York, on Thursday 11 October at 9:45am NZDST. The webcast [...]
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey – NZD$9.2 Billion NZ Budget Deficit
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 11th, 2012
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey – NZD$9.2 Billion NZ Budget Deficit New Zealand Records NZD$9.2 Billion Budget Deficit The National-led Government has announced its budget deficit in the year to June 30 was 9.2 billion New Zealand dollars (US$7.52 billion), higher than the New Zealand Treasury’s forecast of NZ$8.4 [...]
State Of It: The PM & The GCSB – Why Someone Like Sir Anand Satyanand Must Lead An Independent Inquiry
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 4th, 2012
State Of It: The PM & The GCSB – Why Someone Like Sir Anand Satyanand Must Lead An Independent Inquiry The Audio: Selwyn Manning and 95bFM’s Simon Maude discuss how, despite earlier statements to the contrary, the Prime Minister, John Key, insists in February he was told but not briefed about the GCSB’s illegal spying [...]
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Sean Perry & Selwyn Manning – The Illegal GCSB Spying Scandal
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, October 4th, 2012
5AA Australia: Across The Ditch With Sean Perry & Selwyn Manning – The Illegal GCSB Spying Scandal Selwyn Manning & Sean Perry discuss the GCSB/Police surveillance of Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom, and the Prime Minister John Key’s handling of the affair. It is amazing what can occur in two weeks… The National-led Government has been [...]
The Climate Show 28: transglobal overground (with added ice)
Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, September 14th, 2012
The Climate Show 28: transglobal overground (with added ice) Glenn Williams & Gareth Renowden’s The Climate Show. You can follow The Climate Show at The Climate Show web site, on Hot-Topic.co.nz, Wammo.co.nz, and on Facebook and Twitter. The boys are back, and they can’t stop talking. Glenn’s got his studio set up in London, Gareth’s [...]
State Of It: Will Minister Paula Bennett’s Exclusion Criteria Actually Further Impoverish Our Most Vulnerable Children?
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, September 13th, 2012
State Of It: Will Minister Paula Bennett’s Exclusion Criteria Actually Further Impoverish Our Most Vulnerable Children? Column – By Selwyn Manning. Minister of Social Development Paula Bennett has rolled out the National-led Government’s Social Outcomes exclusion policy where she will instruct welfare staff to cut a family’s entitlement to welfare assistance (their benefit) should they [...]
State Of It – Pacific Fibre, Has The US Gone Too Far?
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
State Of It – Pacific Fibre, Has The US Gone Too Far? Analysis – By Selwyn Manning. On Thursday morning Interest.co.nz‘s Alex Tarrant reported that the Kiwi Pacific Fibre cable project was sunk by US fears about Chinese investment, and espionage. Interest.co.nz‘s main contact was New Zealand-based invester Rod Drury who said: “It was made [...]