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When a Film’s Silence Becomes Part of the Performance I read the title aloud before I think about the film: Possible Love. The two words do not land with equal weight. “Possible” opens a door, while “love” closes it softly. That slight imbalance seems fitting...
Why I Mark the Physical Reset Between Takes Some recording mistakes are not really pronunciation mistakes. They happen because the body has quietly changed between takes. A shoulder lifts. The tongue sits higher. The breath starts a little later. By the fourt...
I reckon community gardens are one of the most practical forms of local infrastructure: food, shade, skills, and neighbours who know one another. Auckland has 104, but funding after 2026 is uncertain. This RNZ piece looks at the push for more gardens in South...
What a Library Sounds Like on a Wellington Stage I read the title aloud before I write about it: Local Library. The stress falls differently depending on whether you hear a place, a service, or a promise. Circa Theatre’s Wellington comedy seems interested in...
The Best Family Dinner Is Often Served in Separate Parts For a while, I treated dinner like a small restaurant with one difficult customer per chair. One child wanted pasta but not sauce. Another wanted vegetables only if they had been kept completely separat...
Political ads have entered their regulated voice I read political copy aloud, and the new regulated election period makes the small words worth hearing. From August 7, New Zealand campaign ads face spending limits, promoter identification, and rules that also...
Fab 5 Freddy’s memoir sounds built for the ear Fab 5 Freddy’s conversation about *Everybody’s Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture* made me think about how much history lives in delivery. Names such as Warhol, Haring, and Basquiat arrive with d...
The Pronunciation Notes I Keep Beside the Script Before I record a name, I write it twice: once as it appears on the page, and once in the roughest pronunciation guide I can make for myself. The second version is not meant for anyone else. It might contain a...
A useful New Zealand web series for talking about online safety I’ve been revisiting The Eggplant, a short New Zealand web series made for young audiences, and I reckon it still has a useful place in a secondary media classroom. It follows students through di...
The useful question is not “Was this made by AI?” I have been thinking about how quickly “AI-generated” has become a kind of classroom shortcut. Students see a strange image, an unusually polished paragraph, or a video with a slightly wrong-looking face, and...
A Food Festival Is Also a Test of What a City Can Afford A month-long food festival can sound extravagant when people are watching every dollar. Yet that tension is exactly what makes Visa Wellington On a Plate 2026 worth paying attention to. From August 1 to...
I’m Curious What the Wellington Food Show Sounds Like Before I Taste Anything The Wellington Food Show is coming to Sky Stadium from 28 to 30 August 2026, and I keep thinking about it in the wrong order. Most people probably start with the food. I start with...
A useful way into teaching New Zealand film I’ve been looking through the New Zealand Film Commission’s school study guides, and the resource for Red, White & Brass seems particularly practical for Years 7 - 10. It gives students ways into identity, belonging...
Can a Food Festival Be Read Aloud? I have been thinking about menus as tiny performance scripts. Not because every dish needs a dramatic introduction, but because a menu tells you where to slow down, where to let a word breathe, and which syllables are quietl...
The Snack Drawer Has Become a Small Piece of Infrastructure We have a snack drawer now, which sounds like the sort of household decision made by people with matching storage containers. It is not. It is one slightly crooked drawer containing crackers, fruit b...
Confidence at the School Gate Is Mostly Built at Home Starting school is often described as a big emotional milestone, which is true, but it is also a series of very small logistical problems. Where does the lunchbox go? Can the child open the yoghurt? What h...