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Sevens Shenanigans

Ana Samways — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:05:53 +0000

"We were dressed as 'Scrabble' and asked to have a photo with the police," says Nikki. "They had no idea what we spelt"...

Paul Henry’s TV Debut

Ana Samways — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:02:25 +0000

Whether you're missing Paul Henry or just missing hatin’ on him you might want to take a look at this NZ On Screen clip from 80s game show Every Second Counts...

Bain Jersey In Music Video

Ana Samways — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:56:04 +0000

Massive double take... Is one of the infamous David Bain jerseys starring in this music video by North Shore Pony Club?...

Lager Giveaway and Other Choice Links

Spare Room admin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:10:07 +0000

Lager Giveaway: Monteith’s are offering Spare Room readers a chance to sample their Single Source lager -- a new brew which can trace its hops and barley back to a single source. The idea is to create a beer that's traceable and true to the land it came from -- in this case the barley is from Rakaia and the hops are from Motueka. What? A new beer with no macho-marketing? We have a dozen Monteith's Single Source lager to give away to five lucky readers...

Dear John…

Ana Samways — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:57:14 +0000

Remember this 1980s ad for a bygone technology? This Kiwi classic for BASF cassette tapes used a catchy tune performed by NZ jingle king (and former member of The Underdogs) Murray Grindlay and ad industry diva Jacqui Fitzgerald -- an adaptation of the 1953 Jean Shepard/Ferlin Husky hit "A Dear John Letter". Pioneering NZ filmmaker Tony Williams directed, creating a Korean War/M*A*S*H* setting and using a Wellington quarry as a stand-in...

Wellington: A Love Letter

Ana Samways — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:54:25 +0000

This guy just raised the bar for "I'm-leaving-town" emails.... This was sent around colleagues at Weta in Wellington (by headband guy Jesse Lewis-Evans) and forwarded to us here. Delightful!

Rabbit Humour and Other Choice Links

Ana Samways — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:09:01 +0000

Black humour for the 80s child. This is really fucked up: Marie Claire online have developed a virtual weight loss tool which allows you to upload a picture of yourself and see what you’d look like thinner. (Or fatter, I guess.) More Choice Links after the jump...

Quickie: Hoop Dreams

Ana Samways — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:34:32 +0000

These four kiwi blokes pull off an a clever hula hoop stunt... A round of high fives, well deserved. It's going viral... Anyone know who these guys are? I'm sure Campbell Live would love you fellas to try and do it again for live TV.

Air NZ’s Rude Muppet and Other Choice Links

Ana Samways — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:22:20 +0000

Warwick writes: “I have a good friend by the name of Stu, an artist who lives, as artists do, in an isolated but comfortable hutch deep in the Waitakere Ranges. Very occasionally he will venture downhill to restock the pantry with his usual essentials, most of which begin life as either grapes or hops. This week however he decided to invest in yet another food group - cheese... More Choice Links after the jump...

The Inner Thoughts of Paul Henry and Other Choice Links

Ana Samways — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:15:50 +0000

The inner thoughts of Paul Henry, a pictorial satire by Duncan Wilson from Radio Live... (more after the jump...)

Nice Catch Bro: All Blacks Amazing Fake Ball Skills

Ana Samways — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:02:49 +0000

In full promotional mode for the pending 2011 Rugby World Cup, players from the All Blacks are featured in a promotional video, faking their kicking and passing skills. Similar to videos of stars like the one of Roger Federer hitting a ball off a guy’s head, it shows All Blacks Piri Weepu, Cory Jane and Rene Ranger pulling off a series of unlikely kicks, throws and catches... [see the clips after the jump]

Maori Storm Trooper Helmet and Other Choice Links

Ana Samways — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:51:00 +0000

Art: Incredible Maori Storm Trooper Helmet made by Daniel Logan for the 501st TK Project -- a charity event for the Make A Wish Foundation to create one of a kind Stormtrooper helmets. The original Star Wars stormtroopers were all made from Maori DNA anyway, eh bro? More Choice Links after the jump...

Lost in Translation and Other Choice Links

Ana Samways — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:49:47 +0000

Sign in Tonga: Anyone know what the Tongan translation says? More Choice Links after the jump...

John Key in a Waterbed

Ana Samways — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:04:58 +0000

NZ On Screen has procured a gem of a clip from an early version of Close Up (1987) featuring a baby-faced 25-year-old 'senior forex trader' with Deidre Barlow glasses who plays squash in teeny tiny stubbies. His name? John Key...

Headline Lies and Other Choice links

Ana Samways — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:41:38 +0000

Calling bullshit on this Cancer scare: Spotted this at the supermarket…”Oh, no! Miss Universe 1983 has Cancer? How awful!” But a quick scan of the actual story from the NZ Woman's Weekly reveals that the former Dancing with the Star winner Lorraine Downes hasn’t got the big C, but that she’s doing some charity work with children with cancer and building her public profile. Talk about crying wolf!... [Choice Links after the jump...]