bike tory posted:

Pretty sure the under 35 viewership of Breakfast is zero

Robo Captain posted:

Did a goon design the engineering New Zealand logo?

Big Bad Beetleborg posted:

Stuff is good and good at their jobs:

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

that should be scribbled out with 2018 scrawled next to it like most people do

Big Bad Beetleborg posted:

slinkimalinki posted:

I assume they can get by on her salary alone while Clarke stays home with the baby

Grant Robertson posted:

Everyone knows that the rental housing market in Wellington is tight. The Government is committed to helping increase the supply of housing and to improving the rights of renters. But that is going to take some time. In the meantime there is no excuse for landlords exploiting the situation. My office is getting stories of $50 per week increases on the basis that student allowances and living cost payments have gone up by that much. Let me know if this has happened to you. Landlords will increase rents from time to time but it needs to be fair and reasonable. Let’s expose those who are exploiting you and your friends. Send me an email at community@grantrobertson.co.nz.

bike tory posted:

e: jokes about women giving sexual favours for political gain are kinda lovely

sebmojo posted:

That's reaching for offense like a Dutch driver lol

sebmojo posted:

That's reaching for offense like a Dutch driver lol

oohhboy posted:

I can't imagine how this couldn't be a reward.

Ghostlight posted:

Here I'll help you get into the mindset of a Hoskingite: She's a woman and for her sex is nothing more than a duty to be rendered to men.

Xik posted:

I feel like unsolicited parental advice is such a creepy/weird thing. Like, just because you've had a child doesn't mean you're any good at parenting or that you're in a position to provide relate-able advice.

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Not only did each iteration of Kiwi Kidsongs contain lyrics likely to be remembered longer than the finer details of long division (just me?), but they were songs written by true legends of New Zealand music. It was this variety that Radha Sahar, songwriter and musical director for the majority of the Kiwi Kidsongs albums, believes was the true strength of the collection. “People all around the country wrote these,” Sahar says. “It’s a very comprehensive celebration of New Zealand writing and culture.”

Take a look at any of the albums’ catalogues, and you’re bound to spot a name you’ll recognise. In addition to Sahar, Hinewehi Mohi, Jenny McLeod, Alan Muggeridge, Kath Bee and Jenny Pattrick also all had songs on the series — as did the late Hirini Melbourne and Arif Usmani. The albums also included iconic songs and waiata that are part of New Zealand’s musical canon, such as ‘E papa Waiari’, ‘Nature’, ‘Tōia Mai Te Waka Nei’, ‘Counting the Beat’ and ‘Six Months in a Leaky Boat’. The songs covered all musical genres, were written in English, Māori, Samoan and other Pasifika languages, and referenced distinctly Kiwi brands, places and things.

In short: Teachers loved them, they were really awesome, and the fact that we all still remember them years later proves that they played a part in helping kids form a cultural identity.

So what happened to Kiwi Kidsongs?

In 2010, the final Kiwi Kidsongs album was released, funding was pulled, and the series ended. It was the result, Marriott says, of a “new climate” with a focus on reading and writing rather than music. While some of the songs have been re-recorded and are available online, the majority have been condemned to a life in the back of primary school cupboards.

Wafflecopper posted:

I remember none of those songs. Maybe I'm too old? (36)