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'The invisible unemployed': Too much for a benefit, not enough to make ends meet While the rising number of beneficiaries is plain to see, there is another layer of people struggling.

I know this *so well* having lived it - it's really hard.
What's harder is when your partner also loses their job because Jobseeker is dire 😞

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Also made at Avalon 😁
Ron is a good friend and the *consummate* telly pro - I have a lot of time for him 😊

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Ron Pledger | NZ On Screen Ron Pledger - Since joining state television as a sound operator in the 60s, Ron Pledger has gone on to win a reputation for his assured coverage of a wide range of live events, from concerts to This ...

Did you ever see Jazz Seen? TVONE on Sundays, produced by jazzman Ron Pledger - epic public service telly
www.nzonscreen.com/profile/ron-...

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That was my production heyday - RTR/RWP, Kaleidoscope, classical music, drama...
All of which has disappeared from local TV production

Those Monsoon pictures bring me to tears - so vulnerable, so evocative

It was SO FUN to make - telly from a whole other era, when people watched TV to think, be educated and informed...

Credits | A Master of Light - The Life and Work of Brian Brake Photographer | Television | NZ On Screen A Master of Light - The Life and Work of Brian Brake Photographer - Brian Brake is regarded as New Zealand's most successful international photographer. He worked for the Magnum cooperative, and snapp...

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I did a film shoot with Brian in the 80s, in Arthur's Pass, as part of this doco on his career. He was the most down-to-earth person, with a singular eye for iconic images. Great to work with, and watch work:

www.nzonscreen.com/title/a-mast...

W O W 🤯

Hundreds of mutilated dolls found deep in Whangārei bush The dolls were found about 300m off a walking track, with knives, screws and other sharp objects stabbed through them.

So many thoughts, none of them good

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Recently unemployed after 40+ years in telly, heritage & management, with all the financial, operational, people & training responsibilities that are integral, with degrees in music & law - I have to attend a course in CV writing & interview skills.
No-one stands a chance of finding work at any age

I can certainly do all of that. Whether he'll listen is entirely another matter...

It says frozen veg, Gregg's coffe, and some dip/hummus brands...

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a cartoon drawing of wonder woman flying through the air ALT: a cartoon drawing of wonder woman flying through the air

Freshly-boosted with the new variant vax. Can report it's no big deal, and the new advice is annual boosters from now on 💥

Two days in a row omg 😆

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Alas, I have a mere smartphone 😆

I have, without success - I seem to only get wind noise

No living soul had done this before, there was a lot of rapidly-changing information coming from everywhere, and because they are humans making decisions for other humans with empathy and care.
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Yes, a soulful triad 😁
And always the same two notes, and only in an easterly

My house is harmonic!
It plays a major 3rd in E, in a good easterly 🤓🎶

It'll fool some people though.
We've more than halved our butter use; the little we do use I make myself using local, non-Fonterror cream. I don't miss the supermarket circus

He's actualising mission-critical utility through bespoke stake-holder initiative learnings and unleashing productive best-practice dynamic synergised wheelhouses.
It couldn't possibly be any clearer.

So we send 95% of NZ-produced dairy offshore, get charged inflated global dairy prices for the remaining 5% we consume here, and then import "butter" from the US.
Make it make sense...

WOAH 🤯

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<waves from New Zealand>

Mary Lambie = hard pass