Karl du Fresne

Saturday, October 24, 2015

The dubbed laughter says it all

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(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , October 21.) I found myself watching an episode of The Big Bang Theory th...
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Thursday, October 22, 2015

A light-bulb moment in Arkaroola

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(First published in The Dominion Post , October 16.) Years ago, I watched a rugby league test on TV in a remote tourist spot in the Fli...
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Friday, October 9, 2015

The strangely liberating experience of receiving money you haven't earned

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(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , October 7.) I recently passed a personal milestone. I became a superannui...
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Saturday, October 3, 2015

At least he's consistently barmy

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(First published in The Dominion Post , October 2.) Jeremy Corbyn, the recently elected leader of the British Labour Party, has been d...
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Saturday, September 26, 2015

Gary McCormick on Hello Sailor

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After the Dominion Post and Christchurch Press published my column on Graham Brazier and Hello Sailor, broadcaster Gary McCormick conta...
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Friday, September 25, 2015

Royalist, no; monarchist, yes

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(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , September 23.) There are royalists and there are monarchists. Some people...
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Saturday, September 19, 2015

Graham Brazier: an alternative assessment

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(First published in The Dominion Post and The Press , September 18.) They farewelled Graham Brazier at St Matthew’s Church in Aucklan...
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Karl du Fresne
I'm a third-generation New Zealander of Irish, Danish and French descent. I grew up in the farming town of Waipukurau and still consider it my turangawaewae, although I can walk the length of the main street these days and not recognise a single face. I've written books about press freedom ("The Right to Know", 2005), wine ("The New Zealand Wine-Lover's Companion", 2009) and music ("A Road Tour of American Song Titles: From Mendocino to Memphis", 2016). In a past life I edited a daily newspaper called The Dominion. I was in journalism for more than 50 years and like many journalists I know a little bit about a lot of things and probably not enough about anything. I didn't go to university and have never won any awards. I don't call New Zealanders Kiwis, I've never sat through a reality TV show, I'm not on X, Facebook or Instagram, and I haven't written my own Wikipedia entry.The picture accompanying this profile was drawn by my clever grandson Gabriel.
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