Karl du Fresne

Friday, May 31, 2019

Perhaps they should listen rather than sneer

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(First published in The Dominion Post and on Stuff.co.nz , May 30.) During a visit to Wellington earlier this year, John Podesta, a m...
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Thursday, May 30, 2019

Milkshakes and mud: weapons of choice for the militant, inarticulate Left

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(First published in Stuff regional papers and on Stuff.co.nz , May 29.) Who are the real haters? That’s the question I’ve been asking ...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Ghahraman's master-class in media manipulation

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It’s safe to assume that lots of politicians are incorrigible attention-seekers – if not at the start of their careers, then certainly onc...
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Friday, May 17, 2019

Some more thoughts on the Folau furore

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(First published in The Dominion Post and on Stuff.co.nz , May 16.) Something’s not quite right here. The 21 st century buzzwords are ...
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Thursday, May 16, 2019

A journey rich in nostalgia

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(First published in Stuff regional papers and on Stuff.co.nz , May 15.)  One definition of a pilgrimage is “any journey taken for nost...
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Seven Sharp and its "Bonjela hell" story

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I don’t normally watch Seven Sharp . Somehow I don’t get the feeling I’m likely to miss anything important by not seeing it. But last nigh...
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Saturday, May 4, 2019

My 10 favourite New Zealand songs, give or take three

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Grant Harding wrote an editorial in my excellent local paper, the Wairarapa Times-Age , on Thursday marking the start of New Zealand Music...
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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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