Karl du Fresne

Friday, June 30, 2023

"Sir" James Wallace and the Streisand Effect

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It’s hard to imagine much being said in defence of James Wallace, the 85-year-old rich-lister and philanthropist who sexually assaulted thre...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Licence to indoctrinate

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There's a simple step that would ease the financial crisis in the universities while at the same time saving millions and going a long w...
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Monday, June 26, 2023

Guest post: Why I have left the Labour Party

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By Perce Harpham (As founder of the Progeni software company, Perce Harpham, now 91, was a pioneer of the New Zealand computer industry. He ...
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Friday, June 23, 2023

Red rags and bulls: what happened when a leftist VUW academic came to Masterton

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I saw both sides of the culture wars last night, and it wasn’t pretty. Both were repugnant and both were inimical, albeit in different ways,...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Setting the record straight

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Cameron Slater’s BFD website sends out a daily roundup of political news and comment called Ten @ Ten. It includes some excellent material f...
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Monday, June 19, 2023

On hatchet jobs and offence archaeology

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I read something by Andrea Vance at the weekend. Why? Good question. I think I read Vance to assure myself that I’m not missing anything by ...
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Friday, June 16, 2023

What's wrong with NZ journalism: No. 227 in a series

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Christopher Luxon suggests New Zealand needs more babies, and a hysterical TVNZ reporter – possibly fresh from binge-watching The Handmaid’s...
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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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