Video Archive

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  Biggest NZ Protest March in Living Memory - by frog

  
  
  
  Well, that’s what the youtube video says, anyway Were any of my readers there? How was it? read more
  May 1, 2010 7:12 pm - 100 Comments
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  ACC protest videos – raw footage - by frog

  
  
  
  The motorbikes are coming, and there are a lot of them! This photo was taken from quite a distance so the perspective makes it look like there are fewer people, but basically the entire of the area outside the beehive is covered in people. read more
  November 17, 2009 1:59 pm - 9 Comments
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  Giant, Mucus-Like Sea Blobs on the Rise - by frog

  
  
  
  The latest climate change boogeyman fits the bill on all levels. It’s big, it’s slimy, it’s scary, and it’s on the increase because of rising temperatures due to climate change. I’ve encountered these babies myself while diving, and they are most unpleasant. Nati0nal Geographic has written them up in all their glory: Up to 124 [...] read more
  October 14, 2009 5:00 pm - 22 Comments
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  Oil companies declare that CO2 is green - by frog

  
  
  
  Some stupidity is just too good not to share. You only need half a second with this new US television advert to guess who’s behind it. The Guardian has a great article on the video, who’s behind it and why it is so ripe for a spoof. I’m tempted to do one myself! In a [...] read more
  September 30, 2009 5:06 pm - 30 Comments
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  Catherine Delahunty and ‘Dave’ talk tropical timber - by Catherine Delahunty

  
  
  
  In Mid June Catherine Delahunty’s Sustainable Forestry Bill was picked from the ballot. Shortly after the Bill was drawn Catherine met up with someone just as keen as she is to make forestry sustainable. Dave, an Orangutan from the jungles of Sumatra whose forest home is under threat. Here’s a slightly silly video take on [...] read more
  July 7, 2009 10:47 am - 4 Comments
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  40 percent by 2020 - by frog

  
  
  
  Here’s a compelling video from the great people at 350.org.nz urging all of us to get off our bums and have our say at the Government’s emissions target meetings around the country over the next couple of weeks. It is vitally important that we turn out in numbers and let the Government know that the [...] read more
  July 2, 2009 7:12 am - 58 Comments
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  Keira Knightley gets censored: too violent! - by frog

  
  
  
  I love a good public service announcement that cuts to the chase. Particularly when it exceeds my otherwise high tolerance for violence/destruction and makes my skin crawl. This is one such advert. Too bad that the UK censors deemed it too violent for television. In an age when our tellies screen dozens of murders per [...] read more
  April 28, 2009 10:52 am - 30 Comments
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  Reasons not to believe in John Key’s leadership - by frog

  
  
  
  The Energy [R]evolution is Greenpeace’s plan to save the planet from catastrophic climate change. Susan Sarandon narrates the first of three ‘Reasons to Believe’. This one explains why energy efficiency is so important and also so easily achieved, just by small changes such as a switch from traditional lightbulbs to more energy efficient ones. In [...] read more
  March 24, 2009 3:41 pm - 22 Comments
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  Air Freshener: A dose of reality - by frog

  
  
  
  The This Is Reality campaign has published their latest “Clean Coal” advertisement. It was directed by Academy-award winners Joel and Ethan Coen and it’s pretty funny. There is no such thing as clean coal, Gerry. read more
  February 27, 2009 9:13 am - 9 Comments
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  Catherine Delahunty graces the first Back Benches for 2009 - by frog

  
  
  
  The season has kicked in once again, and first up for the Greens this year was Catherine Delahunty. She was joined by National’s Chris Tremain, Labour’s Grant Robertson and Act’s David Garret. Should the government bail our Fisher & Paykel? Bootcamps for young offenders? These and many other questions are answered online at TVNZ OnDemand’s [...] read more
  February 24, 2009 5:46 pm - 12 Comments
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  Kangaroo Court under the LabNats - by frog

  
  
  
  I have to laugh out loud when i think that this is the sort of justice that both National and Labour (and others) voted for last year. Well, next week, unless the Nats eat crow as awkwardly as Labour tried to do today in the House, this humourous little video from MohawkMedia, a.k.a. the g33k [...] read more
  February 19, 2009 9:52 pm - 5 Comments
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  Green co-leaders spell out the priorities - by frog

  
  
  
  In this video, the Green Party co-leaders Jeanette Fitzsimons and Russel Norman do a brief round up on our priorities as we start the new parliamentary season. read more
  February 17, 2009 9:36 am - 4 Comments
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  Eat local on ice - by frog

  
  
  
  I have long been a fan of Grist.org, an online portal of environmental news and humour out of the USA. One of my favourite regular columns is Ask Umbra, where readers write and ask Umbra to solve some of the quirkier questions that plague those who wish to tread more lightly on the world. I [...] read more
  January 22, 2009 1:01 pm - 14 Comments
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  Green’s Address in Reply II - by frog

  
  
  
  Yesterday I published Jeanette’s half of the Green’s Address in Reply, the speech where parties formally reply to the “Queen’s” speech from the throne when parliament is reconvened after an election. Here is Russel’s half of the speech: read more
  December 14, 2008 8:49 am - No Comments
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  Green’s Address in Reply - by frog

  
  
  
  When parliament reconvenes after an election, the “Queen”, represented by the Governor General, gives a speech from the throne spelling out what “her” government seeks to achieve during this term. The Address in Reply is where each of the parties in the House reply to the speech from the throne. In reality, the speech from [...] read more
  December 13, 2008 7:36 pm - 8 Comments
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  Send me your rural or urban consent abuse photos! - by frog

  
  
  
  Since Russel’s post today, it has occurred to me that I might want more photographic evidence of the abuse of our rivers and streams. This might inspire MfE’s Mighty Mallard to actually follow through on his promise to get tough on consent abuse, be it rural or urban. If you’ve got photos, send them to [...] read more
  February 29, 2008 5:26 pm - 4 Comments