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Waitangi 2026.
Being there.
And all the things, from fatigue (and even ennui), to hope, to mana motuhake, it contained...
John Campbell
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John Campbell
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Journalist. Chief Correspondent @TVNZ. Previously, host of @Breakfaston1, @CheckpointRNZ, 3 News & Campbell Live. (Proud of that team work.) Personal account.
- Jay Waaka, one of the road crew who overnight gently and lovingly moved thousands of bunches of flowers from the centre of Deans Ave to the side. All bunches carefully placed upright. All teddy bears seated properly. All cards & messages positioned so they can be read. Kindness.
- Dear Australia, once you've sorted marriage equality and Manus, give us a call and we'll explain MMP."Losers take power" - The Australian frontpage today:
- This is terrible, ODT. What a shameful assault on the cartoonist's art - and on empathy, decency, human feeling, and the people of a country with which we're so close. As Sita says, most of the 55 lives lost have been under 5. Who would draw this? Who would publish this? And why?
- Lots of people losing their jobs. Income, identity, purpose. Whatever happens, whatever coronavirus causes, we need to get as many of those jobs back, as soon as we can. And to do that, we have to stamp this shitty virus down. Please don't take the piss. Do what's required. ❤
- Stop this. Stop it. It's shameful, racist, bigoted, shit. It's ignorant. It's hateful. It's vile. It's disgraceful. Stop it.
- Things I took days off from school for: 1. Hanging with my mates. 2. Chasing girls - unsuccessfully. 3. Commiserating with my mates about chasing girls unsuccessfully. 4. Needing fried rice & then a nap. In contrast, #schoolstrike4climate seems right, fine & magnificent.
- 1. A small ☺️ announcement in the form of a thread! After 3 years on @Breakfaston1, I'm finishing with that lovely team on Friday, to start a new role as TVNZ's Chief Correspondent. That's really what I came to TVNZ (in 2018) to do (before Breakfast happened), it's work that...
- Strange, tough, unsettling times. I do so wish you all well. ❤ We can do this. Together. And here, by way of stirring inspiration, is a text exchange with my 16 year old son, who was so determined that his school would be closed he wanted to directly lobby the Minister! 😂😂😂
- The best team won. I wish we'd been better, but we were brilliantly outplayed. Forensically, architecturally, passionately and brilliantly. England deserved it. What a total and utter bummer.
- Less than three months since we went into lockdown, and now, and being here it really does seem remarkable, this....
00:00 - Watching the Dawn Raids apology and thinking of how the children & grandchildren of the communities we treated so disgracefully have carried our flag so beautifully in Japan. In the past 24 hours alone: Dame Valerie, Ruby Tui, Theresa Fitzpatrick, Alena Saili... truly incredible!
- Who are the ram-raiders? Young, broken by childhoods in which violence, drugs, trauma & insecurity are the norm. We talk about "tough love", but there's been precious little love for most of them. This is the story of who they are - and the people trying to save them, and us:
- What the actual fuck?A mate - who’s staying at an Air BnB in Christchurch this weekend - just sent me this…
