AmeriNZ Podcast

Last time I talked about some storms down south. We had some bad ones last weekend. The bad weather has made it difficult to get my projects around the house finished. There are a couple items in the New Zealand news that are related to the USA—not political, exactly, but politics-related. Mainly, it’s about immigration and very wealthy Americans coming to New Zealand.

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“Wild storm: One critically injured, thousands still without power in Auckland” – New Zealand Herald

“Unexpected disruption” – My blog post on the disruptions I talked about

“Prime Minister backs billionaire Peter Thiel’s New Zealand citizenship” – New Zealand Herald

“Peter Thiel” – Wikipedia

“American doomsdayers: why they’re coming to New Zealand” – New Zealand Herald

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We finally got some summer weather! We had pleasant holidays, but this time of year is very quiet and that’s both good and bad (probably mostly good). My birthday is tomorrow! That will keep me from paying any attention to the hoopla in Washington, DC.

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The pretty stamps I mentioned.

“Weather bomb: More heavy rains forecast for weekend” – New Zealand Herald

“I’m willing to share” – My blog post offering to share my birthday as a distraction

“A day of no significance” – My blog post on my not paying attention to the hoopla in D.C.

2PP121 – 10 January 2017 – 2Political Podcast has returned!!

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New Zealand has a new Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. I talk about that, some of the intrigue, and especially about what all this could mean. On the other hand, I probably won’t have anything more to say about it until the middle of January at the earliest, and there are a couple reasons for that. Everything else is going well.

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“New Prime Minister” – My blog post on the new team (with videos)

“John Key’s departure – videos” – My blog post with reaction videos

“John Key Resigns” – My blog post written after I recorded AmeriNZ 324

“That leadership ‘election’: Have we just been played?” – By Simon Wilson, Radio NZ

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Today the New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, announced he was resigning on Monday, December 12. It came as a total surprise—no one in the general public saw it coming. In this special episode, I talk about that, what happened, what will happen, and a little about what may happen. I’ll talk more about this topic next time, when we know a little more.

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“PM to resign: ‘It feels like the right time to go’” – Radio New Zealand

“Prime Minister John Key announces resignation” – Official Press Release

“John Key’s shock resignation speech” – New Zealand Herald

Labour Leader Andrew Little Press Conference – Facebook

Update: Labour Leader Andrew Little Press Conference – YouTube

Update: John Key’s departure – videos – My blog post with several videos, including the complete speech and press conference with John Key and reactions to it.

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I made Thanksgiving Dinner this year! I talk about that first. Then, it’s on to the recent US election, and how it could affect expats as well as New Zealand. Then, I talk about the results of the NZ local government elections. There were good results. After that, it’s ome updates on how I’m doing, plus I share some of my confusion over “content creation”.

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“Three months later” – My blog three months after my procedure

“Another new adventure” – My blog post about starting allopurinol

”More earthquake trouble – My blog post on the recent earthquake

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The first and last episode for September is about progress, starting with New Zealand.

New Zealand’s new Governor General was sworn in. I yawned—and cringed.

We’re still in the midst of our local elections. Turnout has been very low. And, then there are multiple health-related updates.

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“Hollywood big guns among crowd at swearing in of new Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy” – Stuff

“Hollywood big guns among crowd at swearing in of new Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy” – NZ Herald

Auckland Council releases daily vote counts (PDF)

All my blog posts tagged “Bella”

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This episode was recorded on Tuesday, but I couldn’t post it until today due to major problems with this site. The problems were kind of complicated, though ultimately simple to fix, but it took me two days to figure it out. And I think I have.

This is now the tenth season of the AmeriNZ Podcast, but that’s not the only reason this episode is called “Seasons”. Today’s main topic is about why that is, and what turns out to have been the main reason I struggled so much to record new episodes.

But first, last time I said I’d blog about the final results of the second NZ Flag Referendum, and a link to that is in the shownotes for this episode. There really wasn’t any change from the results of the preliminary results.

We’re also in the midst of our local elections. My friend Richard Hills is a candidate for re-election to our Local Board, and is also running for Auckland Council.

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“The final word” – My blog post on the final results of the second flag referendum.

“Endorsing around” – My blog post on my support for Richard Hills.

“We all make plans” – My blog post on my recent adventure.

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This is a very short episode just to acknowledge that today is the Ninth Anniversary of the AmeriNZ Podcast: Nine years ago today I posted the first episode of the AmeriNZ Podcast. It’s been quite a journey!

The second NZ Flag Referendum ended on Thursday, so I talk a little about that, though I’ll talk about it in more detail next time. In the meantime, below are links to two blogs posts I’ve written (so far) about the results.

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”The winner is: Status quo” – My blog post on the preliminary results of the second flag referendum

“No one knows, end of story” – My blog post on one of the poor interpretations of the results

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This is my second podcast episode for March, which is nice, but it turns out that I’ve been posting two new episodes every month so far this year, which I think is a fantastic improvement on how things have been the past couple years.

The first actual topic today is the the Democrats Abroad Global Primary, the results for which have just been released. I talk about those results in a little depth, and I also blogged in more depth about it (link below).

The second NZ Flag Referendum ends on Thursday, and the number of ballots returned has been much higher than for the first referendum. In fact, as of yesterday, roughly 60% of registered voters had voted, with three more days to go. I tell you why I think that’s important

New Zealand’s next Governor General has been announced. I have no idea who she is.

Easter Weekend includes two public holidays, so this is probably the last episode for March. Maybe. Finally, some personal updates, including non-news from the Tooth Tales saga, and an update on things I’ve talked about before.

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” The DA Global Primary and realities” – My blog post on the Democrats Abroad Global Primary results

“Dame Patsy Reddy to be Governor-General” – NZ Herald

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This is a short episode as I triumph over adversity. Well, unexpected technical problems. My voice is also a bit raw. But I was determined to record today, no matter what.

The first actual topic today is that yesterday was the 31st anniversary of the introduction of the Homosexual Law Reform, which was passed 30 years ago this year. I’ll be doing a special episode about the 30th anniversary later this year.

Today I posted my ballot in New Zealand’s second Flag Referendum. I voted for change. I also posted my ballot in the Illinois Democratic Primary. I explain how that works, and why I vote—but not how I voted. I talk about why that is, too. I also talk a bit about the Global Presidential Primary held by Democrats Abroad, which I didn’t participate in. An event in New Zealand was the first place where overseas Democrats cast votes in the Global Primary.

Then, a couple bits from the podcasting world. Unlike what Auntie Vera Charles has experienced, El Niño has gone pretty much as expected for us. Then, I talk a bit about a clip show on Pride 48. Daniel Brewer interviewed me on the latest show.

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A post I made on the AmeriNZ Facebook Page about the Global Primary event held in New Zealand

“Pride48 Clip Show – February 2016” – The episode I was on.

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