Public Address 12/11/09 - Ihimaera

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Public Address 12/11/09 - Ihimaera: There's More

Less is more | Nov 11, 2009 17:59
Jolisa Gracewood reads very closely
Mistakes were made, and apologies have been tendered. So what now? In the NZ Herald article rather impertinently headlined "How Witi Was Found Out," Geoff Walker of Penguin Books says, of The Trowenna Sea, "It deserves to be read and it's a terrible shame that this has happened."...
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State of Disbelief | Nov 11, 2009 14:38
Hadyn Green apologises for swearing
AnimFX NZ was a conference of visual effects, animation, games, and blowing your fucking mind! That's because in between the inspirational speakers, and the ones talking marketing (who were equal parts "real world" and "scary Mad Men shit") there were moments like this
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