Well its been a manic last few weeks and it’s still manic in the lead up to the Christmas break!! There are quite a few things I need to definitely get done before I pack up on the 19th and a few that need to go on ice until the new year.
Whats been going on? Well last week we had the awards ceremony for The Outlook for Someday at TVNZ ~ Keisha Castle-Hughes was there as well as Paula Bennett and Nikki Kaye (two new Ministers). Had a few bike rides around town which is fun ~ this season is great weather for riding ~ makes slugging away in the rain during the winter months worthwhile!
On Wednesday Anna and I celebrated 6 months of being together and among other things saw a film called The Visitor written and directed by Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent) very moving story telling I recommend going out and seeing it. See the trailer below:
In the last few weeks I have been part of a two different bike actions.
The first is the regular Critical Mass reclaim the streets ride ~ this happens the last friday of every month where a collection of cyclists meet at the Albert Park fountain at 5.30 for a ride through the city. Critical Mass is a concept that is done worldwide and is based on a few key principals relating to safe cycling and bike riding advocacy.
The second was the inaugral Frocks on Bikes ride which took place last saturday along Ponsonby Road, a significant amount of people (with a great percentage wearing frocks ~ both boys and girls) met at Western Park and took to Ponsonby Rd to do their part for climate change. This is a great way to encourage people to come and cycle ~ cycling in big groups is fun and safe and also it shows the public that bike riding is a valid altetnative to motor vehicles.
Last Thursday young winning film-makers from all around the country converged at TVNZ in Auckland for The Outlook for Someday awards ceremony. Keisha Castle-Hughes was there to give out awards and so was the new Minister of Youth Affairs Paula Bennet. The whole evening went really well and now the Winning Films are being broadcast on TVNZ6 and are online here.
Now the team here at Connected Media are moving on to pre production of the second The Outlook for Someday documentary.
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