Julian Lee

Canterbury

Reporter at TVNZ

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Wairarapa baker on how to eat a custard square without making a mess

Sep 23, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Julian Lee

If you were to name 10 iconic New Zealand dishes off the top of your head, the custard square would almost certainly be among them. No bakery in this country worth its salt would dare omit this messy pastry from the array of sumptuous offerings we've come to expect from such an institution. But like much of our cuisine, the dish originated elsewhere. Pastry and crème pâtissière? Naturally, the French invented it.
West Coast town sitting on a valuable mineral

Sep 17, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Julian Lee

Not many people have heard of antimony. It’s an element on the periodic table — number 51, to be exact — abbreviation Sb. It’s been known about for at least 3600 years, yet it seems no one ever really knew what to do with it. The ancient Egyptians used it as mascara (which, in hindsight, was probably not the best idea — it’s poisonous). Pliny the Elder was deeply interested in it, and medieval monks used it in chemical experiments because of its fascinating qualities.
West Coast town sitting on a valuable mineral the world wants

Sep 17, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Julian Lee

Not many people have heard of antimony. It’s an element on the periodic table — number 51, to be exact — abbreviation Sb. It’s been known about for at least 3600 years, yet it seems no one ever really knew what to do with it. The ancient Egyptians used it as mascara (which, in hindsight, was probably not the best idea — it’s poisonous). Pliny the Elder was deeply interested in it, and medieval monks used it in chemical experiments because of its fascinating qualities.
Comedy legend Ginette McDonald on why Lynn of Tawa still haunts her

Jun 14, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Julian Lee

Ginette McDonald. She's been in front of and behind the screen of New Zealand film and television for decades, and now New Zealand on Screen has released her archive online. Seven Sharp's Julian Lee caught up with the actor, comedian, writer and TV producer best known for her comedy role as Lynn of Tawa. The Hannah Playhouse on a Monday afternoon. This looming faux-brutalist structure on Cambridge Terrace is typical in New Zealand towns and cities.
What actually is an actuary? Seven Sharp's Julian Lee sums it up

May 23, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Julian Lee

New Zealand currently has a short supply of many professions — including actuaries. What exactly is an actuary, and what does an actuary do? Seven Sharp reporter Julian Lee does the arithmetic and finds out. In maths class at high school, I used to sit behind the smartest kid in our year group. We used to have these things called "The Order", where they publicly ranked all the students academically once every six weeks and sent the reports home to all the parents.
Military training trial - 'Then the panic sets in'

Apr 5, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Julian Lee

Seven Sharp reporter Julian Lee tested himself in freezing waters at the Waiouru Military Training Area as part of a Defence Force exercise, leading him to wonder where the NZDF is heading. The Skill At Arms competition tests soldiers' skills and endurance to the maximum. Over 42 hours, sleep-deprived teams of 10 soldiers compete against each other in arduous conditions, covering something like 40km with 35kg packs on their backs.
Flour power: Meet NZ's only professional miller, Jamie Henry

Mar 24, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Julian Lee

New Zealand has lots of landmarks. Oamaru has the carrot, Paeroa the L&P bottle, and Taihape the gumboot. Rakaia and Gore both have giant fish statues – the former a salmon, the latter a trout. Even Geraldine has a giant jersey — all symbols of the produce from each region. Foxton, in the Horowhenua, has a windmill. Specifically, it is a working, authentic 17th-century Dutch flour smock windmill. And it’s apparently the only working windmill south of the Equator.
Grocery chain gangs — can a Nelson initiative disrupt the duopoly?

Mar 18, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Julian Lee

Seven Sharp reporter Julian Lee takes a walk down the aisles to look at the history of the grocery store in New Zealand and investigates a Nelson fruit and vegetable box service that's growing strong. A self-service supermarket would have seemed an odd thing indeed 100 years ago. New Zealanders shopped at small general stores in towns and larger department stores in the cities. Everything was behind a counter.
A visit to Wildbase Hospital where our treasured wildlife heal

Mar 14, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Julian Lee

New Zealanders are pretty keen on their native wildlife. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who feels indifferent towards our kooky critters. This is why you might assume that someone, somewhere, is looking after them when they get crook. If a kereru gets hit by a car, say, or a kakapo gets a case of consumption, someone at the other end will put them on the mend. Naturally — given how strongly we feel about our birds and lizards — there are wholesome folk out there who do just this.
Kiwi veteran remembers awe, trauma of British nuclear testing

Feb 29, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Julian Lee

If you want to test a nuclear bomb, the Pacific Ocean seems like the ideal place to do it. It's vast and largely devoid of land and population. But, as we now know, that's just not the way it works. Radioactive fallout — despite how geographically remote it is — has the potential to land anywhere in the world. Radioactive material is well-known to affect our DNA and can cause all sorts of health problems. Of course, it's unfair to judge those in the past through the prism of current knowledge.