Lyric Waiwiri-Smith
Writer at The Spinoff
Political reporter @TheSpinoffTV, formerly @NZStuff and @1NewsNZ Waikato Tainui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa Need to get in touch? Reach me on [email protected]
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1 week ago |
thespinoff.co.nz | Lyric Waiwiri-Smith
An Auckland community theatre company’s request for cast members to pay a $150 fee to star in its production of The Phantom of The Opera has been labelled ‘unethical’. A dream role, with a “hefty” price tag attached: an Auckland theatre company’s production of The Phantom of The Opera has copped flak from thespians for asking its cast to each pay a $150 fee, put towards production costs. In the eyes of one actor, it’s like paying $150 for a “job interview”.
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1 week ago |
thespinoff.co.nz | Lyric Waiwiri-Smith
Thank you for your service, Winston Raymond Peters. On Saturday, Winston Peters will finish his third stint as deputy prime minister of New Zealand, so here’s a selection of highlights from the storied career of the National-NZ-First-coalition-deputy-prime-minister-turned-outcast-turned-Labour-NZ-First-coalition-deputy-prime-minister-turned-outcast-turned-NZ-First-Act-National-coalition-deputy-prime-minister-turned … ?
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2 weeks ago |
thespinoff.co.nz | Lyric Waiwiri-Smith
Te Pāti Māori rises from the ashes of the government’s pride to get its say in the budget debates – before having to go back to the dog box. Echo Chamber is The Spinoff’s dispatch from the press gallery, recapping sessions in the House. Columns are written by politics reporter Lyric Waiwiri-Smith and Wellington editor Joel MacManus. Only 3.2% of The Spinoff’s readership supports us financially. We need to grow that to 4% this year to keep creating the work you love. Sign up to be a member today.
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3 weeks ago |
thespinoff.co.nz | Lyric Waiwiri-Smith
100 years ago, a New Zealander was the first person to bring The Phantom of The Opera to the screen. Lyric Waiwiri-Smith attends a centennial screening of the iconic silent film with a special musical accompaniment. On the roof of the Palais Garnier, in a film reel drenched in blue, Christine Daaé (Mary Philbin) and Raoul de Chagney (Norman Kerry) grasp each other without ever sharing a kiss (it was the 1920s, after all).
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3 weeks ago |
thespinoff.co.nz | Lyric Waiwiri-Smith
Politicsabout 12 hours agoAn urgent hearing into the Regulatory Standards Bill saw lawyers representing more than 18,000 interested parties argue against the legislation that some fear is as ‘dangerous’ as the Treaty principles bill. A soon-to-be-introduced piece of legislation has been likened to “constitutional warfare”, with the potential to be as “dangerous” to Māori-Crown relations as the Treaty principles bill.
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