Arise Sir Peter Jackson.
Tilly
In a written statement, Sir Peter called receiving the honour an "incredible
moment". "I didn't think anything would surpass the 2004 Academy Awards, but
I was wrong."
He is one of 5 people knighted in the NY honours list.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/3199977/Peter-Jackson-knighted-in-New-Year-honours
Helen Clark gets the highest accolade The Order of NZ. along with Peter
Jackson,
Miss Clark said she felt privileged to join the "incredible New Zealanders"
in the order, and "certainly would not" have accepted a damehood. Her Labour
government axed the titles in 2000
Others to be made knight and dame companions of the New Zealand Order of
Merit are Professor Mason Durie, Douglas Myers, Justice Bruce Robertson and
Lesley Max.
.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3199992/Helen-Clark-joins-chosen-few-in-New-Year-honours
retro
> He's thrilled.
>
> In a written statement, Sir Peter called receiving the honour an "incredible
> moment". "I didn't think anything would surpass the 2004 Academy Awards, but
> I was wrong."
>
> He is one of 5 people knighted in the NY honours list.
>
>
> Helen Clark gets the highest accolade The Order of NZ. along with Peter
> Jackson,
> Miss Clark said she felt privileged to join the "incredible New Zealanders"
> in the order, and "certainly would not" have accepted a damehood. Her Labour
> government axed the titles in 2000
>
> Others to be made knight and dame companions of the New Zealand Order of
> Merit are Professor Mason Durie, Douglas Myers, Justice Bruce Robertson and
> Lesley Max.
>
>
> femail1...@gmail.com
I saw lovely bones this week, it's a fairly weird and freaky movie
with a cameo shot of Sir Pete looking through a camera in a shopping
mall scene, not a bad movie but a bit on the dark side
Fred
"Tilly" <paul...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:hhg7i2$f35$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
> He's thrilled.
>
>
> In a written statement, Sir Peter called receiving the honour an
> "incredible moment". "I didn't think anything would surpass the 2004
> Academy Awards, but I was wrong."
>
>
>
> He is one of 5 people knighted in the NY honours list.
>
> http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/3199977/Peter-Jackson-knighted-in-New-Year-honours
>
> Helen Clark gets the highest accolade The Order of NZ. along with Peter
> Jackson,
> Miss Clark said she felt privileged to join the "incredible New
> Zealanders" in the order, and "certainly would not" have accepted a
> damehood. Her Labour government axed the titles in 2000
What about H2. Does she get an award?
Rich...@hotmail.com
wrote:
No, but Ian empleton did. To be fair, this is the only award with
partisan political overtones - National have for once done better than
expected.
vitw
> I saw lovely bones this week, it's a fairly weird and freaky movie with
> a cameo shot of Sir Pete looking through a camera in a shopping mall
> scene, not a bad movie but a bit on the dark side
Jacko himself is more than a bit on the dark side. He is one twisted
creepy fucked-up deranged mess, who in slightly different circumstances
would have easily ended up permanently medicated in some community mental
health half-way house, if not permanently incarcerated in a secure psych
hospital.
What's made Jackson different from all the other twisted casualties of
childhood is his cinematic gifts, scale of ambition and his ability to
not get caught acting out warped stuff on people (whether by abstaining
from such actions, or by avoiding detection).
But that said, his Oscars, earlier ONZ and his latest knighthood are
extremely well deserved. His brilliance, even though dark, does a lot to
light up this otherwise dreary NZ landscape.
EMB
<snip>
Would you like to try setting your timezone to reflect NZDT correctly ?
Sailor Sam
vitw
>> Would you like to try setting your timezone to reflect NZDT correctly ?
> +1
> Vitw: http://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Timezone-in-Linux
What do you mean?
Current default time zone: 'Pacific/Auckland'
Local time is now: Thu Dec 31 10:43:39 NZDT 2009.
Universal Time is now: Wed Dec 30 21:43:39 UTC 2009.
Sailor Sam
This post I am replying to is showing up as being sent at 11:57 am
(64 minutes into the future)
Something taint rite
retro
how sardonic
Fred
<Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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You've definitely developed a bad case of the to be fairs.
Lyndon Watson
> Jackson,
I don't think so. He only got a knighthood in the NZ Order of Merit;
she was made a member of the much more exclusive Order of New Zealand.
LW
Rich...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Indeed I was a bit hasty - I missed Meyer and McKinnon.
Rich...@hotmail.com
And as we learn more, the list does seem to be tainted with National
party thinking:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3202456/Firefighters-rubbish-New-Years-Honours
"How is it that the guys that sit in their office all day get
recognised when the people who were killed or injured get nothing � no
recognition at all?"
Rewarding non-contributors and ignoring those that actually provide
the services does seem to be characteristic of National - they are
obsessed with "rank" and fortunes (their own).
~misfit~
Douglas Myers huh? Some drug dealers get locked up, others get knighted.
Shows what a dichotomy we have in this country.
--
Shaun.
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.
~misfit~
Yet your post is time-stamped 11:57am. Your previous post to which EMB
replied is stamped *after* his.
~misfit~
> On , , Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:16:28 +1300, Re: Arise Sir Peter Jackson.,
> people computer clocks?
new <plonk>
Rich...@hotmail.com
<sore_n...@yahoo-nospam.com.au> wrote:
>Somewhere on teh intarwebs Tilly wrote:
>> He's thrilled.
>>
>>
>> In a written statement, Sir Peter called receiving the honour an
>> "incredible moment". "I didn't think anything would surpass the 2004
>> Academy Awards, but I was wrong."
>>
>>
>>
>> He is one of 5 people knighted in the NY honours list.
>>
>> http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/3199977/Peter-Jackson-knighted-in-New-Year-honours
>>
>> Helen Clark gets the highest accolade The Order of NZ. along with
>> Peter Jackson,
>> Miss Clark said she felt privileged to join the "incredible New
>> Zealanders" in the order, and "certainly would not" have accepted a
>> damehood. Her Labour government axed the titles in 2000
>>
>> Others to be made knight and dame companions of the New Zealand Order
>> of Merit are Professor Mason Durie, Douglas Myers, Justice Bruce
>> Robertson and Lesley Max.
>>
>> .
>> http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3199992/Helen-Clark-joins-chosen-few-in-New-Year-honours
>>
>> femai...@gmail.com
>
>Douglas Myers huh? Some drug dealers get locked up, others get knighted.
>Shows what a dichotomy we have in this country.
Since Rodney Hide has gone from perk-buster to perk-swiller this one
may explain why ACT put being on that panel so high in their coalition
demands.
Sailor Sam
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs vitw wrote:
>> On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:20:02 +1300, Sailor Sam wrote:
>>
>>>> Would you like to try setting your timezone to reflect NZDT
>>>> correctly ?
>>> +1
>>> Vitw: http://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Timezone-in-Linux
>> What do you mean?
>>
>> Current default time zone: 'Pacific/Auckland'
>> Local time is now: Thu Dec 31 10:43:39 NZDT 2009.
>> Universal Time is now: Wed Dec 30 21:43:39 UTC 2009.
>
> Yet your post is time-stamped 11:57am. Your previous post to which EMB
> replied is stamped *after* his.
What is this, the week late try to look clever brigade??