Greatest Hits / Greatest Shits | Issue 19

Greatest Hit
On Wednesday last week, Clare Curran participated in an AMA on Reddit, an activity that involves answering anything that the New Zealand Internet deems worthy enough to ask her. While it wasn’t full of cheese rolls banter, Clare gets points for responding to “can you please tell Jacinda Ardern she is so hot” with just “ok” and even more for fulfilling her ICT portfolio by doing something internet-y.

Greatest Shit
I hate to give Greatest Shit to the same person two weeks in a row, but there really is no avoiding it. Last Monday, Asenati Lole-Taylor decided to cancel her appearance on Vote Chat, which was scheduled for Friday of the same week. She left researchers with useless research, the show without a candidate, and me feeling significantly annoyed. How shit of you, Asenati. Thankfully, they managed to fill the spot with Shane Gallagher of the Green Party.
This article first appeared in Issue 19, 2014.
Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Carys Goodwin.