James Gardner
@jegcomposer.bsky.social
Grateful Immigrant and Manuhiri | Composer | EMS Researcher | an "individual with diverse but intertwined competencies”
Based near Tītīrangi, Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
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Based near Tītīrangi, Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
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James Gardner
@jegcomposer.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Peter Zinovieff and Electronic Music Studios
YouTube video by Computer Arts Society
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Those of you interested in the history of electronic music may enjoy the talk I gave to the Computer Arts Society last week on Peter Zinovieff’s early work (among other things). It can be seen in all its rambling unedited glory here:
youtu.be/u6P72zPZpUo
youtu.be/u6P72zPZpUo
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The New Zealand Labour Party condemns the US attack on Venezuela including kidnapping its president as a blatant violation of international law.
January 4, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The New Zealand Labour Party condemns the US attack on Venezuela including kidnapping its president as a blatant violation of international law.
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Exciting developments near Titirangi this morning…
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Exciting developments near Titirangi this morning…
Exciting developments near Titirangi this morning…
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Exciting developments near Titirangi this morning…
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Today’s welcome arrival…
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Today’s welcome arrival…
Today’s welcome arrival…
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Today’s welcome arrival…
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Marvellous news www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
John Campbell announced as new co-host of Morning Report
He'll join Ingrid Hipkiss on the flagship news programme from Easter next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Marvellous news www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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#NZ Cutting the flu tracking service 😔
- it seems a weird thing to cut given it’s not a "big budget" item
- if you’ve read on pandemic planning you’d know this is the sort of thing we need to step *up*, not drop. Feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face
- it seems a weird thing to cut given it’s not a "big budget" item
- if you’ve read on pandemic planning you’d know this is the sort of thing we need to step *up*, not drop. Feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face
Plan to ditch flu tracking tool will leave big data gap, epidemiologist says
The Ministry of Health is not renewing its contract for the FluTracking tool, which surveys about 40,000 people year-round, in a bid to cut costs.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
#NZ Cutting the flu tracking service 😔
- it seems a weird thing to cut given it’s not a "big budget" item
- if you’ve read on pandemic planning you’d know this is the sort of thing we need to step *up*, not drop. Feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face
- it seems a weird thing to cut given it’s not a "big budget" item
- if you’ve read on pandemic planning you’d know this is the sort of thing we need to step *up*, not drop. Feels like cutting off your nose to spite your face
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Today’s welcome arrival – not my usual topic…
December 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Today’s welcome arrival – not my usual topic…
Today’s welcome arrival – not my usual topic…
December 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Today’s welcome arrival – not my usual topic…
Evergreen post for this government…
Absolute pack of fucking bastards
Electoral Amendment Bill passes its third reading in Parliament
December 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Evergreen post for this government…
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More stupid theatre being quietly closed down amid the Christmas rush. The road cone hotline is to end, having achieved basically nothing. What was the cost per cone removed? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
The Government's 'Road Cone Hotline' to close
The Government will close its “Road Cone Hotline” at the end of this week, after just six months in operation.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
More stupid theatre being quietly closed down amid the Christmas rush. The road cone hotline is to end, having achieved basically nothing. What was the cost per cone removed? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
No surprises there, then…
Government told to stop work on puberty blockers. Minister’s decisions were based on politics rather than medical advice.
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
No surprises there, then…
FWIW, I really enjoyed this book…
A bunch of new people followed me recently so I must remind you that I wrote a biography of Henri Bergson called Herald of a Restless World.
I wrote it with my HANDS and BRAIN and I'm very proud of it. John Banville called it “The most intellectually stimulating book I read this year” (last year).
I wrote it with my HANDS and BRAIN and I'm very proud of it. John Banville called it “The most intellectually stimulating book I read this year” (last year).
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
FWIW, I really enjoyed this book…
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This should be a much, much bigger story. Commitments of tens of billions of dollars are being made to dubious projects without us being allowed to know anything about how decisions are being made. It's literally the future of the nation.
The RoNS: “the most complex & expensive infrastructure programme in NZ’s recent history.”
A $56B programme… with a $49B shortfall. And all signs point to low-to-no-value for public money.
Given the huge public interest, why are the details being kept from the public, asks @connorsharp.bsky.social?
A $56B programme… with a $49B shortfall. And all signs point to low-to-no-value for public money.
Given the huge public interest, why are the details being kept from the public, asks @connorsharp.bsky.social?
What's in the RoNS files? - Greater Auckland
Earlier this week, Te Waihanga, The Infrastructure Commission, called for Over the last couple of months, I’ve been trying to obtain information on the advice given to decision-makers about the RoNS. ...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This should be a much, much bigger story. Commitments of tens of billions of dollars are being made to dubious projects without us being allowed to know anything about how decisions are being made. It's literally the future of the nation.
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Things this coalition did that just wasted money and solved nothing:
Landlord welfare
Tobacco welfare
Oil and gas exploration
Cancelling ferries
Fucking up school lunches
Cancelling state house build & increasing homelessness
Creating mass unemployment of govt workers
Te Tiriti culture war bullshit
Landlord welfare
Tobacco welfare
Oil and gas exploration
Cancelling ferries
Fucking up school lunches
Cancelling state house build & increasing homelessness
Creating mass unemployment of govt workers
Te Tiriti culture war bullshit
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Things this coalition did that just wasted money and solved nothing:
Landlord welfare
Tobacco welfare
Oil and gas exploration
Cancelling ferries
Fucking up school lunches
Cancelling state house build & increasing homelessness
Creating mass unemployment of govt workers
Te Tiriti culture war bullshit
Landlord welfare
Tobacco welfare
Oil and gas exploration
Cancelling ferries
Fucking up school lunches
Cancelling state house build & increasing homelessness
Creating mass unemployment of govt workers
Te Tiriti culture war bullshit
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It was only a matter of time.
Fuck you #LouiseUpston & #ChristopherLuxon.
And a big Fuck You to the rest of your govt.
#nzpol #disablednz
Transport subsidies for elderly and disabled people reduced www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Fuck you #LouiseUpston & #ChristopherLuxon.
And a big Fuck You to the rest of your govt.
#nzpol #disablednz
Transport subsidies for elderly and disabled people reduced www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Transport subsidies for elderly and disabled people reduced
The Total Mobility scheme provides discounted taxis and public transport fares for those with long-term impairments.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 AM
It was only a matter of time.
Fuck you #LouiseUpston & #ChristopherLuxon.
And a big Fuck You to the rest of your govt.
#nzpol #disablednz
Transport subsidies for elderly and disabled people reduced www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Fuck you #LouiseUpston & #ChristopherLuxon.
And a big Fuck You to the rest of your govt.
#nzpol #disablednz
Transport subsidies for elderly and disabled people reduced www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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This fuckin’ government, man…
“We would like to inform you that FluTracking New Zealand will pause over the summer period. The final survey for 2025 was emailed on 15 December. The Ministry of Health of New Zealand has decided not to renew the contract with FluTracking Australia going forward. “
“We would like to inform you that FluTracking New Zealand will pause over the summer period. The final survey for 2025 was emailed on 15 December. The Ministry of Health of New Zealand has decided not to renew the contract with FluTracking Australia going forward. “
December 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This fuckin’ government, man…
“We would like to inform you that FluTracking New Zealand will pause over the summer period. The final survey for 2025 was emailed on 15 December. The Ministry of Health of New Zealand has decided not to renew the contract with FluTracking Australia going forward. “
“We would like to inform you that FluTracking New Zealand will pause over the summer period. The final survey for 2025 was emailed on 15 December. The Ministry of Health of New Zealand has decided not to renew the contract with FluTracking Australia going forward. “
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Just to be clear what is (and isn’t) happening here. The Govt MPs are empowering a select committee with a majority of its MPs on it to stuff more things into the government’s bill, because these things procedurally couldn’t be included in the bill when introduced.
Crimes bill adds things outside the usual rules
Parliament has been pushing hard, rushing through bills and working under urgency all week. In that scramble, one bill bypassed the rules, adding things not usually allowed.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Just to be clear what is (and isn’t) happening here. The Govt MPs are empowering a select committee with a majority of its MPs on it to stuff more things into the government’s bill, because these things procedurally couldn’t be included in the bill when introduced.
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No political party comes out of this covered in any glory - my piece for the @prospectmagazine.co.uk culture newsletter about copyright and those AI jerks who feel entitled to steal music. Also contains gratuitous dig at Nick Clegg.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/the-...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/the-...
The silence of Paul McCartney says a lot
The former Beatle has joined other famous musicians to make a stand against AI
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
No political party comes out of this covered in any glory - my piece for the @prospectmagazine.co.uk culture newsletter about copyright and those AI jerks who feel entitled to steal music. Also contains gratuitous dig at Nick Clegg.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/the-...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/the-...
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'Looking as though they had beamed down from another planet into the midst of the punk era - a high point of mid-70s ‘rock as art’ with fabulous tunes to go with their outlandish attire'
Split Enz - ENZyclopedia – Volumes 1 & 2 is No 59 in tQ’s Reissues Etc. of the Year 2025
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Split Enz - ENZyclopedia – Volumes 1 & 2 is No 59 in tQ’s Reissues Etc. of the Year 2025
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December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
'Looking as though they had beamed down from another planet into the midst of the punk era - a high point of mid-70s ‘rock as art’ with fabulous tunes to go with their outlandish attire'
Split Enz - ENZyclopedia – Volumes 1 & 2 is No 59 in tQ’s Reissues Etc. of the Year 2025
buff.ly/6ZIlwd4
Split Enz - ENZyclopedia – Volumes 1 & 2 is No 59 in tQ’s Reissues Etc. of the Year 2025
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My last story for the year - the third in a sort of trilogy about the energy crisis. This one is about about the unmanaged, unfunded, messy transition away from gas and the impact on businesses.Feels like a perfect example of where we really really could be doing better www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
Lost in transition: The businesses trapped by New Zealand’s energy crisis
Behind the nation's energy crisis are businesses quietly fighting to survive - many feel they have nothing but bad options.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My last story for the year - the third in a sort of trilogy about the energy crisis. This one is about about the unmanaged, unfunded, messy transition away from gas and the impact on businesses.Feels like a perfect example of where we really really could be doing better www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
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PRESS RELEASE
The passing of the Fast-Track Approvals Amendment Bill makes an already damaging law even more dangerous for Aotearoa’s environment.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The passing of the Fast-Track Approvals Amendment Bill makes an already damaging law even more dangerous for Aotearoa’s environment.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Dangerous Fast-Track changes made as nature is reaching breaking point - Greenpeace
Greenpeace says the passing of the Fast-Track Approvals Amendment Bill last night makes an already damaging law even more dangerous for Aotearoa’s environment.
www.greenpeace.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
PRESS RELEASE
The passing of the Fast-Track Approvals Amendment Bill makes an already damaging law even more dangerous for Aotearoa’s environment.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The passing of the Fast-Track Approvals Amendment Bill makes an already damaging law even more dangerous for Aotearoa’s environment.
#nzpol #climatecrisis
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...