Friday, March 30, 2018

A Battle to Remember: Napier War Memorial

The film is posted...
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Gallup: Much reaction?
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Neilsen: Over 200 viewings in the first day.
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Gallup: Is that good?
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Neilsen: Well, if you are an absolute nobody you might get three or four. If you are a celebrity or covering an international disaster, you might get thousands.
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Gallup: So you’re in the middle?
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Neilsen: We’ll see. The speakers have passion. As one of the commentators puts it: “We had the facts, we had the history, and we had the emotion.” The issue is attracting traffic.
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How some citizens of Napier persuaded the city council to reinstate the city's iconic war memorial after commercial interests had commandeered the site.

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