Images of Piri Weepu bottle-feeding his baby have been axed after protests by breastfeeding fundamentalists (which is what they are).
La Leche League, a pro-breastfeeding organisation, has taken offence with film showing the All Black feeding a bottle of milk to his 6-month-old daughter.
The brief scene has been cut from an anti-smoking ad, due to complaints from the league.
One email said: “The damage that this shot of a celebrity All Black will do to breastfeeding in New Zealand Aotearoa will be significant.”
I am sorry but what kind of PC bullshit is that? Piri Weepu doesn’t have …
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How good is Duncan Garner on Radio Live?
Well connected and informed he chooses good topics to discuss, talks to the right people and comes across as very knowledgeable and credible.
Television News seems to have become so tabloid based and I have to say that as a reporter he had never really stood out for me. Radio seems to give him more time to work through complex issues and he is a pleasure to listen to.
A revelation.
Becks have launched an initiative with local artists and local musicians collaborating to design a series of limited edition labels for Becks bottles.
Artists including Gavin Hurley and Andrew McLeod have collaborated with musicians including Cut Off Your Hands, Ghost Wave and Parallel Dance Ensemble to each design a series of labels inspired by a song from each band.
By making the labels more appealing there will be less peeling I guess.
Given the high proportion of people opposed to the pending sale of the “Crafar” farms to a Chinese company you’d expect organisers of the Lantern Festival in Auckland’s Albert Park to be worried about attendance numbers.
Thankfully we aren’t all as Xenophobic as it seems and most of us are excited about this celebration.
29% of the Auckland population is now Asian and I think that this festival celebrates their contribution to our society.
So if you are around Auckland in the next couple of weeks make the time to pop along, it’s a great event …
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Brilliant Saatchi UK promotion of the new move by the pornography industry to XXX.
As covered by theinspiration.com
Posted on the Sartorialist today is a great little video clip of the first Lunch for 25.
Click through to watch it here.
