Archive for the ‘New Zealand’ Category
The Data Collectors
A chat with the author, Danielle Palli who’s series of books, The Data Collectors is now available as a, “box set” to read and also to listen to as audiobooks which I co-narrated. In this chat, we talk about Danielle’s books and a whole lot more! Check out Danielle’s books and audiobooks here; https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Dannielle+Palli&crid=2ZN14GL72W4RZ&sprefix=danielle+palli%2Caps%2C138&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 If […]
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We should never have gone!
Timing is everything and we picked the wrong time to visit Julie’s parents in New Zealand. We haven’t been back there together for seven years. We made a big mistake, we should never have traveled all of that way and I’m truly sorry for the stress and anger we caused with certain members of Julie’s […]
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Tags: Air New Zealand, Auckland Airport, Australia, Boris Johnson, Captain Scarlet, Coronavirus, COVID 19, Disaster Movie, Graham Mack, Heathrow, Hitchin, Jacinda Arden, LAX, LHR, London, Los Angeles, Mysterons, National Express, New Zealand, Premiership, Self-Isolation, Singapore, Singapore Airlines, Trump
When I caught up with my old mate Steve Shaw in Whangarei New Zealand this week, we talked about the band we were in together in the 80s, an Oscar winner’s brief stint as frontman and why the rhythm guitarist wasn’t on stage for the last set at my final gig. Here’s one of our […]
Filed under: 80s, AFTRS, blog, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Google, Graham Mack, Inside look, Inspiration, Media, Memories, New Zealand, Radio, Showbiz, Uncategorized, Whangarei, Youtube | Leave a Comment
Tags: Blog, Forum North, Google, Inspiration, Internet, Les Neal, life, Mecca, Media, Move It, Movies, Music, New Zealand, Oscar, Pips Whangarei, Radio, Russ Le Roq, Russell Crowe, Steve Shaw, the Misfits, Travel, video, Whangarei
Night Terror!
When you have a traumatic experience, your senses heighten. That super-awareness burns a memory of the event into your brain forever. That’s why you hear people say they know exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard news that shocked them. Years later, people are able to describe otherwise forgettable details […]
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Tags: Blog, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, JV2, life, McKenzie Bay, Media, MRC, New Zealand, Northland, Pipefitter, Radio, Whangarei, Whangarei Heads
New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is a weak leader and one of the worst people in the world to be in charge of this special country right now. I used to like Jacinda Ardern. I thought she was different to the power hungry megalomaniacs running other countries in the world. It turns out, I […]
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Tags: Auckland, Blog, Computer, Coronavirus, COVID 19, feedback, Google, Inspiration, Internet, Jacinda Ardern, journalism, Leadership, London, Media, medical, New Zealand, News, Pandemic, Politics, Prime Minister, Radio, Self-Isolation, Travel, Whangarei
Unclean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are being told to self-isolate in New Zealand. Although we got into the country just before the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, brought in compulsory 14 day isolation for visitors, she’s now suggesting we should self-isolate anyway. The reason we made this trip to Julie’s home town for the first time in seven years […]
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Tags: 14 days, Air New Zealand, Coronavirus, COVID 19, Jacinda Ardern, lepers, London, Los Angeles, New Zealand, Self-Isolation, Singapore, Singapore Airlines, United States, Vancouver
Home Sickness
A question I always find hard to answer is, where is home? Julie and I have lived in many places and hold passports for three different countries. We live in Britain, Julie’s parents are in New Zealand. We haven’t seen them for a while and it looks like we picked the wrong time to visit […]
Filed under: AFTRS, Australia, blog, Broadcasting, Google, Graham Mack, Inside look, Inspiration, Internet, New Zealand, Radio, Sydney, Uncategorized, World, Youtube | Closed
Tags: Australia, Blog, Britain, Computer, Coronavirus, Donald Trump, Graham Nack, Inspiration, Internet, Media, New Zealand, Pandemic, Radio, Self-Isolation, Sydney, Travel Ban, USA, Whangarei, WHO
Macks On The Move
Julie and I moved to Britain from Australia in February 1997, so I could present the Breakfast Show on 2CRFM in Dorset. Since then, we’ve lived in every region of England, because I’ve presented radio programs in the North West, North East, West Midlands, East Midlands, South West, South East and South Coast. You’ve got […]
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Tags: 2CR, 2CRFM, Blog, Crest Nicolson, Google, Inspiration, Internet, Media, News, Radio, rent, Travel
Old Time Rock n Roll
Today I found an old cassette from 1989. It was a live recording of the band I used to be in when we lived in New Zealand. I thought you might like to hear it. The band was called The Misfits. They’d been together for years and were the top band in Northland. I joined […]
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Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Billy T James, Blog, BOB fm, BOBfm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Chuck Berry, Comedy, Graham Mack, Misfits, Nadine, New Zealand, Radio, The Quindells
Mack Nuggets
Here’s what I’ve been on about on BOB fm lately, including: A call to Martin’s biggest fan in Germany. Buzz Aldrin has the answer but NASA won’t listen. The Grand Final of The International Contest of jokes. How to look good in every photo. Why virtual reality won’t catch on. Electronic miscommunication. The truth about […]
Filed under: AFTRS, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Graham Mack, Inspiration, LFC, Liverpool, New Zealand, podcast, Transport, true story, Truth, Uncategorized | Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Australia, BOB fm, BRMB, Broadcasting, Buzz Aldrin, Germany, Graham Mack, Jokes, Radio
In this one we talk about David Bowie. Let’s hope people start getting his name right! Craic on! Listen to the latest Mack Nuggets at; http://www.mackmedia.co.uk/8th-mack-nuggets-audio-video If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” and tweet a link. If you’d like to talk to me about it, call me on +44 1438 422106 between 6 […]
Filed under: AFTRS, blog, Broadcasting, Comedy, Compliants, Inspiration, Live event, Media, Memories, New Zealand, News, Newspapers, Radio, Rock n Roll, TV, Uncategorized, Vlog, Youtube | Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Auckland, Blog, BOB fm, Bournemouth, Bowie, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, David Bowie, Graham Mack, Name, New Zealand, News, Radio, western Springs
Top of The Lake
Compared to New Zealand, Britain is pretty uptight and it’s getting more uptight. You used to be able to walk along Downing Street. Now huge railings and gates stop you getting close. I have 8mm cine films my Dad shot of me as a kid standing outside the door of number 10. That same film […]
Filed under: AFTRS, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Engineering, Enviroment, Lifeboat, New Zealand, Radio, RNLI, Transport, Travel, Uncategorized | Closed
Tags: 1912, 2003, Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand, Queenstown, South Island, SS Earnslaw, Steamshop
Our Church.
There was one person I wish could have been at our wedding in New Zealand. This week, Julie and I celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary. Thinking back to that day in 1987, I can’t remember if it was a lack of money or her age that kept my Nana away. I know she definitely would […]
Filed under: AFTRS, blog, Broadcasting, Memories, New Zealand, Travel, Wedding Anniversary | Closed
Tags: 1987, AFTRS, Aircheck, Bay of Islands, Blog, BOB fm, BOBfm, Liverpool, Nana, New Zealand, Northland, Tikipunga, Warrington, wedding Anniversary, Whangarei
On this day in 1987, a pipefitter from Great Sankey near Warrington and Julie Halford from Tikipunga in New Zealand were married at St Paul’s church, Paihia in the Bay of Islands. Happy 28th wedding anniversary Sweetie! Craic on! Listen to the latest Mack Nuggets at; http://www.mackmedia.co.uk/8th-mack-nuggets-audio-video If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” […]
Filed under: New Zealand, Travel, Wedding | Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Bay of Islands, Blog, BOB fm, BOBfm, Broadcasting, New Zealand, Nothland, Paihia, St Paul's Paihia, Wedding, wedding aniversary, Whangarei
My Cover is Blown.
There’s a copyright claim against one of the videos I put on Youtube recently. Youtube uses software that automatically detects if copyrighted music is used in any of the videos you publish. In 1986, I lived in New Zealand and was in a 60s cover band called Liverpool Direct. A video of us doing a […]
Filed under: 1960s, Music, New Zealand | Closed
Tags: 1960s, 1980s, 1986, AFTRS, Aircheck, BOB fm, Breakfast Show, Graham Mack, Liverpool Direct, Manfred Mann, New Zealand, Northland, Pinball Wizzard, Pretty Flamingo, The Who, Whangarei
The Speed of Sound.
I can’t believe how fast we used to play everything! Today I found an old VHS tape of the first proper band I was in. It was 1986, I was 22 and lived in New Zealand. We played mainly 60s beat group covers. The band was called “Liverpool Direct”, which “suggested” that we were on […]
Filed under: AFTRS, Beatles, Broadcasting, Music, New Zealand, Pop, Rock, Travel, Whangarei | Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Beatles, BOB fm, Breakfast Show, Graham Mack, Liverpool, Liverpool Direct, New Wave, The Who, Whangarei
RIP MIKE SMITH Last week, I heard the very sad news that former Radio 1 DJ Mike Smith had died aged 59. Mike Smith pointed the way to what became my radio journey even though I never met him or ever heard him present a radio show. When he was at the peak of his […]
Filed under: AFTRS, Australia, Broadcasting, Graham Mack, History, Hope, Inspiration, London, Media, Moving house, New Zealand, Radio, Sydney, Television, Travel, Uncategorized, USA, Words | Closed
If Julie didn’t like the experience of watching Liverpool at Anfield, I was in a lot of trouble. Up until February 1997, we’d lived in New Zealand and Australia. Now, we’d moved to Britain because I’d got a job as the Breakfast Show host at 2CRFM in Bournemouth. In the ten years we’d been married, […]
Filed under: AFTRS, Australia, BBC Radio Merseyside, Broadcasting, Football, Graham Mack, History, Hope, Inspiration, Liverpool, Media, New Zealand, Radio, Sport, Uncategorized | Closed
Mack's Craic 