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Philip Matthews

@secondzeit.bsky.social

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Journalist in Christchurch, New Zealand. Senior writer with The Press newspaper. Reviewer of the year (Voyager Media Awards 2022). Author of The Quiet Hero (2023), the story of a peaceful NZ volunteer's death in Ukraine.

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · Dec 1

Someday this war’s gonna end

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 1d

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Avalanche

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 1d

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

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www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Documentary star Isey Cross has died, aged 106

The documentary followed Isey Cross and her son James Cross preparing for her 100th birthday.

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 1d

www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

What next for Sara Templeton?

Sara Templeton might have been unsuccessful at winning Christchurch’s mayoralty but job offers are already rolling in.

www.thepress.co.nz

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 4d

Don’t know

Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 4d

Another movie to upset the anti-Ardern fanatics

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 4d

The Post can reveal how the former prime minister was cast, ahead of the film’s premiere next week.

Dame Jacinda Ardern’s surprise Pike River film cameo

The Post can reveal how the former prime minister was cast, ahead of the film’s premiere next week.

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 4d

Hit the north

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 4d

What do Pegasus, Woodend and Ravenswood have in common - apart from a highway and a dreamer’s legacy?

‘Rolleston but nicer’: Why Ravenswood and Pegasus are North Canterbury’s new frontier

What do Pegasus, Woodend and Ravenswood have in common - apart from a highway and a dreamer’s legacy?

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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 4d

The sale is a windfall for the Christchurch City Council, which gets to keep half the proceeds.

Red-zoned cliff-top site sells for 33 times RV

The sale is a windfall for the Christchurch City Council, which gets to keep half the proceeds.

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 4d

More Mauger, mate

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 4d

Phil Mauger will stay on as Christchurch mayor after a convincing win.

Phil Mauger wins Christchurch mayoralty with a 20,000 majority

Phil Mauger will stay on as Christchurch mayor after a convincing win.

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 4d

Bell’s back baby

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 4d

Ben Bell has been re-elected as the Gore mayor for a second term.

Ben Bell re-elected as Gore mayor

Ben Bell has been re-elected as the Gore mayor for a second term.

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks

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Maybe we'll get a Wings sequel

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 6d

Dr Jane Goodall with volunteers during a tour of Richmond Community Garden as part of her visit to answer questions and sign copies of her books. 30 May 2019.
📷Jane Goodall touring Richmond Community Garden. In copyright CCL. CCL-RCG-IMG_7991.
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Dr Jane Goodall, an elderly woman dressed in beige slacks, a cream turtleneck and red scarf standing in a grassy area with people, trees and plants in the background.
Jane Goodall touring Richmond Community Garden. In copyright CCL. CCL-RCG-IMG_7991.

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 6d

cheers Quentin

Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 6d

Published on John Lennon’s birthday

Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 6d

My review of the Chris Knox biography.

Book of the Week: To Chris with love newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/09/b...

Book of the Week: To Chris with love

NZ's best book reviewer on a major biography of the caustic, abrasive, sarcastic and loveable Chris Knox.

newsroom.co.nz

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 11d

I’d like to think that if TS Eliot had a job writing about comedians for a newspaper, he might have started a story like this

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 11d

Begging for mercy at federal court in Manhattan, Combs, his hair and beard grey due to being unable to access dye behind bars, sobbed while admitting his behaviour was “disgusting”

Diddy sentencing: music mogul jailed for more than four years

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 12d

At the back of an Anglican church in north Canterbury

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 14d

Very sad news www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Clinical psychologist Nigel Latta has died, aged 58

Latta, who had cancer, died on Tuesday, according to his official Facebook page.

www.thepress.co.nz

Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 17d

You try to tell young people about the nightmare of resetting the clock on the VCR twice a year and they don’t believe you

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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 18d

That’s a no from New Zealand

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 18d

The Post denounces National's plans to strip 55,000 people of their votes as anti-democratic. Then they hide this democratic message behind a paywall.

So: fuck the paywall, here it is archive.ph/tdO56

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Grant Brookes (he/him/ia) @grantbrookesnz.bsky.social · 18d

@thepost-nz.bsky.social editorial: Say no to less democracy

“With democracy increasingly under threat worldwide, there is no tangible reason to make voting harder in New Zealand. But that is exactly what the Government has proposed.”
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www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/36...

Say no to less democracy

EDITORIAL: Electoral changes should be opposed.

www.thepost.co.nz

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