PAUL HENRY, OFFENDING BROADCASTER

Tuesday Poet Renée Liang has posted a villanelle about the Paul Henry debacle* on her blog Chinglish.

The NZ poet of Kiwi-Asian descent (yes, definitely a New Zealander), Liang says: 'Ironic that one of my first attempts at a villanelle (one of the more intellectual and difficult forms) would be prompted by Paul Henry, but that's what indignant anger will do!' It begins:


Paul’s such a dag, he’s such a lark
He’s never serious, never thinks
Why get so mad it’s just a laugh

for more visit her blog.
Great to see poetry out in the NZ political arena!

*TV host, Paul Henry, urged PM John Key ON mONDAY on live TV to select a Governor-General who "looks and sounds more like a New Zealander". Henry asked Mr Key whether NZ-born Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand - of Indian Fijian descent - was even a New Zealander.