Victoria Meakin

Arts journalist shining a light on culture in Christchurch Ōtautahi NZ and beyond via The Press. Former BBC radio presenter/newsreader; sometime voice artist.

[Rory Jennings ⭐ ⭐ @Chelsearory]

Martyn Ziegler deserves a Pulitzer Prize for this. He has saved football. There is no way that Infantino survives now and it's all because Ziegler somehow broke the story. If he allowed Infantino to do this on his own timetable, having the time to have clandestine chats in smokefilled rooms maybe he would have got it through but Ziegler had other ideas and that's journalism. Superb.

[Aaron Burnett @aaronburnett]

Someone just caught Artemis from their flight. Cool view of little piece of history!

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

I’m calling on President Steinmeier and Prime Minister Sánchez:

Watch this video. It’s less than a minute. An iranian teenage protester is told he’s charged with “moharebeh.”
He is only 18 and he doesn’t even know what it means. He asks.

The answer? The indicator answered him with one word: execution.

And then he breaks down. Begging. Crying. Because his “crime” is demanding freedom.

You’ve been thanked by this regime. You have direct lines. Use them.

Demand that the regime in Iran respect international law.

When a child has to ask what he’s accused of and the answer is death, that’s not justice.
That’s a regime waging war on unarmed children and violating international law.

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

@KayBurley Welcome to the South Island, Kay!

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

@East_Cheam_Lad Joyous.

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

On Wednesday night I sat on stage in Christchurch with this very famous lady for 90 minutes, talking about her fascinating new book, Elvis, Graceland, MJ, OJ, drugs, grief, enduring love and hiding 'The King ' in her kitchen. What a lovely person @Cilla_Presley is. #ElvisPresley @RLTAgency

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

And there's the film title.

[Matthew Sweet @DrMatthewSweet]

Mr Windsor. Astonishing. Unprecedented?

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

They could have just bowled the Isaac Theatre Royal after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, but they fought to save it - helped by Sir Ian McKellen, Miriam Margolyes, Richard O'Brien, Flight of the Conchords and so many others. https://t.co/FLRooQSzjF #christchurch #theatre

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

Lovely homage to #TheBeatles 60 years on from their 1964 NZ tour https://t.co/exzs3pmut2

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

Really wonderful hearing people in my local community (Nth Canterbury, NZ) talking so enthusiastically about women's football after last night's #FootballFerns win in #WomensWorldCup2023 .There's a buzz in the air, which means more girls will get the football bug - inspiring!

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

Nice to be keeping such good company!

[News Radio UK @NewsRadioUK]

We have news of our own! We're pleased to announce the arrival of three new announcers to introduce the news, sport, weather, travel, business and showbiz. Welcome Victoria Meakin, Duncan Barkes and Stuart Clarkson to the team.

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

Climate protest in New Zealand. Furniture wrecked in the recent floods and storms in NZ, is heaped up outside the offices of Fonterra - the huge dairy farming Co-operative. February's Cyclone Gabrielle caused $13billionNZ in damage; the official death toll stands at 11.

[Nick Young @nickofnz]

Piles of abandoned flood-damaged furniture have been placed at Fonterra's doorstep to remind the Government that Big Dairy is the New Zealand's biggest producer of the climate emissions which helped fuel the summer’s deadly and destructive storms.

#ClimateCrime #TooManyCows

[Paul Osbourne @paulosbourne]

If you have watched this clip, or the shortened version some prefer (because it suits the distortion they are peddling), and you genuinely believe it outs @MartineBBC as a biased presenter, I'm afraid you know very little about journalism or broadcasting.. (1/5)

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

Goodness, just stumbled across this tweet - the scene of my very first job, waiting on tables, aged 14. I was so desperate to earn my own money and worked Saturdays and Sundays. Spilled peas all over one customer, but got better fast. Great to learn it has a new, devoted owner.

[The White Horse Pub @TheWhiteHorsePu]

Permission to be a bit smug ?
A property developer was trying to buy the pub while we were, to knock it down and build flats. Pubs are such a huge part of British history & culture & its such a bloody shame to see so many go of recent years. Its lovely to be a part of keeping one

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

LIVE: A bit of #royal history in Wellington, NZ, today, as New Zealand officially recognises the new King... #KingCharlesIII #newzealand https://t.co/7NIVGxY4Eg

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

Such a different world to 1954, when this little plaque - in Ohoka, South Island, New Zealand, marked the visit of a Queen. I found this sight so poignant today. #QueenElizabeth #RIPQueenElizabeth

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

From a marvellous Christchurch Town Hall gig last night, to the banks of the Styx River today. How cool is this? Before and after pics of how @StyxTrust are bringing these river banks back to life. @ECan #biodiversity #christchurch #environment

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

Live in Christchurch tonight - @bret_rospective . What a joy. What a laugh. What an absolute jem. So pleased we saw him.

[Victoria Meakin @MeakinVictoria]

An extraordinary conclusion to a case brought back into the public eye through the power of #HedleyThomas 's journalism. #Theteacherspet podcast reignited this case and now a man who's evaded justice for 40 years is behind bars.

[9News Australia @9NewsAUS]

Chris Dawson has spent his first night behind bars after he was convicted of killing his wife Lynette 40 years ago. @Gabrielle_Boyle #9News

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