Snapchat star Tom Sainsbury travels to Hastings with his field guide to New Zealand book
15 Feb, 2021 12:11 AM
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Social media star and comedian Tom Sainsbury will be at the Common Room in Hastings from 7pm on Friday, February 19.
Social media star and comedian Tom Sainsbury will be at the Common Room in Hastings from 7pm on Friday, February 19.
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Louise Gould
Fiona the wine reviewer could be just the tonic Hawke s Bay needs to get it through Covid uncertainty.
Matamata comedian Tom Sainsbury, who is known for his Snapchat impersonations, will, alert level permitting, be in Hastings this Friday hosting a chat about his new book New Zealanders: A Field Guide .
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a phoenix from the ashes of 2020, Dunedin Fringe Festival
returns in March 2021 with a diverse and eclectic line-up of
more than 80 events across the city and online.
An
unmissable highlight in the festival calendar, this year s
hybrid festival - combining live and online events - will
deliver something for everyone, across visual arts, theatre,
comedy, cabaret, music and more.
The Fringe programme
has come to be known for it s A-class comedy line up and
this year is no different. The inimitable Emerson s Festival
Theatre will feature a stellar programme including NZ s
snapchat superstar Tom Sainsbury, Chris Parker performing
the world s first comedy felting show, a debut with shocking
Tourism New Zealand's new “Traveling under the social influence” marketing ads, aimed at discouraging travelers from taking influencer-inspired tourist photos at the same sights, walks a fine line between genius and insensitivity in the current global tourism context.
Auckland: In the world envisioned by a recent Tourism New Zealand advertisement, a khaki-clad employee of the fictional Social Observation Squad rescues wayward travellers from the cliches of Kiwi tourism.
“Lower those arms nice and slow,” the officer, played by comedian Tom Sainsbury, bellows through a megaphone to a pair of travellers committing a “summit spread-eagle” photo opportunity at Coromandel Peak, which overlooks the South Island’s Lake Wanaka. He pulls them away from the precipice and dispatches them instead on a bicycle winery tour.
This lighthearted ad, intended for a domestic audience, went viral internationally last week for its tongue-in-cheek call to action: Stop posting unimaginative photos on social media, please - enough with the hot-tub shots and images of glossy beachside legs.