Kerre Woodham reacts to elderly caller who dares to criticize Tony Veitch (Apr. 16, 2009)

NewstalkZB’s Kerre Woodham reacts to an elderly caller who dares to criticize her colleague Tony Veitch 

On Thursday 16 April 2009, NewstalkZB sports jock Tony “Veitchy” Veitch pleaded guilty to injuring his ex-fiance with reckless disregard. Police records showed Veitch had kicked Kristin Dunne-Powell in the spine, thrown a glass of water in her face, kicked her repeatedly in the thighs, dragged her down the stairs and verbally abused her.

In spite of all this, “Veitchy” got off with a mere slap on the wrist: community service, a few months of “supervision”, and a small fine.

The general mood at NewstalkZB following his sentence was akin to carnival; NewstalkZB hosts had ridiculed and denounced Kristin Dunne-Powell round the clock, day after day for months, ever since news of the assaults broke. Veitch’s loudest defenders, and Miss Dunne-Powell’s most brutal detractors, were Larry Williams, Bruce Russell, and Kerre Woodham.

During his sports show that evening, a jubilant Willy Lose told his colleague Susan Wood on air: “This is a day of cewebwation for me!”.

After 8 p.m., nearly every one of Kerre Woodham’s callers was right behind Veitch. Then an elderly caller called CYRIL rang her up….

WOODHAM: Hello, Cyril.

CYRIL: Well I’m not behind him at all. For goodness sakes, seven and a half months community service is all he got. He could have quite easily kicked that woman in the head and done brain damage to her—-

WOODHAM: We-e-e-ell….

CYRIL: Or put her in a wheelchair for life.

WOODHAM: [coldly] Well, in which case it would have been a different sentence.

CYRIL: I beg your pardon?

WOODHAM: He would have got a different sentence.

CYRIL: Sorry, I can’t quite hear you.

WOODHAM: [testily] Oh well then, WHY RING TALKBACK if you can’t HEAR?

CYRIL: I beg your Pardon?

WOODHAM: A-a-a-arrrrggghh!

CYRIL: I’m sorry I can’t—

[She cuts him dead]

WOODHAM: [through clenched teeth] R-r-right. Hello Anne….

https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2017/12/general_debate_28_december_2017.html/comment-page-1#comment-2107694

• • • • • • SPC

            It is human group identity behaviour (loyalty to one of their own against the outsider), it explains how good people amongst the Jews tune out criticism of Zionist occupation because it is our right to have a homeland and be safe, or others reports of Weinstein’s activities – nothing unusual here, all bosses are bullies, all men try it on …

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            • Morrissey

              I should have made it clear, SPC, that not all NewstalkZB hosts joined in the round-the-clock pillorying of Veitch’s victim. Certainly Williams, Russell, and Woodham did.

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              • DECEMBER 28, 2017 4:41PM

              • SPC

                Not everyone succumbs to group identity behaviour traits.

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                • DECEMBER 28, 2017 4:43PM

          • Morrissey

            I note that four of Veitch’s and Woodham’s supporters have signed in with us. (4:42 p.m.)

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            • DECEMBER 28, 2017 4:42PM

            • Maggy Wassilieff

              This is your usual technique isn’t it?

              Could there possibly be any other reasons why some folks down-ticked your comment?

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              • DECEMBER 28, 2017 7:47PM

              • stephieboy

                What other reason , then ?

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                • DECEMBER 28, 2017 10:20PM

                • Maggy Wassilieff

                  Check out yesterday’s comments to Morrissey..

                  Some folks automatically down tick any of his contributions….. reason 1

                  Some folks give a downtick by mistake…. reason 2.

                  Some folks might downtick to express disgust at the action of the radio hosts …..reason 3.

                  Some folks might downtick to express their displeasure at yet another out-of-date media mauling from Morrissey…..reason 4.

                  Perhaps there are other reasons..I seriously doubt that downtickers are supporters of Veitch & Woodham. I know I am not.

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                  • DECEMBER 28, 2017 10:33PM

        • noskire

          Another example of how our society is going to hell in a handcart, and not because of war, while white, straight men with moral values dare to speak their voice:http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/27/motorsport/lewis-hamilton-apology-social-media-formula-one/index.html
          If I was Lewis I would have given the nephew a knife and said “Here you go, cut off your penis and you can be a Princess forever. But now you will never be a man”.

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          • DECEMBER 28, 2017 4:35PM

        • softail 1450

          morronissey ,I’m surprised you didn’t slip John banks in there somewhere…..

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          • DECEMBER 28, 2017 4:35PM

          • Morrissey

            At that time, he was asking people to secretly and illegally slip him cheques for $25,000, so he was keeping a relatively low profile.

            I’m sure he supported “Veitchy” all the way, however.

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            • DECEMBER 28, 2017 4:38PM

          • GazzaW

            …..or Gideon Levy.

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            • DECEMBER 28, 2017 5:30PM

        • Jack5

          This will make your day, Morrissey Breen – from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency:

          [Israel’s]Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz on Tuesday approved the creation of the train station located near the Western Wall entrance, and announced that he decided to name it in honor of Trump to thank him for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the Hebrew-language daily Yediot Acharonot first reported Wednesday.

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          • DECEMBER 28, 2017 4:47PM

          • SPC

            The first to get off at the station gets to say, the rest are my twitter followers.

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            • DECEMBER 28, 2017 5:34PM

        • Manolo

          According to the impartial MSM. No one better qualified, right?
          https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/viral/hillary-clinton-dubbed-most-admired-woman-of-2017

          Clinton may have lost the 2016 presidential election but according to a recent Gallup poll, she is the most admired woman by Americans.

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          • DECEMBER 28, 2017 5:03PM

          • Maggy Wassilieff

            she is the most admired woman by Americans.

            Whew, for a moment I thought our Jacinta had been eclipsed.

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            • DECEMBER 28, 2017 7:42PM

            • stephieboy

              “Jacinta ” eclipsed by whom do you fancy ?

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              • DECEMBER 28, 2017 8:05PM

              • Maggy Wassilieff

                Do you understand English, Stephieboy?

                Let me expand on my comment to Manolo….

                He gives us a link that states Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman of 2017.

                But, if we read on… we learn that this designation only is relevant to the Americas.

                Whew…. We in NZ are not Americans (by & large); so our Prime Minister can retain her standing (as dubbed by Forbes & Stuff) in the eyes of those who ADMIRE politically powerful women.
                https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/98470558/jacinda-ardern-more-politically-powerful-than-hillary-clinton
                All clear now?

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                • DECEMBER 28, 2017 8:23PM

                • stephieboy

                  MW , I believe it is “Jacinda” Ardern.

                  Now be good little lass and write to out 50x times or smack, smack with teacher’s ruler .

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                  • DECEMBER 28, 2017 10:10PM