Nik Dirga

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RNZ Explainer editor and journalist, indefatigable blogger, cartoonist and creator of small press comic Amoeba Adventures, website nikdirga.com! Used to be an American, New Zealander since 2006.

Eddie Izzard as Hamlet
Who will get a King's Birthday Honour this year? Will it be you? Dozens of New Zealanders will be given royal honours which will be announced on Monday for excellence in their fields. It's the second time each year honours are given out - they're also announced every New Year's Eve. Who decides who gets an honour? Can I nominate my mate Nigel? Give it a go! Anyone can nominate anyone living who they think deserves a Royal Honour by using this form. (However, don't try to nominate yourself, which is not allowed and also kind of weird. Maybe ask your mate Nigel.)
The books Clippings, Best of Amoeba Adventures and Amoeba Adventures: Warmth of the Sun by Nik Dirga
Time Walker (1982) movie poster
Auckland Writers Festival sign
A horrifying bragging advert about selling real estate during wartime
A wet cat on a wet veranda
John Darnielle, The Power Station
photo of a giant rodent and the Easter Bunny.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker
Chappell Roan
An unfortunate auto-transcribe error for "I can't quite believe"
David Byrne, Spark Arena
Cutting edge ad for 2026 promises to make you money in 2024
Rob Reiner directing The Princess Bride, 1986.
The Orb, comics history’s greatest villain
Emergency exit: This door is alarmed and if used incorrectly a lightning bolt will shoot from the sky
Slope Point, Southland
Andy Serkis and Elijah Wood at Armageddon Expo.
The Tawny Frogmouth is king of birds.
Diane Keaton, Annie Hall
Ticket price for around $30 for Saturday afternoon show, Queen St Event Cinemas
sitting on the deck with a cold drink and a good book
Nothing is getting better any time soon
Clippings book by Nik Dirga
Terence stamp In the limey
NZ artist Peter Siddell.
Ozzy Osbourne Bark at the Moon cover
Headline: Praise for restaurant after former deputy mayor dies at dinner
An army of celebrities are being duped in dodgy AI posts about surgery for conjoined twins, including Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger and many more.
In Their Own Words book
Everclear Sparkle and Fade
Vandalised copy of Jacinda Ardern memoir
Dr Doom and Henry Kissinger’s super villain team up
Alemayehu Eshete Andarge was an Ethiopian singer, widely known as the "Abyssinian Elvis"
My 10 picks for NYT best movies of the 21st century so far
Godzilla attacks Auckland, insert Godzilla roar emoji here
Popeye and bruiser face off as Wimpy encourages fisticuffs
The holy gull.
The 1990s in comic book form, X-Force 3.
Book review of Josephine Quinn’s How The World Made The West
The finest record of all time, starring the Justice League
Nz herald on cuts to staff
Amyl and the Sniffers, The Powerstation, Auckland
Moonrise over Raglan
The well known song Sound of Silence which of course was first performed by the band Disturbed according to Google
David Lynch