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8 minutes ago, Maximus said:
missing the point. Our national anthem is bilingual; so who decided to do it only in Te Reo tonite?
MM
Get a life. Even the Aussie have honoured the Aborigines before The Matilda's game.
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2 hours ago, Maximus said:
Well, flock me ...our national anthem gets sung and played only in Maori now. LOL
MM
Well, it is an official NZ Language. Do you want the Haka performed in English?
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On 2/5/2023 at 11:35 AM, ngakonui grass said:
I read that in Hamilton they have shelved out $20M for 20 3 bedroom units and 5 2 bedroom units.A drop in the ocean compared to how many they need.
Probably house 120 people plus which is no where near what is needed.
Does anybody know approx what the GST content of that $20m would be or the gst content of a $800k house.?
It does not matter what the GST content is because they would claim that back as a rebate.
Your mob when in power they were selling off state houses because crooked Bill English was demanding a $500m per annum dividend to the Government from the then Housing Corp so to achieve this they had to sell Sate houses.
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The Welsh Rugby have got more to worry about. Currently the Taffies are having a debate as to whether their National Sport is Football or Rugby. I have no idea how you would decide that but given that Football is a far bigger participation sport in NZ and stuff all people go to Club, NPC games then maybe we should have the same debate.
One thing is for certain though Ranfurly Shield Fever is no more. Wellington holds it and no one cares. At their first defence stuff all turned up.
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Well, there is over 200 nations that enter the World Cup and many top-rated nations miss qualifying for the final 32 i.e. Italy for the last two World Cups.
There were some in The Aussie media saying that making the last 16 was the greatest moment in Aussie sport.
In 2010 we were unbeaten but did not qualify beyond the group stage and won the Supreme Halberg award. However, there was some sheep shagger supporter from down south who got quite upset as he was under some illusion that Rugby Worldwide was a bigger sport.
Of course, if you put it in world terms Rugby is Dannevirke and Football is New York
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Speaking of beaches and football, a few years ago we spent a week in Portugal and visited a few beaches. The beach In Albufeira was most impressive. It was packed with locals playing volleyball with a football heading it over the net rather than using hands and they were very impressive with some points lasting for long periods. Also heaps of beach football.
Little wonder they are so good at the game.
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We have only just reached the quarter finals and what amazing drama to date. Little wonder it is called "The Beautiful Game".
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I enjoyed the Argentina v Aussie game. Argentina deserved to win but for a great save from the Argentina goalie, it may have gone to extra time. If Messie has an average game someone needs to step up for them because he was magnificent today.
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On 11/23/2022 at 11:15 AM, PWJ said:
The Aussies were awful as I expected. This is probably the worst squad they have sent to the WC and the decline in the A-League must shoulder a lot of the blame. They will be lucky to scrape a point from their remaining two games. Good coach as Arnold is he can't do much with this lot and tactically he must shoulder some responsibility for today's weak performance. They should have learned the lesson the Saudis gave earlier. Take on the big guns full tilt, blitz them, fight tooth and nail for every ball. SA unsettled Argentina using these tactics, whereas the Socceroos looked too scared to try anything.
The tournament looks pretty even but I still believe Belgium and Germany will test France and Brazil in the later stages
Wow, looks like its humble pie time PWJ
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On 11/25/2022 at 10:55 AM, ngakonui grass said:
Brazil looked good against Serbia but i gotta say i don't like their theartrics.They were falling down more than Russian soldiers in Ukraine,at least they had a reason.
Neymar is out for the rest of the group stage with an ankle injury and Danilo is also out for the next game with an ankle injury. Neymar came in for some special attention from Serbia and they dished him out and other Brazilians some crude tackles.
Problem is that last World Cup Neymar rolled around like a prize wanker every time an opposing player went near him, so most this time just thought "here we go again its Neymar"
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30 minutes ago, Our Maizcay said:
yes he had a very good game this morning, the whole US team looked very good, outplayed England
his name is Tyler Adams
Ooops my apologies, I did mean Tyler Adams, mixed him up with another Leeds squad player Tyler Roberts
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I played Softball in my younger days as did most in the Wellington region. For many years The National Championship was mainly between Hutt Valley and Wellington with Auckland getting the odd look in.
In fact, the game was so big, Wellington and Hutt Valley had their separate competitions.
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I enjoyed the England v USA game and as a Leeds supporter I watched with interest the performance of Tyler Roberts. In my biased opinion he has been one of the stand outs of the World Cup to date.
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I recall it well Hesi. Started out at the Levin Racing Club Offices with Cocktails on the Tuesday evening and then onto the Cozzie Club for the Calcutta which went into the early hours. All the owners and trainers were there, and the Calcutta pool reached around $30k.
Up next morning for the brunch on course before the races. Then a great day's racing followed by a few beers and a card session which would go until the next morning. Then home to recover.
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Gee Canada were very impressive against Belgium except when they got anywhere near goal. Over 20 shots on goal, many poorly directed including a missed penalty.
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On 11/20/2022 at 10:44 AM, Sir Castleton said:
Same can be said here in Mount Druitt where 2 of the Samoan boys are from both the stand off and winger. Cars tooting their horns and flags waiving from their cars. Great to see being a proud NZ Samoan. Shame about the rugby though.
Compare that passion with going to an All-Blacks home game. You wait until about the 65 minute and if you listen very carefully you might just hear a chant whispered "All Blacks, All Blacks"
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17 hours ago, Midnight Caller said:
Just to give you a heads up from the NH. Those dirty old rags like the Record, Mail and Sun are all about football, with The Sun also good for a bit of racing. Remember England is a football nation.
The Sunday Times last week had the first four pages leading with the Woman's World Cup Final, even the journo we love to hate added a decent size piece. England mens match got only got pages 5+6
Well, when I have been in The Uk, I must have been reading the dirty old rags. I have no recollection of any Rugby more than a Column in any newspaper. In fact, Nelson has had more columns.
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The Womens' Rugby World Cup Is "World famous" only in NZ. The English public would not care a toss. When the Sunday papers come out, they will have 20 pages on Football and if Rugby is lucky, they might get a column.
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On 10/26/2022 at 8:25 PM, Hesi said:
I wonder if Chris Weaver has anything to do with it.
Weaver and The Fat Butcher, what a dynamic duo. Claimed that the Auckland Cup would be "The race that stopped two nations".
In the end those attending Cup Day on a Wednesday were down to a few A Listers and the barmen
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I recall a couple of years ago the Catholic Church sold about 8 churches in the Wairarapa due to virtually nil attendance.
In 2019 whilst we were in London we had a spare morning, so we jumped on one of those scenic double decker's. The Guide on the bus informed us as we went past a cathedral that in the 19th century it was law that everyone had to attend church, and many were arrested and tried for not attending.
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10 hours ago, ngakonui grass said:
Sports wise for me Golf,NFL and NBA but thats not to say i watch a lot of it,grandkids are the most important to me,allowing their parents to work extra shifts or longer hours so they can survive in this country and eventually afford things that my generation took for granted.
Well, I did exactly that back in the 70s, in fact many baby boomers did. I admit that I was lucky I worked in IT and the computer system of the organisation I worked for was only available for me to carry out development work on a Sunday evening. So, it was minimum 4 hours double time.
The Womens World Cup is a farce, only 12 teams and I heard Cocksedge saying something like the world is watching. In 2017 I was in the UK while The Womens World Cup was being played and I never saw anything in the media.
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On 9/8/2022 at 7:50 PM, Dancing Show said:
haha no, long time supporter of Chelsea, since I was 7 .. so 50 years 🙂 Supported Wimbledon from when I lived in East Dulwich in 1987/88 and they were our local club (also Crystal Palace, but not a hard choice) .. easier to get to Plough Lane than Stamford Bridge on a Saturday 🙂 Brilliant season! .. and even better.. many of them went on to join Chelsea... Beasant, Wise, Jones .. 🙂
You would have seen John Fashinu. He came out in the early 80s to play for Miramar. He took no prisoners
Womens World Cup - NZ v Norway
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I have now been to three games at The Wellington Stadium and for all of these there has been no vocalist for the National Anthems and the same for other games that I have watched on Sky. So, for the Norway game the anthem was sung in Māori by the crowd.