He had phoned his boss who ok'd it. So I should properly say thanks Mr Train Driver's boss!

Interestingly enough, it was a startling insight into the problems in the current setup: the train manager was from…

(-ise comes to us from the "let's be more French!" period of English history)

How does he feel about "begging the question" in that light?

Perhaps it's because the subs have no control over the headlines, from what I hear, and Mr. Murphy just wanted to defend their honour.

Less meat is better than cheap meat, but try telling that to NZers who've been indoctrinated with the idea that meat five times a week is a minimum healthy diet. Often by athletes, who have utterly different nutrition needs from people.

That's what he chooses to weigh in on?

Bizarre.

Awww c’mon your just saying that to get on our good side.
You do know that ‘negative moral judgements’ are usually wrong.

5. Mr Heraldman I refer too of course not your good self.

The enormity of players past and present will all be absorbed in the body of our Rugby Leviathan.

Hi Russell. Good post. Wonderful days indeed. Toby and you question ‘enormity’. FYI our style guide uses the Concise Oxford, Eleventh Edition, Revised. Its defintion of ‘enormity’ is:

‘large scale or extreme…

"My will contains directions for my funeral, which…

awesome story, cheers

and…

Luck said reports suggesting that Prime Minister John Key had had a hand in helping to fast-track a passport for their newborn son were incorrect.

"It's not right," he said. "We've got the passport and we did the passport ourselves."

NRL: Baby better than league – Luck

Finishing 6th in the top 8 and then making it to the final is an achievement, particularly when for the entire season the penalty…

I think the problem is that the baby was…

Definitely in the "only in NZ" department. Anywhere else in the English speaking world machine-gun toting cops would have surrounded…

Happily, the Point…

Who actually cares?

Yet he hasn't figured out the only reason anyone gives him and his retinue of rings the time of day, is his large wallet.
F*#kwit.

Maaaate, the most valuable thing you can give someone is your Time and trust me the Butcher has given plenty of that over the years.…

Had to do something popular to distract from the meltdown of their junior governing partner, I guess.

3 News has a “breaking” announcement from the Auckland Council of a main game Warriors screening on Captain Cook Wharf, and a separate event at Mt Smart, where the Vulcans and U20 finals will be shown too,

And APNZ/Herald has unnamed government officials…

I suppose you could look at it like that, a lot of people might disagree tho.
And I thought they were related ...somehow.....I dont do sport history.

A big screen out the front of the Museum would be good, or even project it onto the museum.

Whatever they do to allow 10s of thousands to have their wine and cheese at the Concert in the Park could be…

As much as it seems a nice idea its just not going to happen. It's mainly to do with contracts with major sponsors – if you were brand XXX…

That was an incredibly genuine moment, I thought. Mana and aroha, for want of two better words.

The view above was from our…

A: Too

Not a very good one, admittedly, but a dictionary nonetheless!

I'm surprised the Herald subs feel differently.

I'm surprised the Herald still has subs. ;)

I made use of my Auckland City Library card to access the online edition of the OED, which notes the word derives from the obsolete adjective enorm, meaning deviating from the ordinary rule or type, and then goes on…

But it's okay, because they raised prices with the best of intentions! :)

I was actually wondering how Richie was keeping it together for a while there. When Hobbs paid testament to him as a man, I was tearing up.

It's been on the market for the last few years, I understand.

(But also, a well run hotel should have maybe 80% occupancy, right. If they don't jack their prices for major events, then they'd…

It indeed was a great atmosphere at the game on Sunday, and we seemed to be surrounded by people we knew, or their children, along with the colourful and ebullient supporters of both teams.

My greatest regret is at…

Last Saturday was the far more appropriate time to recognise Hobbs

Yeah that could be the appalling service, I particularly liked the way the concierge refused to talk to my wife who, made the booking, drove the car, and was trying to pay ... but no, all his questions were addressed…

This seems like just another time when a hotel took a gamble and lost.
Though he did…

Oh, indeed. Clark’s patronage of the club meant she had much stronger ties to league than union.

I seem to recall certain sorts…

I'm not sure I agree about this bit. There was only one hotel in that article (the Museum Hotel) complaining it was less full than usual. When I read that story, the "raising of…

Micheal Luck, as opposed to fullback Kevin Locke. Although Luck does play in the number 13 jersey, which is the position of lock. Which might confuse.

So that makes him politically bisexual, right?

There's a clear line between, doing everything you can…

MPs get called on for the harder bits.

And…

My circumstances were different again. We'd neglected to register her birth so we needed to do that first before an application could be lodged. Fortunately, the…

Ayn Rand, Burke, Adam Smith. Oh, and not to forget
Siegfried Engelmann and Elaine C. Bruner.

not really music though is it? just ask Murray, if you can pull him away from the Little River Band covers in the booze barn next door.

I rescued an Australian mum and kids from walking in exactly the wrong direction for Dominion Road afterwards.

happened a long time after the party central brainwave, but

Said MP might be reading Ayn Rand?

(for the avoidance of doubt, +1 referring to tweets not passports)

I had this idea for a business as I saw all the pollies doing sport tweets over the weekend. The idea would be that politicians who don't give a shit about sports but want to be down with…

I’m not so bothered. It is a step beyond ringing your local…

I believe the wharf was passed fit for drum 'n' bass, but officials are making further enquiries with regard to dubstep.

Maybe, buried in a council report, is an…

Ah, that seems to happen occasionally.

From 1 January 2006, children born in New Zealand (or in the Cook Islands, Niue or Tokelau) acquire New Zealand citizenship at birth only if…

It was. Until McCully, Key et al..

Walking past on Saturday night I thought the same thing. I'm surprised it wasn't a RWC fan zone thing. Although I guess…

Yeah, I'm not sure Key's actually ever been to a Warriors game before. I don't appreciate the late bandwagon jumping, or the Mad Butcher's sudden championing of his new best friend. Key was on the…

In my time at Parlt, I…

But then where would the Land Rovers drive around in circles?

Couldn't the Council make use of the newly repaired Aotea Square? Y'know ,the one next to the Town Hall. That would fit nicely into the Warriors Game Sunday.

Mean Girls, please please please. Cleanse the wharf…

No, cars – it was pretty much all hands on deck for marshalling passengers who (for the most part) were pretty benign.

It's almost as if you did and then decided to use those. ;-)

Weren't the announced beefed-up arrangements after the opening night debacle supposed to include security staff on all level crossings?

Am I just being a grinch or is taking a 2 week old baby on a trans Tasman flight unless you really really have to just a touch unwise? And I really do hope that they are not…

Great weekend tho, great atmosphere everywhere and glad to see a more positive media spin.

Hear hear. Who chooses the 'music'?

Yes. And it should be noted that the Butcher was generally pretty keen to be Ms Clark's handbag too. He's no mug.

Could we not have been spared that shit-awful sub-Black Eyed Peas ZM trance pop at high volume? It really was not what most of the crowd wanted to hear. Some local styles would have been more appropriate — and would have sent all that…

Um, yes… and? Stop the presses – Mad Butcher needs to start drinking more decaff with no sugar. Bug surprise there. :) Personally, I’m more concerned that anyone…

As Mediawatch pointed out yesterday, Sir Mad has been seizing media opportunities to sing the praises of his new best friend, John.

I'd think hospo businesses in downtown Auckland are doing screamingly well.

On the other hand, restaurants in the Kingsland strip suffered a collapse of midweek business last week because the public had been convinced…

And while we all love our Richie, Hamish McKay's gushing over the man throughout his TV3 commentary on Saturday night was hilarious. Apparently it's not just Kevin Hague hoping for a gay All Black...

All those dollars that were going to flow into the hospo industry – not so much.

Maybe we should lobby the IRB to allocate world cups in strict alphabetical rotation amongst rugby-playing nations.…