Hard News: Party central is hurting my head
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And then there's the Transport I can imagine there will be some pissed off publicans in Newmarket and Mt Eden knowing that all those potential punters are being whisked past their doors and on to Shonkey's "Par-Tay Centrale" on the windy waterfront.
Transport authority spokeswoman Sharon Hunter said her organisation's top priority was "to move crowds away from Eden Park as quickly and expediently as possible".
"We've done some patronage analysis from other games and discovered that people who get off at Newmarket are a minute number - very, very smallPatronage analysis? So they have contacted a good sample of the potential visitors and asked them if they would like to disembark from our imaginary trains somewhere other than the Central City?
I bet they have... NOT! -
Patronage analysis? So they have contacted a good sample of the potential visitors and asked them if they would like to disembark from our imaginary trains somewhere other than the Central City?
I bet they have... NOT!I don't know whether they have or haven't but I suggest the following. Getting around the city requires a mental image of places one would like to get to, and hence disembark from the nearest station.
For thousands of tourists one can forgive them for only having an image of the CBD, and their preference in taking the bus or train to there and then sample the delights of downtown. It's what happens when we go o'seas - we quickly locate the major part of the city and build a referential locational mental map around that as our experience of the city grows. So the good delights of Newmarket and Mt Eden won't be on the radar of tourists.
However, the challenge for Nwmkt and Mt Eden is to reinforce the relational locational mental image of people who live in Auckland, and make the pitch to them that the bars of these areas will be less crowded and heaving than those downtown. An exclusivity pitch if you like.
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McCully’s going to have a busy few days.
Because surely he has to sack Haden from that RWC Ambassador thing now?
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Because surely he has to sack Haden from that RWC Ambassador thing now?
Can we sack Haden as a New Zealander? I'd vote for that.
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Can we sack Haden as a New Zealander? I'd vote for that.
Isn't NZBen our new mayor? I'm sure he would approve that move.
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Right. Referendum on introducing legislation to provide for ostracism, anyone?
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What with all this talk of waterfronts, Eden park and things.
Remember this bloke? F&%k it, he'll stay down there!!
Good on ya mate!
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"I don't think what you should be doing in life as a young woman is putting yourself at risk which is what they were doing."
(from Stuff article)
gosh, will Mr Haden elaborate on his experience
as a young woman...
and he seems to have a confused memory
of the "Hugh Grant affair"...I thought Ost-racism was what Kevin Rudd apologised to the Aborigines for...
but seriously, I hear Coventry is nice this
time of year, let's send Haden there...
what a prize pillock! -
Cooking with gas Ian!
Cracking stuff, even better than usual- -
Right. Referendum on introducing legislation to provide for ostracism, anyone?
"There's no shame in being a pariah."
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Haden will be gone by the end of the day.
Then he can say what he really thinks
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Being a sporting country, we should give him a choice.
a) The new detention centre in East Timor.
b) Wear this mask, especially on talk shows. -
Being a sporting country, we should give him a choice.
I think we should force him to dress up in a panda costume - one without a mouth hole - and then we get our panda, AND he shuts up. Everybody wins.
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Haden will be gone by the end of the day
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Haden will be gone by the end of the day.
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I think we should force him to dress up
in a panda costumeand that'll pander to the errant sportsman stereotype, a little wham bam (thank you ma'am),
a little "boo", then eats roots and leaves
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Hadonist.
Nothing like a bit of the other eh Andy?
Pleasure Sir? or pain madam (or miss)?
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Andy Panda
on the ropes... -
Andy Panda
on the ropes...I find that panda's smile somewhat unnerving. I'm such a prude.
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I find that panda's smile somewhat unnerving. I'm such a prude.
Panda-moan-I-um, what?
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What was that line quoted by David Slack, once of this parish? "There go my people, I must find out where they are heading so I can lead them there".
Stuff reports:
This evening, Prime Minister John Key said he had not spoken to Mr McCully yet, but had seen his statement.
"I think the language is extremely direct. He has essentially said it's incompatible to be a shock jock and an ambassador for the Rugby World Cup."
The implication of Mr McCully's statement was that Mr Haden would have to choose between remaining as an ambassador and being a "shock-jock", Mr Key said.
"I'm sure those two [Mr Haden and Mr McCully] are having a conversation and where it goes, I guess we'll leave in the hands of Mr McCully."
(emphasis added)
The Apprentice, by John Key: "You're fired ... when ready."
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"I'm sure those two [Mr Haden and Mr McCully] are having a conversation and where it goes, I guess we'll leave in the hands of Mr McCully."
What?
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That is the strong under-current of all the news stories: "Well, I've warned & chastened him and
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It's good to see that they're staying true to the spirit of their "as many strikes as you like" legislation.
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The choice is not tv panellist or ambassador, it's dickhead or ambassador.
As usual, our brave leaders are just focusing on the appearance - the reported speech - rather than the intent it reveals (much as they prefer to focus on the process of leaks rather than their content). Haden is an unacceptable public representative because of his expressed beliefs, not merely because of the manner in which he expressed them.
He's already an embarrassing dinosaur, but then so is McCully so I guess it might take him a little longer to do the right thing.
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