Posts by Sacha
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Why, Sportsfans, did the IRB insist on Auckland, when both Christchurch and Wellington have modern stadiums?
Because this wee country only has one city with enough accommodation and so on to host a crowd the size the IRB expects - and the other stadiums while nice are too small. For the IRB.
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"things on which most people are able to have sex"
league tables
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an argument against the decile funding system.
ACT really do think the earth - and everything human - is flat, don't they? Thank goodness 98% of New Zealanders disagree, though some speaking up seems called for..
We are clearly failing too many kids, and something has to be done
How about fixing our very unequal society - one reason we have such a wide spread in PISA results and so on.
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WTF does "succeed" mean in this context?
Looking the same as an Act voter (clue: wealthy, mainly white, overwhelmingly smug and doltish). OK, I'll go to t'other thread.
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The opportunity to do something different was there, Auckland chose otherwise.
Hang on. The equivalent would be the government saying to Wellingtonians that they had two weeks to agree to the caketin being plonked right in the main part of their waterfront, solidly blocking out views and pre-empting any other decisions about what might go there for the next hundred years as part of integrated waterfront planning. (I realise with the current kerfuffle about Welli's waterfront that might seem like an appealing option).
I'm grateful we resisted the bribe. I thought Richard Simpson's Carlaw Park alternative had some merits. But that was never presented for decision - only Mallard's seaside blob. Eden Park's only advantage seems to be that it's already there - because the location clearly sucks.
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And when was the last time you saw someone at the RWC wipe out after hitting a dog?
rofflenui
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Clint Eastwood's timing was good
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I wonder if Rodders and the other members of the VRWC care, or even realise, how much harm this shit's doing to the wider population's trust in the democratic process.
Doubt it. If you believe decisiveness is what governance means, then democracy is an inconvenience and the more citizens who can be discouraged from engaging, the better. However I agree with Craig that it has been a collective effort over many decades to get the voting proportions to their current proud levels.
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Of course, it's all up to head keeper Brown in the end..
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I’ll be staggered if the UEFA Euro Champs aren’t bigger than the RWC
Sitting down? Don't have figures to hand, but they exist.