Posts by Sacha
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Field Theory: A moment of national significance, in reply to Tom Semmens,
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However, Labour's fired comms advisor John Pagani believes it won't help the Nats (naturally).
Nah, I don't really believe the election outcome will be influenced by the rugby result. To think it does, you have to believe that tens of thousands of us watched Thierry Dusautoir pushing his formidable pack even further in that last 10 minutes, watched the black wall fighting back desperately, and then as the air finally rushed back into our blood and the relief and joy filled our eyes we said to ourselves: "That's it! That's why we need to sell our assets!"
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The RWC tournament was worth every penny declares McCully. Who needs evidence when you have faith?
The six-week, 48-game tournament cost taxpayers and the New Zealand Rugby Union $39 million, a loss that was anticipated and has not been downgraded despite organisers surpassing the ticket sales target.
However, this does not include a direct Government spend of an extra $26m to run the festival and business programmes, host high-level diplomatic guests and extend the Auckland fan facilities.
Including the $350m spent to upgrade stadiums and provide IRB-approved facilities around the country and millions more pumped into infrastructure and preparations, the bill for the tournament has easily surpassed the $400m mark.
...The tournament had been "absolutely" worth it financially, with a kickback for the economy that would be felt for years to come, Mr McCully said. "I'm very satisfied that we showed very good commercial judgment."
One group are pretty clear about the event's real importance.
Economists have generally played down the long-term impact of hosting the Rugby World Cup, although Cameron Bagrie, chief economist at ANZ, said New Zealand consumers had been distracted from a deteriorating world economy, with Europe on the brink of a new financial crisis.
"For the past month the global scene has been nothing short of awful. If we hadn't had the Rugby World Cup, I'm not sure New Zealand would have shown the same sort of resilience that it has. It's a one-off ... but it's helped deflect attention away from some pretty significant developments."
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Legal Beagle: Election Fact Check #3: It…, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
That's much less exciting than I'd hoped. :)
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Up Front: Casual, Shallow and Meaningless, in reply to Amy Gale,
If you stop a random 17 year old on the street, your odds of getting a non-reader are low.
Thank you. Good point.
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Up Front: Casual, Shallow and Meaningless, in reply to Amy Gale,
You seem to have a weird obsession with jumping on everything I say without any actual reference to the content.
Eh?
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Up Front: Casual, Shallow and Meaningless, in reply to Emma Hart,
I'm just not sure what the point of this argument is.
I have yet to meet a young person who describes their use of Facebook as "reading". That's all. It is more interactive and social - more like a book club than a book, as it were.
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Up Front: Casual, Shallow and Meaningless, in reply to Amy Gale,
You said this was about literacy. Bad faith is unappealing.
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Up Front: Casual, Shallow and Meaningless, in reply to Amy Gale,
Feel free to back up your characterisation that this is about "illiteracy".
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Legal Beagle: Election Fact Check #3: It…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Lazy muppets...
and subeditors based somewhere else who don't know local cultures