Posts by Kyle Matthews
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I guess we'll have to differ on that then. I've had wonderful life-enhancing experiences with art: none of them with the Parade jumble sale. It's irritating, prescriptive and incoherent.
I think Te Papa is a bit of a defining line. Some people like it, some people definitely don't. My son asks to go there most times that we're in Wellington, and I can't say that about any other museum he's seen.
If it takes that to get him interested in the topics that the museum covers then I'm in favour of the different strokes for different folks approach.
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Man, that's a window into a thousand little worlds.
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even though it's more recognisably a museum than Te Papa
I remember Auckland museum being very traditional, though the last time I was in there was 20 years ago. Everything in glass cases very boring, look don't touch. Hope it's changed since then.
Te Papa is the only museum where the general exhibits interest my son. He likes the earthquake house, and the digital games that follow your body movements and the walk in earth's crust section.
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You're not allowed to skate against the flow of the game (anti-clockwise) but if you think you're woman enough to skate backwards *and* put in a body-check, I don't think anyone would have a problem with it. I imagine it's a quick way to end up on your ass and haven't really seen anyone try it, however.
OK. It certainly works in ice hockey but probably doesn't translate well to roller derby. Being able to stop is pretty essential to it. I'd imagine having members of the opposing team on all sides of you would make it tricky.
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I wholy agree with the gutting of local representation - I was really hoping to see a downwards strengthening of the local boards with all other "central" services subsumed up to a SuperCity. Something more akin to London's Borough model (although I'd have advocated for less operational authority at that level than London seems to have).
I'm not sure how the Auckland Community Boards work.
Here in Dunedin however, they were created when the various city councils (Port Chalmers, Mosgiel, Waikouiti etc) were all merged into the Dunedin City Council about 20 years ago.
In order to assure people that they'd still have local representation community boards were created to replace the city councils that got wiped out.
Except of course people who were in the original urban council didn't get community boards. So there is an additional layer of representation for the following areas:
* Chalmers
* Mosgiel-Taieri
* Otago Peninsula
* Saddle Hill
* Strath Taieri
* Waikouaiti CoastBut not for other areas. North Dunedin, which is an overwhelmingly student population could do with a community board as much as any of the above, but doesn't have one.
They should be consistently applied or they should go is my opinion.
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I feel like I need video to understand this sport.
Do the blockers ever skate backwards? It would be much easier to stop a player passing you. Or is skating backwards illegal?
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If somebody wanted to stop me producing something because other people consuming it would cause harm, my first response would be 'prove it'.
Fair points.
I'd imagine there is anecdotal evidence on both sides. Some people might have access to the stuff and it prevents them doing anything further. Others it might encourage them. A difficult area on which to base a criminal law.
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But otherwise you would have to choose your news broadcaster pretty carefully for such an important occasion as you only get one go at it.
So wait, no Paul Henry?
"Dearly beloved we are gathered to farewell... no I have to say it. Look at the moustache on that corpse! Didn't anyone thing to wax that fucker!"
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I've been criticised for writing scenes that involved rape, even though experience was portrayed extremely negatively, showed real and horrendous consequences, and the writing left me shaking and in tears.
Is it a different story if the experience wasn't portrayed negatively? Like if rape or other abuse of someone was presented as positive? Not just for you, but "OK for someone else to do because it's fiction and freedom of speech"?
I don't know what was in the simpsons cartoon, and I don't particularly care to. But I presume there are two bases to our laws in this area - the harm in the production of the material, and the possibility of harm arising from the viewing of it. Taking away the first presumably doesn't necessarily take away the second.
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(i hate to rain on this parade, but if NZ can put on 600-odd, how easy will it be to bowl out India once? twice? ouch)
Yeah not likely.
But if NZ can declare 650+ and put India in for 10 or so difficult overs before stumps, at least it puts pressure on India and makes the only possible result a win or a draw. Few early wickets, game is on.
Even if India batted for two innings and got 400 in each, it would only leave us 150 to get (assuming the time works out).