Posts by Kyle Matthews
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That game was at least twice as good as any All Black game I've seen in... ages. Speed, talent, open game of rugby, and they hardly seemed to drop the ball.
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And the Red Wings (The Steel City can always count on the Wings) lost the NHL title to the Penguins, even after a 2-0 lead in the series.
From wikipedia:
1967–82: The "Dead Wings" Era
Only a year after making the Finals, the Red Wings finished a distant fifth, 24 points out of the playoffs. It was the beginning of a slump from which they would not emerge for almost 20 years. Between 1967 and 1983, Detroit only made the playoffs twice, winning one series. From 1968 to 1982, the Wings had 14 head coaches (not counting interim coaches), with none lasting more than three seasons... During this dark era in franchise history, the team was derisively known as the "Dead Wings"[8] or "Dead Things".
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Could the passengers not be transferred in a "sealed bus" from airport to boat without going through customs? That would make the cruise experience better at minimal cost..
You want them to pass through customs. Means they enter Auckland, stay in hotels, shop, go to restaurants etc.
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But in Auckland the airport is owned by a private company - which is why it has to be about the suckiest airport on the pla et - designed to keep people away from planes and to not get through customs
But Auckland airport is partly publicly owned by local city councils.
Cruise ships provide benefits to the local region when they visit? Why wouldn't the local city council want to provide facilities - either directly, or via owning a company that provides them? The fringe benefits are quite large, and if a private company isn't going to take it up, why shouldn't a council?
Or are we adopting Rodney Hide's line that city councils should only do 'core' activities, and libraries?
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While I am in favour of the opening up of the waterfront, I'm confused as to why the City Council should be involved with providing the Cruise Ship terminal (or have I got that wrong?).
Because the city council wants the cruise ships to come to their city. Same way city councils get financially involved in airports.
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Guh, wrong thread.
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While I am in favour of the opening up of the waterfront, I'm confused as to why the City Council should be involved with providing the Cruise Ship terminal (or have I got that wrong?).
Because the city council wants the cruise ships to come to their city. Same way city councils get financially involved in airports.
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Meanwhile, if someone would like to make the street lights outside my house actually work, I'd be most appreciative. No rush.
I suspect if you can somehow link your street to the world cup (any All Blacks live near by that go for evening jogs?) it'll be fixed in a jiffy.
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Yes true.
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Let's get real, they're very expensive non-binding opinion polls. If a pressure group wants to start a petition, or lobby for legislative changes, they're perfectly entitled to. I just don't think given them the spurious authority of being run by an electoral agency means anything much.
I'd see them as being useful for something where you want the public to have a say. Changing NZ's flag for example. Or a moral issue, like the battery hens one a while ago. Or maybe some issue about our electoral system. Gives guidance to parliament who makes the final decision, about an issue where parliament probably wants guidance from the electorate.