Posts by Gareth Ward

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  • Hard News: Nerd Dad,

    And what a review!
    Don't worry, things pick up a little when monsters start showing up. Scratch that. MONSTER. There's just one, and all I remember was smacking it across the face with some blunt object.

    Teehee

    Great start, much more informative than most...

    Auckland, NZ • Since Mar 2007 • 1727 posts Report

  • Hard News: A Full Sense of Nationhood,

    te knowledge (bro) referring to that swinging new PAS meme that's all the rage with the kids, of course...

    Auckland, NZ • Since Mar 2007 • 1727 posts Report

  • Hard News: A Full Sense of Nationhood,

    I'll add to Paul's thanks for Mikaere's sharing of te knowledge (bro) with the same to Graeme for that veeeeeeeery intriguing little tidbit of legislation. You learn something new every page-refresh...

    Auckland, NZ • Since Mar 2007 • 1727 posts Report

  • Hard News: A Full Sense of Nationhood,

    "..most beautiful residential building.."
    Seems that wine hasn't quite worked it's way through yet...

    Auckland, NZ • Since Mar 2007 • 1727 posts Report

  • Hard News: A Full Sense of Nationhood,

    I spent Waitangi Sunday at probably the most residential building I've ever been to, drinking Mt Difficulty wine, on the shores of an amazingly clean lake on a sustainability-award-winning farm thinking "this is a nice way to celebrate a rather grown-up NZ - great architecture, cutting-edge well-branded sustainable agriculture, mind-boggling wines and a natural environment to rival any in the world".

    Like your day Russell it was a world away from the events at Waitangi - but at least part of the point of Waitangi is to engage with the historical roots of the day and recognise the coming together of Maori and Pakeha culture. My Waitangi weekend had none of that, and unfotunately redefining the day as a celebration of modern New Zealand does nothing for the significance behind the day itself.

    Auckland, NZ • Since Mar 2007 • 1727 posts Report

  • OnPoint: Don’t let them eat cake,

    Oh no Craig I really would be, don't ya think? =|

    I'll run all possible joke comments past you in the future, given your tendency to a complete lack of offence on all matters, huh?

    Auckland, NZ • Since Mar 2007 • 1727 posts Report

  • OnPoint: Don’t let them eat cake,

    The National Government said today that they would crack down on "children" as a priority after news that children threw stones at a train driver.
    "We take assault on our nationalised rail employees very seriously, so we'll be reviewing all laws around in-vitro fertilisation, Plunket funding, maternity care and the voting age within the next 6 months" Prime Minister John Key announced.


    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10555130

    Auckland, NZ • Since Mar 2007 • 1727 posts Report

  • Hard News: Only in a relative sense,

    "If the fires that innately burn inside youths are not intentionally and lovingly added to the hearth of community, they will burn down the structures of culture, just to feel the warmth."

    Very nice.

    Auckland, NZ • Since Mar 2007 • 1727 posts Report

  • OnPoint: Don’t let them eat cake,

    my father being one of them

    Carroll Shelby, Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, Bruce McLaren... Woh, that's quite the "them"

    Auckland, NZ • Since Mar 2007 • 1727 posts Report

  • Southerly: E=mc^2... Your Views,

    Gareth, you little beauty! Ask, and I did receive. :)

    I had that half-written but your solo mum tip just rounded it out.
    Damn mums. Never did nothing for nobody.

    Auckland, NZ • Since Mar 2007 • 1727 posts Report

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