Pakistan Cricket have announced a new shirt sponsor for their upcoming tour of New Zealand. Speaking at an official press conference last week the Pakistan Cricket chairman, Ivabin of Dosh, named the TAB as the new shirt sponsor. This comes after months of close contact between the two parties as thay have attempted to broker [Read more]
Today is the 2nd of September. Whenever New Zealanders recall our nation’s great sporting deeds, the events of September 2, 1960, will always occupy a prominent place. That was the day of the “Golden Hour” when Sir Peter Snell and Sir Murray Halberg indelibly inked the country’s name on the Rome Olympic Games canvas. so [Read more]
Didn’t intend on posting today but saw this video in Church today and thought it was good enough to share. When most of the world sees today as a holiday this video is a reminder of what should be our focus around this time of year. [Read more]
While I was busy studying for my Bachelor of Education at Canterbury University one simple pleasure I enjoyed was checking out the ‘new book’ section of the library. On one particular day I remember picking up a book called ‘Tipping Point’ by Malcolm Gladwell. In this book Gladwell talks about social events he calls ‘tipping [Read more]
John Key In a surprising move John Key has announced he will not be meeting the Dalai Lama when he visits New Zealand. This is a surprising move from the PM who has spent the large majority of his time attempting to get infront of the camera. The Dalai Lama is obviously extremely upset at this [Read more]
Wikipedia Extract – Honi Harawira (Maori Party) and Rodney Hyde (Act Party) were well known outlaws, robbers, and criminals who, working together as a gang travelled to every corner of the globe using tax payer’s money and using unnecessary language to convey personal opinions. The exploits of ‘Honnie and Hyde’, became legendary as [Read more]
Thank goodness I don’t live in England. Firstly, the weather is rotten and their cricket team is worse than ours. Secondly, and most importantly, it looks as if the government is about to crackdown on bad parenting and family breakdown in the UK. While this sounds great on the outside I do have some reservations [Read more]
Over at New Zealand Conservative the comment thread on a John Key article has evolved into a debate about sex education in our schools. This is a subject that I feel passionately about so I thought I would put together a piece on this topic: Sex Education in New Zealand High Schools – Time for [Read more]
There are some crazy laws out there in the big wide world. For some reason once people arrive in the corridors of power their brain often cease to function. Like a school boy with alcohol and a reconditioned Datsun 180B, they lose all moral bearings and any sense of social responsibility. A simple internet search [Read more]
