Entain’s Takeover of the TAB: Winners & Losers
By Richard Gordon The TAB was today given the green light by the Minister for Racing, Kieran McAnulty, to outsource its operations to Entain, one of the world’s largest gambling[…]
Tagged: administration
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The David White Era
On taking office in 1975 Robert Muldoon stated his objective was to leave New Zealand no worse than he found it. While that quote aged badly it’s a pretty good[…]
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The ANZAC Day Exploitation
How to commemorate ANZAC day has always been a bit problematic. It turns out a law was passed as early as 1916 in New Zealand to start thinking about it;[…]
Cricket in the biggest city in Aotearoa
Just look at that. A picture from earlier this week that tells a lot more than 1,000 words. To be fair, Tamaki-Makaurau has been hammered over the last week and[…]
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Mohammad Khan contract terminated
By Andrew Dunford Wellington, 4 December 2035 The Tamil Nadu New Zealand BLACKCAPS (TNNZ) Test cricket team suffered another blow on Friday with the loss of veteran fast bowler Mohammad[…]
Advice for FIIFA
The current proposed format for the men’s FIFA World Cup in 2026 has 48 teams, 16 pools of 3 with 2 from each group going to a final knockout stage[…]
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Unpopular Opinion
Buckle in. What follows is saying that the ICC has got something right. The format for this year’s World T20 Cup, which is the same as last year’s version, is[…]
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The Ruapehu Saga
By Scott MacLean For some, the biggest news out last week was the move of Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (‘RAL’), the operators of the Whakapapa and Turoa skifields on the mountain,[…]
Let’s talk about integrity
Do you recognise this guy? If you don’t recognise the face you will now the name. Altrad is a massive brand, but he is also an interesting bloke.. Does the[…]
