When New Zealand gets it so wrong
By Mark Currie It’s fair to say, I’m a football person. I love the game, I love it’s varied and diverse cultures, I love its fans. Therefore, the issues of[…]
Tagged: administration
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The Welfare Mentality
New Zealand Rugby is run by some smart people, and this is one of the great All Black sides. On Saturday night Steve Hansen mad some flippant remark about how[…]
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Patronising
Yesterday New Zealand Rugby formally announced its bid to host the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup. Great news. It’s about time the five time winners get to host the tournament,[…]
No Reprised Feather Boas, But What of the Pre-Game?
By The Spotter How would you feel if you went on a cruise ship holiday and half the other guests got a floor show before their dinner, and you didn’t.[…]
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Something Old, Something New etc…
Cricket Schedule Announcement Day is an interesting time in the New Zealand sporting calendar. It is a day for people to complain, to spot the trends, to be reminded of[…]
The NewsRoom Exclusive.
Strange times. It’s a cliché, and the Onion is struggling to keep up but there are strange things going on in New Zealand too. Take the Newsroom EXCLUSIVE today. In[…]
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Don’t Wait for the Council’s Money; Get Door Knocking
By The Spotter I think we’ve been carted around this fantasy before: Auckland and it’s big, beautiful and empty dream of a waterfront stadium. Not that Kev Cowcocky in Dunsandel will probably give a[…]
Auckland’s Venue Development Strategy
The wheels of modernising and consolidating Auckland’s sporting infrastructure seem to be moving again. Following the myopia leading up to the 2011 Rugby World Cup the various sporting bodies actually[…]
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There are own goals in netball after all
The Wellington Phoenix and the Auckland Blues must love NZ Netball right now. You think we’ve got issues; have you seen what’s happening at NZ Netball? You could argue that[…]
NZR: World Cup Champions in Self-Servitude and Hypocrisy
By The Spotter Get Hurricanes Rugby coach Chris Boyd drunk off his face then and he’ll probably tell you exactly what he really thinks of Steve Hansen and NZR (NZ Rugby). But[…]
