Looking back: Nathan Astle and The Bordello
By Jamie Bell When you grow up in Otago it used to be that you had three options beyond high school: become a teacher, become a builder, or go to[…]
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Looking Back: Daring to Dream
By Harbour Heather 2015 Cricket World Cup Semi Final, New Zealand v South Africa Eden Park, 24 March, 2015 There needs to be a caveat from the get-go here. I[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 29 March
Yes sport goes on, and it adapts. Will Davison itching for his E-series practice. You can’t say the NRL didn’t try with its self-distancing protocols. And Wayne Bennett probably didn’t[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 21 March
Well done the security officers in Lahore for calling Slats up for this. Now here is a feel-good story. The Wellington Phoenix in isolation before travelling to Australia before some[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 14 March
Australian cricketers sure like a beer when they’ve won a World Cup at the MCG. If you listen hard you ca hear Warnie’s advice there somewhere. Corona Virus corner. That[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 6 March
The T20 Women’s World Cup. Same old Aussies…. The biggest news <> sport story of this year will be the impact of a virus named after a risible beer. Here[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 28 February
The 100th test for Ross Taylor, the 100th test win for New Zealand. All in one picture. The last time the Hurricanes played on Napier both Barrett brothers played. Good[…]
The Mt Victoria Tradition: in Pictures
It is 1998, in the grunge era. and New Zealand had just beaten Zimbabwe at The Basin. Simon Doull had an idea, Adam Parore got wind of it, and a[…]
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Confidence
By his standards this has been a particularly frustrating season for Trent Boult. There was the test against England at The Mount where he limped off on the final day.[…]
Do We Really Want This?
By The Spotter It’s unfortunate to say, but is becoming clearer and clearer, that NZC has at its helm an archetypal, corporate yes-man who is more interested in building an empire than[…]
