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Population 66,000,000 and represented by 650 MP's - each MP representing 101,539 people.
Australia.
Aotearoa NZ.
United Kingdom.
Population 66,000,000 and represented by 650 MP's - each MP representing 101,539 people.
her grey coat splattered with the drool of depression
her shoes, each different and each well-worn, schizophrenic.
She shuffles from doorway to doorway smiling,
her eyes deep dark orbs that have seen discrimination in all forms,
her lips tight shut and stern, afraid to speak her mind.
She welcomes intrusion as a safety net from a crazy world,
the taste of liquor the only medication that made her happy,
her wrists and forearms scarred with the doctors promise.
Now she passes like a will o the wisp, shameless and without guilt,
her mind swimming in her dressing state, tomorrow a string bikini
in a Wellington wind bent on sending everyone to hell and back.
Tonight she will dine in the bins outside Maccas and BK,
tonight she will drink from half fill bottles,
tonight she won’t dare dream about the kids she left behind.
On the 28th of February 2003 I played my last ever cricket game. A switch was flicked. On 3rd March 2003 I lost my mind for the 3rd time since November 23rd 2000. My epiphany started.
I was beset with voices, ghosts, visual and auditory hallucinations and errant spirits. At the time I didn't know why? That would become apparent in 2005 and 2015. Not sure of the date, maybe 3rd to 5th March I drove out of Foxton in my waka. As I passed the Foxton Cemetary my mind and memory went blank. 30 minutes later I "came to" entering Woodville, some 40 odd kilometres from Foxton.
In Woodville I took State Highway 2 towards Pahiatua. I was still not totally cognisant of my surroundings and found myself on a country road heading back to Foxton. Unfortunately, things took a turn for the worst. I came around a tight left-hand turn, lost control and crashed into a barrier protecting a deep culvert. Thanks to my course whilst in our Navy being the Skid Control Course, I managed to stop before going in and certain death. I was still in my mind slip. But survival stepped in. The voices etc were not evident, so I had my sleeping bag in the car and went to sleep in the deep grass on the side of the road.
Next morning I walked down the road and found a farmhouse, and a farmer, but I got freaked and walked back to the car, throwing my car and house keys into a paddock. Soon after, the Pahiatua policeman arrived and I asked him to take me to Ward 21 Palmerston North Hospital, the Mental Health ward. For some reason, I was in the passenger seat, not the rear seats. Anyway, we headed back to Palmy, in silence. Arriving in Palmy we were headed down Summerhill Drive and at the bottom of the hill the road had a bridge that had the Massey Turitea road under it. As we hit the bridge, I quickly undid my seatbelt at the same time opening the door, did a barrel roll on the road, leapt up, and jumped off the bridge, 9 metres to the road below. I knew it wasn't a suicide attempt as I landed on my feet, not my head.
Now this is where things become totally insane. Whilst I was "flying" through the air, I had a vision to my right side. Remember the Green Waterfall displays on the computers featured in The Matrix? I saw a red wall, only briefly. At the same time, a Red Mazda 626 on the lane where I was headed, suddenly swerved to the left affording me a safe landing. Well not safe. According to a voice, I had fractured my right Tibia, right Fibular, smashed most of the bones in my right foot (again) and smashed both ankles. I was in and out of consciousness but remember no pain, no blood et al. And my "friendly" cop was parked 30 metres away stopping traffic.
I was also cognisant when the ambo's turned up and immediately put me on Oxygen. I would have no memory for most of the next 2 months. What I do remember is sketchy at best. Thats my human side. My spirit-self remembered, everything which would become apparent in 2018. I do remember being moved around regularly from wards 24, 25 and 27. Don't ask me why? I also remember my left foot throbbing a lot and causing me vomiting black bile, later discerned as rejection of limbs (not mine)
I had regular visits from my "surgeon", Doctor Love (yeah right lol) and Doctor Starr (Yeah right lol) my psychiatrist. One time Doctor Love showed me my Xray's of both feet/legs. As soon as he did, I knew something was amiss. According to the Xrays, both feet/ankles had several screws in them. The right Fibular had a titanium plate halfway up my shin, and still a clean break on the Tibia, which is still broken. I have no idea why Doctor Starr was visiting as I was mostly non complis mentis.
Later, maybe early April, I was moved back to Ward 25 and had caregivers taking turns sitting with me. These folks worked for Lavendar Blue, a health care provider here in Palmy. My voices came back, but this time I was in control with them. Basically, this is when my fightback commenced. Undercover as you were.
This entered the phase on my return home. Precipitated by having two casts on my lower legs. I was wheeled down (in my bed) to the place casts were fitted. In my mind I thought "Hell's Kitchen". The lady who fits them put a calf length cast on my left leg, Fluorescent Orange, and on my right leg, Fluorescent Green. A fucking Traffic Light. I spent two weeks "walking" from my flat to the Street Phone around the corner.
Oh yeah those keys?? They were never found. When my car was delivered (by my brother) there was no sign of a break in as I had locked the car. And my sisters ransacked my flat which was odd as the house key was on my car's keyring. Ok - maybe they were found and my siblings did things for my greater good.
Consequences of a Loveless World.
2023 was a tough year but we made it to 2024. My 10 Wish List items for 2024 and on.
1. No media coverage of conflicts and wars on Mainstream TV.
2. No mentions of violence acts in Aotearoa on Mainstream media.
3. All social drugs will dissolve into thin air..
4 We shall turn Wine into Water and revisit 3 Waters.
5. All Gun Metal pieces (firearms, tanks, ships) will dissolve into Thin Air.
6. No need for any more medical institutions.
7. The Justice system will disappear.
8. Couples will marry for life (giving children hope)
9. I shall be selfless and selfish. My prerogative.
10. I, like many, will try and eradicate Pandemics.
Happy New Year.
Going to expose a few home truths here. Three myths.
1. North African Refugee influx to Europe.
A large number of refugees from Africa have travelled thousands of miles to reach Tunisia and Libya to get into boats and make the dash across the Mediterranean Sea to land at southern Europe and become a nuisance. Two little known facts. To get to both Libya and Tunisia they would have walked across the Sahara Desert. Secondly, where are these very large rubber rafts coming from? See synopsis below.
2. Mexican and US Border.
A majority of those folks reaching the border from central and south America have had to tackle severe jungle and very dry plateaus.
3. New Zealand Border Threat. In the past 10 years the sudden influx of many folks from the Indian Sub-continent has become evident. I have a trick. I ask these folks I come into contact with where they are from. There is always a marked display of hesitancy. Same happened when I questioned Fijian Indians - hesitancy.
In all above, the term "Illegal Aliens" is the catchcry. They (Chinese/Indian) just "appear" and some with great forged documents once on arrival. As for the Med issue, return them to North Africa.
1. Mediterranean issue. Cementing facts. The rubber boats do NOT resemble normal rubber boats produced in this world. The people in them are largely wearing western clothing.
2. Mexico/USA. Almost all folks pictured by the Media on the Mexico side are plumpish and well dressed. They do not resemble folks who have marched thousands of miles to seek a life in the USA. Long may the Wall live.
3. New Zealand. Get tougher with immigration. Find the Portal??
The catch cry of the days is renewable energy throughout the land. With the closing of the Manawatu Gorge (road not rail) it would be opportune to build a dam at the western end of The Gorge with a hydro plant in it's belly.
I propose that the dam be 30 metres high. Power would be directed into the National Grid for the Whanganui, Manawatu, Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa and Horowhenua areas.
What is not known, how far back into the Woodville areas would the resultant lake reach?
Thoughts??
Famous film maker Stanley Kubrick was born in 1928 and passed away in 1999. Unlike many other directors he was not prolific but what is known, all his 13 movies from 1952 to 1999 were all very good movies.
Which is your favourite? You can pick as many as you like.
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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952 | Fear and Desire | Yes | No | Yes | Also editor and cinematographer | [7][40] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1955 | Killer's Kiss | Yes | Story | Yes | Also editor and cinematographer | [41] |
1956 | The Killing | Yes | Yes | No | Co-written with Jim Thompson | [10] |
1957 | Paths of Glory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson | [42][43] |
1960 | Spartacus | Yes | No | No | [44] | |
1962 | Lolita | Yes | Uncredited | No | [45][46] | |
1964 | Dr. Strangelove | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Terry Southern and Peter George | [47] |
1968 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Arthur C. Clarke Also director and designer of special photographic effects | [19][48] [49][50] |
1971 | A Clockwork Orange | Yes | Yes | Yes | [21][51] | |
1975 | Barry Lyndon | Yes | Yes | Yes | [52][53] | |
1977 | The Spy Who Loved Me | No | No | No | Uncredited lighting design | [54] |
1980 | The Shining | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Diane Johnson | [55] |
1987 | Full Metal Jacket | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford | [30] |
1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Frederic Raphael Released posthumously |
Below is a list of wars fought under the reign of Queens of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (and the Commonwealth of Nations)
Queen Anne
1701 - 1714 Spanish War of Succession.
Queen Victoria
1853 - 1856 Crimean War
1862 - 1865 New Zealand Wars
1880 - 1881 1st Boer War
1899 - 1901 Boxer Rebellion
1899 - 1902 2nd Boer War
Queen Elizabeth II
1950 - 1953 Korean War
1963 - 1966 Indonesian/Malaysia Conflict
1982 Falklands War
1998 - 1999 Kosovo War
1998 Desert Fox
2001 - 2021 Afghanistan War
2003 - 2009 Iraq War
2014 - Now Operation Shader
Cook Strait Survey 1983-1984 a Drogs
Perspective.
This is a resume of the survey from my perspective, as an
LHA onboard HMNZS Monowai.
I was involved from the earliest part of the survey, January
1983, with CPOAHS Terry Ashdown, MW’s Chief H.
At the time I was Coxn Astrolabe. We were tasked to drive (Monowai’s LWB
Landcruiser) down to Wellington and start the process of the reconnaissance. On the way we took the Western Access and
halfway down the steep approaches to Lake Waipawa we saw a car stopped on the other
side of the road and stopped. They want
to be towed up to the top of the hill which we did. We got on our way and a
Germen couple waved us down by the Lake Waipawa ablutions block. Their car had been stolen. Sigh.
Anyway, when we got to Wellies, the next day, Terry boarded
an Air Force Sioux and flew over the Rimutaka’s to Wairarapa and identified a
suitable Hi Fix 6 Site near Lake Ferry. Regrettably
the wind climbed to Gale Force from the Norwest and the Sioux couldn’t fly into
the wind back over the Rimutaka’s and was forced to fly up the Wairarapa to the
Manawatu Gorge, and onto Ohakea Air Force base to fuel.
Next day found us heading out to Makara (northwest of
Wellington) for the second Hi Fix 6y site. With both secured we took the Ferry
to Picton and based for phase two of the Recce at Air Force Base
Woodbourne. I should say it was as per
for January, very hot, very dry, and hard ground, which was great for driving
in Marlborough.
The next 3 days found us at Cape Campbell (Lighthouse),
White Bluffs (near Blenheim) and Fighting Bay (near Cook Strait Cable Bay),
establishing the last three Hi Fix 6 sites.
A fair amount of 4-wheel driving, especially Fighting Bay, which we
needed to drive up a long Fire Break. A
little story to come.
So what was a Hi Fix 6 (aka Slave) site? By and large there
were up to 6 sites erected by Monowai on large scale surveys. Northern 3 sites were two unmanned (portable
generators to power site) sites and one manned site and same for southern
sites. A manned site had two large
caravans, one a large generator caravan and one accommodation caravan (3 pax).
For Cook Strait survey there were five, Makara (Manned) Lake Ferry (unmanned),
Cape Campbell (Unmanned), White Bluffs (near Blenheim and Manned) and Fighting
Bay (unmanned).
Soon after, me and Terry rejoined Monowai and presented our
data. Monowai sailed forthwith
(February) for the Strait and on arrival teams were set to task to erect all
five sites. All caravans had been
delivered by road and were ready to be tasked to their Hi Fix 6 Sites. I wasn’t personally involved with the Wellington
sites but had a hand in the Cape Campbell and Fighting Bay site erections.
Cape Campbell site was close to the Lighthouse and for
probably the first time ever, a large power cable was buried in the ground from
that Lighthouse to the nearby Hi Fix 6 position. A straightforward erection. This site never needed any follow up maintenance.
Fighting Bay was different.
The site we had chosen had a small stand of Manuka on it. We had chainsaws and slashers, but some
bright spark suggested we place the Landcruiser’s winch cable around the stand,
bend the hook back onto the wire and heave in.
Worked a treat. However, during
the erection of the site, someone miscued a shackle supposedly meant to land at
the side of that vehicle and it went clean through the windscreen. The drive back to Woodbourne was bitterly
cold.
As I stated earlier, I was an LHA and Coxn of Astrolabe and
soon after Monowai’s Bulk Survey Storeman (BSS). The first Boats Survey was the
coastal areas of Palliser Bay. With the
weather in the strait being very changeable we had to be very careful about the
wind as we would invariably be hoisted in a choppy sea. The other issue was all
the craypots in the whole Palliser Bay area.
There were several instances of SMB’s (Survey Motor Boats) fouling the
props with buoy lines. The water was
always bloody cold (the Sub-Antarctic Current flowed into the bay.)
On the other side of the Strait (Cloudy Bay) the SMBs always
had Bull Kelp to contend with as well as rising winds.
As stated, I was BSS, and most of my job was to construct
our Current Meters for deployment and recovery.
My CO (Commander Ken Robertson) asked me how long I would need to
construct and deploy a current meter in toto?
Confidently I said 30 minutes. I oversaw
the evolutions and deployed 7 in total throughout the Strait. All had a timer release mechanism which
allowed us to deploy many heavy weights and chains which were left on the
bottom. Of the 7, one never
surfaced. The hard hats (buoyancy) were
located near Port Underwood, and it was found one of the key bolts had
cross-threaded. Just an aside, NSD had
very little stock of 1/34 Hundred Weight sinkers, so we sourced a large stock
of railway bogeys. They arrive don Queens Wharf, Wellington just as I was
crossing the brow in civvies. Wrong,
lol. Next few hours had me and duty
watch loading them onboard and securing them outside the BSS.
Another cool duty as BSS was a strange one. When the SMB’s started surveying from
Sinclair Head around towards the Cook Strait Cable site shore marks had to be
placed so those SMBs could sextant survey. Typically Whitewash paint. I was tasked to drop bombs (plastic Bags with
Whitewash paint) on prominent spots, from a hovering WASP. Fun time.
Part of mine and Terry’s recce job was to establish tidal
stations. One site we identified was at Port Underwood. The spot was ideal as it had a fence going
into the sea from the land. When we
approached the landowner (farmer) a Mr Strang (without an e) denied us
access. Terry got his copy of the Lands
Act out and let him know we had rights to occupy. Later, when a few of us landed from Monowai to
erect the pole and Guage we had to spend 25 hours on site to complete
erection. The farm had a woolshed nearby
and we went to settle down for the night.
Nope. Evicted. We had to sleep on the beach with just a
sleeping bag each.
Anyway, back to HI Fix 6 sites. As stated, two were manned. Usually an LME/LMM, an LRF, and a spare bod
(driver/cook) Sometimes that spare would be of any branch with a 4X4
ticket. You could find anyone from a
writer to a seaman to an SA. Usually an
AB, but on occasions a Leading Hand. It
was deemed a perk. In late 1983 I was
deemed lucky enough to be posted to White Bluffs site. Every day we would check all three sites
(234km round trip) We were also on hand if Monowai had issues with their
beacons.
A little aside, HI Fix related. After SOPAC 1983, Monowai redeployed to Cook
Strait and teams were deployed to resurrect all the manned sites (located at Woodbourne
and Trentham). My team was deployed to
Trentham. We had the short wheelbase for
living caravan and long wheelbase for Genny.
I had the Genny and had done all my checks and preparations to commence
the journey. We got onto the Hutt Motorway
and missed the Makara turnoff. My load I
was thinking was very heavy. I was lead
caravan and we turned off at The Terrace.
As I turned into the street the guys in the rear radioed to tell me our
four wheels were on fire. Got the fire
extinguisher and dealt to the flames.
Turns out the brakes were locked on.
I checked the brake mechanism and someone had put it on. I never trusted
young Subby’s again.
Every fortnight The Ghost would go to Wellington, Napier or
Nelson for R&R and we also had R&R.
LME Sedge Sedgewick and I would go into Blenheim (the No 9 Bar) or
Baggies Bar at Base Woodbourne (our LRF was teetotal). The No 9 Bar was also
the Police Bar, and we all had a great time.
Due to this liaison, we’d have the cops out to White Bluffs for some
beach fishing and a few beers. On one occasion, the cops picked me up in a van
(10 folks) and we headed south to Christchurch to watch the French play AB’s at
Lancaster Park. We had front row seats.
There was no shortage of booze as they had a duty driver.
We ate like kings. It
was 11km from SH1 to the site on farm tracks. There were heaps of Turkeys on
the road and the cocky said help yourself.
We did and fair to say we got sick of Turkey. We never got sick of Koura though. One of the cops said pop into the factory not
far from us, as they don’t keep the cray bodies.
That is basically it.
Apart from seeing firsthand the major Faultline that spread from Te Ika
o Maui to Te Waipounamu, massive.
Ka kite ano, nga mihi
Zaps
1976 – 2000 Survey Rating
Monowai, ML Takapu, ML Tarapunga, ISC Tarapunga, Resolution,
Tui
Just some thoughts or observations, since early 2018 here in Palmy. I spend a lot of time outside (hourly smoke) and I observe things. Below are my observations.
2018, sometime in autumn. I noticed the Southern Cross had disappeared from the Southern western skies. It is still gone.
About the same time, I checked my compass and found that magnetic North had moved from 20 degrees East to 35 degrees East from the original. To date it has moved another 12 degrees towards East.
The Moon has had haphazard paths in the sky. By and large it rises from near east and sets on old West.
Saturn and Venus are geostationary in the Eastern skies.
Last year I was driving from somewhere at night and noticed the Milky Way had moved towards the west.
Thoughts:-
1. The big issue I have is the call for Climate Change being a man-made event. Any celestial movement is guided by nature, not manmade issues, although manmade emissions and deforestation are not helping. With the shifting of the magnetic poles the climate reacts accordingly. By my calculation the Magnetic North Pole was originally in Northwestern Canada and now sits around central southern Canada, hence wild weather in Canada and USA (and other climate anomalies).
2. Although the previous text could be seen as a Dooms Day entry, the opposite is true. As long as Man looks after the planet there is nothing to fear. Nature has always been behaving as it does.
3 There are many who think they know Nature and can adjust it to suit their needs, but that is untrue.
Metal Mickey
Hey, little Palestinian kid,
I am the Yiddish Tank sent to kill
your mum and dad and older brothers.
Get off the road; I will squash you now
if not later when a weapon you yield.
Yes, I am the tank, from great uncle Yank.
My guns are no match for your game of throw and catch,
so, stand aside, before you are the bride
at another Palestinian burial, Yasser might cry.
I rumble on into your town and drown
in a hail of bullets, the hope that you all hold.
Behold, I am the Mighty Israel, slaughterer of you,
so, lay down your stones and step aside
as I roll on in and do my duty for Judaism.
No, you can’t kill me, boy.
I am bigger than you ever will be.
Young Lust
Hey, Israel, blood lust murderers of hope.
I am eight, and since my inception.
I have been trained to hate your very existence,
not because you are existing here,
but you rub out ours. I am against you
all the way, and to my dying day, no matter how soon,
I will throw you back with whatever it takes.
I will defend my freedoms, no matter how trivial.
I will defend my lands, no matter how barren.
I will defend my people, no matter how impoverished.
Yes, you made them all that way,
trivial, barren, and impoverished,
but I live with hope, even at eight years old,
the hope you will go away and leave us alone,
and when that happens, we will leave you alone,
and we will have no need to fight,
for we will have what we have,
and you will have yours,
So, Israel, I say begone! Or shoot me, too.
If I fight now, or later, I will always fight,
until you have no choice but to kill me
or live beside me.
Telegram - Bush to Sharon
Ariel STOP
Bush STOP
Money on its way COMMA
Missiles too COMMA
Get the bastards EXCLAMATION MARK
Reply
Bush STOP
ARAFAT STOP
Wrong address COMMA
BRACKETS Laughter CLOSED BRACKETS
You idiot STOP!
In December 1988 my Mom passed away after a short illness of cancer aged 53. She was interred at her family's cemetery (Urapa) at Mangatera, Dannevirke. Dad took care of the ceremonies and burial details.
The day before ANZAC (24th April 1998) my Dad had a massive Heart Attack and he did not survive. It was the day before our little sister's wedding here in Palmy. Sadly, us kids hardly saw him leading up to his passing. My brother and I spent about 20 hours going through his papers. He was a meticulous man and we felt he had saved any details regarding his burial. Nothing was found. With nothing to go by, we petitioned his sister and brother, and they knew that there was an empty plot adjacent his father's plot in Masterton, but his sister had arranged (with Dad) for her to be with her father.
Armed with that information we, as a family, decided Dad should be buried with Mum. We well knew things weren't hunky dory with especially Dad but in all their years as parents they gave us all a good start in life. Dad was buried with Mum. Soon after, Mum's baby sister took me aside and asked if I knew they had to dig Mum up to dig the hole to accommodate both caskets. To this day I am haunted by her words. Should I be??
On or around the 21st May 1821, a whaling ship (possibly the Active) pulled into anchor at Mercury Bay, aka Whitianga. On that ship was a very tall black former slave by the name of Webster, or Big Buck. He was nearly 7 feet tall and highly muscled. He had joined the whaler ship from Jamaica a few years before.
Whilst at anchor and while replenishing, Webster jumped ship and went bush. That was to be the last confirmed sighting of him. There are tales of Moehau Man from around that era and area (Cape Jackson north Coromandel to southeast Kaimai Ranges near Matamata). Like all supposed myths, there is an element of truth.
On occasions in the last 200 years, many Captain Cooker pig carcasses have been found mutilated and littering the Coromandel and Kaimai Ranges. There have also been humans who inexplicably disappeared. I have been blessed to walk in Moehau Man's realm on two occasions, one in May 1986 tramping from Thames Hospital, over the top and down to Coroglen on the other side. And also in 1989, from Fantail Bay, on west Firth Of Thames, around Port Jackson on the north and down to Stony Bay on the east coast. We tramped over the tops (Moehau Maunga) back to Fantail Bay. On both occasions I sensed we were being watched.
So when and where did Moehau make a mark? Is it possible David Tamihere was not guilty after all? When I served at Paremoremo in August 1996, he was serving a life sentence for the double murders of Urban Hoglin and Heidi Parkkonen? Whenever I saw him, he was calm, and I didn't sense any guilt in him. Was it Moehau Man, aka Webster??
If one was to search the internet for similar sightings there are several anecdotes where people have disappeared. Some may be related to happenstance sightings of Marijuana plantations, but I don't think so.
Changes I would love to see in Rugby.
1. If a penalty to an attacking team is awarded in the opposition's 22, penalty to be taken on spot. No taking the ball back to 22 area for place kick.
2. Get rid of the rule that says players knocking on attempting an intercept to be no longer a yellow card and penalty. Knock on awarded. Too many contentious calls.
3. One thing that really peeves me, the Advantage call from the Referee. The length of advantage for penalties varies with the ref. Make it a standard 10 seconds and/or 3 phases. Many times, advantage is called and 5+ phases are set before Ref calls the team back for a scrum or penalty. That is a time waster, and we need to eliminate time wasting.
4. Remove the Mark call inside own 22. The ball remains in play.
5. Solving the Collapsed Scrum. After the call of Set the Halfback has to immediately place the ball in the channel. No longer hesitation and scrum doesn't have to be reset or a penalty/free kick given. Saves time wasting.
6. Also time wasting, the habit for attacking lineout team to have a chat behind the place for the Lineout and slowly walking to that lineout (with the clock ticking) Ref to stop clock when Flag goes up and restart when lineout formed.
7. Remove Super Rugby and spend player/coach payments on NPC/FPC. It is with sadness I am watching NPC (Men's rugby) and in two live games on one week there have been few spectators. (read none).
8. International Tours. Let's go back to the 90's and before, 3 tests, and 5 provincial games. 2 Home Tours a season. NPC/FPC split into 2 competitions, April to June qualifying round, and September to October, Competition round. July to August Club Rugby and International tours.
9. The player causing an HIA gets an immediate Red Card and banned for 2 matches. Contact, unless obvious, is to be reviewed by TMO.
10. All TMO calls the clock is stopped and reset with the referee's whistle.
All these changes to be made internationally. No more NH Rugby dominating/governing the making of Rules of Rugby.
Round 1.
9th September 2023
Group A
New Zealand vs France AB's 23 France 22 (Le Blue 27-13)
Italy vs Namibia Namibia 18 Italy 15 ( Italy 52-8)
10th September 2023
Group B
Ireland vs Romania Ireland 67 Romania 5 (Ireland 82-8)
Group C
Australia vs Georgia Australia 88 Georgia 0 (Australia 35-15)
Group D
England vs Argentina Argentina 22 England 8 (England 27-10)
Japan vs Chile Japan 46 Chile 0 (Japan 42-12)
11th September 2023
Group B
South Africa vs Scotland Scotland 18 South Africa 17 (Springboks 18-3)
Group C
Wales vs Fiji Fiji 29 Wales 12 (Wales 32-26)
15th September 2023
Group A
France vs Uruguay France 38 Uruguay 7 (France 27-12)
16th September 2023
Group A
New Zealand vs Namibia AB's 89 Namibia 5 (AB's 71-3)
17th September 2023
Group D
Samoa vs Chile Manu Samoa 56 Chile 6 (Sam 43-10)
Group C
Wales vs Portugal Wales 45 Portugal 12 (Wales 28-8)
Group B
Ireland vs Tonga Ireland 43 Tonga 12 (Ireland 59-16)
18th September 2023
Group B
South Africa vs Romania South Africa 88 - Romania 5 (SA 76-0)
Group C
Australia vs Fiji Fiji 28 Australia 20 (Fiji 22-15)
Group D
England vs Japan England 19 Japan 19 (England 34-12)
21st September 2023
Group A
Italy vs Uruguay Italy 18 Uruguay 16 (Italy 38-17)
22nd September 2023
Group A
France vs Nimibia France 58 Namibia 12 (96-0)
23rd September 2023
Group D
Argentina vs Samoa Argentina 24 Samoa 23 (Argentina 19-10)
24th September 2023
Group C
Georgia vs Portugal Georgia 29 Portugal 0 (18-18)
Group D
England vs Chile England 45 Chile 0 (England 71-0)
Group B
South Africa vs Ireland Ireland 26 South Africa 23 (Ireland 13 - 8)
25th September 2023
Group B
Scotland vs Tonga Scotland 19 Tonga 7 (Scotland 45-17)
Group C
Australia vs Wales Australia 33 Wales 29 (Wales 40-6)
28th September 2023
Group A
Uruguay vs Namibia Namibia 22 Uruguay 7 (Namibia 36-26)
29th September 2023
Group D
Japan vs Samoa Samoa 23 Japan 23 (Japan 28-22)
30th September 2023
Group A
New Zealand vs Italy ABS 49 Italy 7 (ABs 96-17)
1st October 2023
Group D
Argentina vs Chile Argentina 57 Chile 5
Group C
Fiji vs Georgia Fiji 66 Georgia 0
Group B
Scotland vs Romania Scotland 24 Romania 14
2nd October 2023
Group C
Australia vs Portugal Australia 73 Portugal 0
Group B
South Africa vs Tonga South Africa 38 Tonga 19
6th October 2023
Group A
New Zealand vs Uruguay ABS 65 Uruguay 0
7th October 2023
Group A
France vs Italy France 39 Italy 7
8th October 2023
Group C
Wales vs Georgia Wales 21 Georgia 14
Group D
England vs Samoa Samoa 29 England 14
Group B
Ireland vs Scotland Ireland 19 Scotland 19
9th October 2023
Group D
Japan vs Argentina Argentina 34 Japan 31
Group B
Tonga vs Romania Tonga 17 Romania 5
Group C
Fiji vs Portugal Fiji 44 Portugal 0
15th October 2023
1/4 finals - to be posted.
Fact - there is too much rugby in New Zealand and it's sucking the available funds from income.
Fact - The rise of Womens Rugby is sucking a huge amount from the current coffers. And for good reasons.
Fact - Attendances in most competitions since COVID have dwindled so that possible income not on the cards anymore.
Question?? Something has to give. Super Rugby, NPC or club rugby as far as expenditure goes for the NZRFU.
So what is the priority. Franchise rugby or NPC?? Club rugby is valid to grass roots. My personal thinking is Super Rugby goes. Ideally, for me, the NZRU needs to redress the $$$ going to players in Super Rugby and boost provincial rugby. In the current worldwide financial realms sponsorship $$$ are also dwindling and there will be nothing going into Franchise Rugby in the coming years. Keep that money for the All Blacks and Black Ferns, and put the money saved from Super Rugby and give good financial backing for provincial rugby (Bunnings NPC and Ranfurly Shield, Farrah Palmer Cup, and Heartland Rugby.)
My priorities as far as rugby goes??
1. NPC
2. Club/Heartland/Schools Rugby
3. I have not followed Super Rugby for over 3 years now.