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So the Highlander's thrashed the Crusaders in Methven 41-14 to go unbeaten in preseason. https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350182150/highlanders-complete-pre-season-big-win-over-depleted-crusaders They look to have a well rounded young group of players so might not be the easy beats they have been in pr...

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Oh I see discussion has moved on from politics to corporal punishment. It is irrelevant in my view the fundamental problem is the attack on the nuclear family and the number of kids being brought up in single mother households without a father. Even if a male is present in the household he is more o...

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Why do people really vote for NZ first? A National and Act coalitions openly states it wants to do away with NZ Superannuation (Universal ie for every Nzer) as a meaningful means of living rather than existing and Labour and the Greens want to do the same just through the different method of high in...

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Can't speak for other franchises but McClutchie isn't more talented than any of the options at the Blues. I don't see him as an exceptional talent. I see him more as a reliable polished journeyman but I'd still prefer someone like Otere Black over McCluthie. I don't see a franchise winning a title ...

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I like to observe people and I have noticed both on here and in people I know that older men 60+ express views and act in ways that suggest they see themselves as white knights for younger females. Indignant old men who jump up and down and try to defend their honour, usually in the form of deflecti...

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The Notting Hillbillies - Your Own Sweet Way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__yJN2TuBCo

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Wider squad announced. Good to see Annandale in there. I’d like to see him get a run at some point if someone gets injured. LMH has a solid pass on him but needs to develop his sniping game. Introducing our wider squad for 2024 🔥 Lisati Milo-Harris Ben Ake Edward Annandale Alex Harford Shilo Klein ...

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What? I must have missed the referendum on that. Unless you count the election result that shows many did not want change in the form of Three Waters. Christchurch has some of the best Artesian drinking water in the world yet it is now being polluted with unnecessary chlorine. This change has f**ked...

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No kidding! Which just shows how poorly planned and thought through it was from beginning to end. And McAnulty gave in in an attempt to appease the backlash similar to the policy bonfire Hipkins held trying to salvage the election. Listening to the people does have some benefit but those people cle...

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There are plenty of very fair landlords out there . Unfortunately there are plenty of utter bastards too . How dull. It's the same for everything. There is an elevated rate of sociopathy in non-profit organisations. As an "ideological empiricist" I'm sure you can provide us with the empirical data ...

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Careful Sonny some of these blokes might seem like sad internet obsessives who post their political opinions on a rugby forum because people in their real lives can't stand hearing them any longer but Tehui has educated me that this is actually a hotbed of expert opinion. Tehui and Enz are actually ...

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Support for National was virtually unchanged at 37.5%, down 0.6% points from the election, while support for ACT increased 3.9% points to 12.5% and support for NZ First was up 1.9% points to 8%. In November support for the defeated Labour-Greens-Maori Party Parliamentary Opposition was at only 36%,...

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Support for National was virtually unchanged at 37.5%, down 0.6% points from the election, while support for ACT increased 3.9% points to 12.5% and support for NZ First was up 1.9% points to 8%. In November support for the defeated Labour-Greens-Maori Party Parliamentary Opposition was at only 36%,...

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I came across this article today about how populists around the world encourage mistrust, and I immediately thought about NZF. This specific quote caught my eye, in light of Winston's rhetoric in parliament last week about 'Māori elites' (and tubbyj repeating the same hollow narrative here on PR af...

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No I said they were facing the prospect of going from millionaires to billionaires with the direction Labour wanted to go. The fact that this has been taken away is why this minority is so angry. In your original post on this subject, you said: What you are seeing is not anger from all Maori but ex...

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No I said they were facing the prospect of going from millionaires to billionaires with the direction Labour wanted to go. The fact that this has been taken away is why this minority of grievance elites are so angry. PS millionaires to billionaires in my original post was obviously hyperbole design...

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No I said they were facing the prospect of going from millionaires to billionaires with the direction Labour wanted to go. The fact that this has been taken away is why this minority of grievance elites are so angry. PS millionaires to billionaires in my original post was obviously hyperbole designe...

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I was today years old when I learned that collogue was a word. Thank you for the compliment. Nothing like attacking my spelling as a concession you can't argue with my point. Your insecurities are showing. I attacked nothing and have stated no position. I simply enjoyed the fact that a typo added a...

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Mr Mike wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 10:43 pm I was today years old when I learned that collogue was a word.

Thank you for the compliment. Nothing like attacking my spelling as a concession you can't argue with my point.

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Go to any NZ University. Every department has had budgets cut and staff asked to do the work of their collogues who are left and not replaced. All except one department in every NZ Uni. Can you guess which one? I assume this post was intended for me. Is that really your evidence to back up your pre...

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Go to any NZ University. Every department has had budgets cut and staff asked to do the work of their collogues who are left and not replaced. All except one department in every NZ Uni. Can you guess which one? Whether you like them or not there is no denying Peter and Seymour have gained their posi...

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Question for everyone, do you think we could see civil unrest in NZ over the next 3 to 9 years? And by this I mean violent protest and looting like we have seen in the US. Willie Jackson predicted we would see scenes " 10 times worse than anything we saw during the 1981 Springbok Tour. Is it a cred...

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It seems simply enough to me. Richie Mounga's agent asked for offers from overseas and got money that was considerably more than NZR was able or willing to pay. Beauden Barret's agent asked for offers and got a okay offer for a year then money considerably lower than NZR was willing to offer. Overse...

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Fantastic musician and character. RIP.

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No. Sam Cane was a average All Black captain who the players hardly appeared to listen to so why should NZ rugby. He should concentrate on a low tackling technique and leave the questions of overseas eligibility to smarter minds.

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Tehui wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 6:53 am PSDT's effort just shows that if you get your technique right, you can still be an effective tackler in today's game and stay on the field. Take note ABs.

Didn't he get a yellow in the Thrashing at Twickenham?

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This is another area where I’m a bit perplexed, everyone seems very upset by the govt axing the anti smoking legislation, why? They are effectively saying that people can’t think for themselves and because of this the government must now make rules to outlaw something because people are too stupid ...

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Nah can’t agree with that. Class A should remain illegal. Call me conservative on that front. They all cause harm. No one is arguing that they don't, but continuing with the approach we have been is clearly not working and it's getting worse and worse every year. We aren't going to be implementing ...

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I haven't heard the official rationale behind the policy change pertaining to cigarettes. However, all of the public health stats that I've seen tells me that it makes more economical sense for the population not to smoke cigarettes. I can only assume the policy change is due more to a liberal phil...

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Great coalition deal. Agree with pretty much all of it but the tax cuts. Increasing the thresholds are fine but cuts are better spent elsewhere. Especially like the Superannuation staying at 65 and Protect the freedom of speech by ruling out the introduction of hate speech legislation. and Independe...

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Sorry I know this is a bit over the top but this is PR. Searched Towny's posts for the word Hammer and found these 3 beauties I doubt most of us were even aware of him (or remember him) even those he's probably been in the job a while now. tbf, I struggle to rememember which Sydney dickhead is runni...

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I am waiting to hear Towny's take on all this. No doubt this Hamish fella has some version of 3D chess going on that we can't even begin to understand. Must be all smoke, mirrors and distractions that is all part of a long term plan to stick it to NZ rugby. We will just have to sit back and take our...

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Yeah I know, unfortunately I don’t know if they’ve come up with a better alternative, all systems have their issues, I used to like FPTP but then Labour put me off that, I still think it’s somewhat ridiculous that someone who only gets 6% of the vote can hold a country to ransom, but that’s what we...

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What's your proposed alternative? More patience from the commentators and press oh and less Winston, definitely less Winston I meant with regards to an electoral system from Booji, but agree re the press and Winnie! Not enough fans of right wing extremism in NZ for ACT and Nats to govern alone. Lea...

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But wait a few years back you guys especially Towny were telling us what a genius he was. Towny even had a special simp name for him the hammer or something.

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Barnes confirms he is a wit kant.

Problem is us kiwis are too tolerant to really pay him out like he deserves. He has always and will continue to be made welcome in NZ. For justice he should be dressed up like Mathieu Raynal and sent to Australia or Bryce Lawrence and sent to SA.

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Poor saffers are they capable of winning with no asterisk

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Ex politicians cashing in and being associated with practices and people that, perhaps, they should not be seen within a millions miles, seem to have been a theme of late. This sort of thing seems to be more a National Party people thing, but of course all politicians will have their snouts in the ...

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I am actually pretty excited about Super Rugby next season and looking forward to the competition kicking off. With Scott Robertson finally getting the job he should have years ago the dynamics of the competition have changed and their is a unpredictability about the NZ sides. There is alot of All B...

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