@Frank said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

@No-Quarter said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

So now that I've had time to reflect on this, I'm even more angry at the government.

They took 100% of our rights away for more than a month while they implemented the most draconian lockdown in the world. We all went along with it for the greater good, and we got rid of Covid altogether.

And for what? If the virus spreads again, and based on what we are seeing it seems almost inevitable that it will, what then? We can't go back into lockdown. There was debate about whether the cure was worse than the disease with the first one, if we do it again that will almost certainly be the case.

So what was that lockdown for? What was their long term plan? Close the borders until an unlikely vaccine is created? But then if that was the plan, why are they granting exemptions when it only takes one person to spread it far and wide again?

Or are these politicians so hopelessly out of touch that they think they can just do the lockdown again if need be?

I don't see anything coherent around what our long term plan is for this.

Wonder what Baron is thinking?
Can we let him back on for one day just to read the blistering critique?

He wasn't banned, it was self isolation.

Meanwhile in Brazil.

“The better team” never loses a game 19 - 3.

Worth a try

I think NZ rugby took the wrong lessons out of Henry and winning in 2011 after not being sacked in 2007.

Experience only counts if you’re good enough. The argument that we won in 2011 because of not sacking Henry in 2007 didn’t prove that you must have experience, it just proved that if you’ve got the right coach - keep them.

I’ve never been particularly convinced that Grizz would have won in 95, Hart in 03, or Mitchell in 07 just by being retained. 50/50 on Laurie in 1999 maybe.

Unfortunately the NZRU is conservative enough without learning that lesson incorrectly, and the experience lesson has now landed us with Foster instead of Robertson, Rennie, Cotter, or any of the other names who would also be better.

Today was always going to be the happy/sad day of lockdown for me.

Happy: today is Mum's 80th birthday!
Sad: her rest home is only 1.5km away, but it may as well be on the moon for all the good that is at the moment.

The very very slight silver lining of Alzheimer's is that covid-19 is mostly a background thing on the news to her, and she's not worried about it at all.

Work has been busy in lockdown, which has certainly made the time fly. The downside is that there are people out there in some pretty difficult situations, and where there are answers for them - the answers often aren't happy ones.

I'm an old fashioned git too.

Useful or not as a rule, I suppose it does get kids used to following appearance rules for when they matter later in life. Be it hi-vis vests, or realising that facial tattoo's are fine so long as you don't then expect to work for Emirates, etc etc. I guess I'm also a grumpy old git who gets fed up of all such media stories trying to fuel outrage on relatively trivial matters...

Vaea Fifita: the Akira Ioane that they do pick...

Can’t miss those tackles.

@bovidae said in Stadium of Canterbury:

@donsteppa said in Stadium of Canterbury:

It was interesting to see part of the WEL Network stand empty for the All Blacks v Fiji game in Hamilton recently. While there was some social media chat about perhaps it was closed due to earthquake concerns

I have since been told it definitely wasn't allowed to be opened. In the last couple of years the entire WEL Network stand is closed for NPC, and everyone is seated in the Brian Perry Stand. That will be down to the cost.

Aha, hopefully there are earthquake strengthening plans being developed.

Interesting that there were still tickets available so close to game day with reduced capacity. To be fair, I'm one of those who looked at the varying ticket prices for a family of four in Hamilton in the middle of winter and decided against it...

@rapido said in Stadium of Canterbury:

How does it relate to new Chch stadium? That even in reduced version it is too big if we don't address the trend and re-engage the public in sub-All Black rugby.

It was interesting to see part of the WEL Network stand empty for the All Blacks v Fiji game in Hamilton recently. While there was some social media chat about perhaps it was closed due to earthquake concerns, I'm sure I saw a promo about 'last tickets still available' just a few days before the game.

First medal of the Games for New Zealand - Hayden Wilde - Bronze medal in the mens triathlon.

Sitting in third on the last lap...

Lap 3 of 4 on the run leg in the Triathlon, and Hayden Wilde is with the front group of three.

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

@stargazer she was basically 2nd the whole race and then really powered home in the last 50.

The ODT is reporting she took nearly 4 seconds off her personal best. She's certainly brought her form at the right time.

https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/olympics/fairweather-tokyo-final

Just seen the goal highlights. Village keeping indeed.

Just seen the third goal, if he was diving for that ball in cricket it would show up on That's So Village...