LOCAL NEWS
The hammer attack guy turned out to be lying about being a relative of a sporting person. He just shared a surname with Sione Lauaki (an All Black) but was not related at all. He should be charged with lying to the court as well. He reckoned it was all the truck drivers fault, as you would expect.
A man died when he fell from an internal bridge at the cinema complex where someone died a few years back doing the same thing. This one was caught on video and it appears it was not accidental, if you know what I mean. Must have been disquieting for the people eating their dinner in the foodcourt below, when he landed next to them.
We suffered from the usual gamut of stories on New Zealanders in New Orleans running away, staying and helping, heroically saving a stranger's cat, and so forth.
The polls continue to come thick and fast, it is less than two weeks to election day.
A 13 year old boy exploring an abandoned clifftop house in the Wairarapa stepped out the back door and fell 20 metres to rocks below. He had minor injuries, and will now be more careful.
Petrol price rises continue, it is hurting worldwide, I am sure. Everything that happens seems to push the price up. The typhoons in US, mass deaths in Iraq, pope gets a new hat, everything.
Two children are missing after a car went into lake Te Anau. Doesn't look good for them, water is pretty cold and they are only five and seven.
WORLD NEWS
The most talked about hurricane in ages, Katrina, smacked Louisiana on Monday night our time. They evacuated a million people. At first, it seemed to be a non-event. We had people reporting from New Orleans immediately afterward and it didn't seem so bad. Then the water came and it turned very nasty. The scale of the disaster is very large. A city loses power, water, and sewage and you seem to lose civilisation very quickly. Suddenly iPods and camera phones become less useful than a bottle of water and a roll of toilet paper (and in many cases a loaded gun). They are saying it could be nine months before people return to live.
Although I didn't see them, I have heard from multiple sources that two similar photos, one of a black man with a box of food and one of a white man doing the same were labelled "a looter escaping with his booty" and "a man get much needed supplies". Interesting.
Tonga is going back to work today after a strike lasting six weeks.
For some inexplicable reason, Melbourne organised for 2100 people to simultaneously perform the haka, well A haka. There is more than one.
REAL SPORT
No real sport to report at all this week. Underwater hockey tournament meant no water polo. Water polo resumes this weekend.
SPORT
Well, the All Blacks won the rugby on Saturday, just, beating the Wallabies 34-24 I think. That wins them the tri-nations trophy and is the first year that they haven't lost at least one game to them in about six or eight years.
New Zealand lost to India in a one day match. Not sure when the final is.
New Zealand won four gold medals in the rowing world champs in Japan. That would have been really big news if the All Blacks weren't playing.
In NPC rugby, Wellington thumped Waikato, Canterbury just beat Taranaki 13-11, Southland upset Otago 28-22, North Harbour thumped neighbours Northland 56-17, Auckland beat Bay of Plenty 47-27. Auckland is top of the table but they haven't played to tough teams yet.
World Cup qualifying games so no premiership this weekend, England beat Wales 1-0.
The final Ashes test starts this week, should be very interesting.
MY SAD LIFE
The show was this week. Bugsy Malone, in all it's slightly edited and I'm-not-sure-the-story-hangs-together glory. We all went to see it on Thursday night, the Goodins came, the Batenburgs sat in front of us, there were tons of people we knew in the audience (and on the stage). Our seats weren't that good, but we got the idea. They all did a pretty good job. The solo singing wasn't too flash, but I have to begrudgingly admit that Greta did a good job at the end (she played Dandy Dans girlfriend, and is in the 12th grade girls team and pretty snobby, she wore sunglasses and a handbag during a training game once, drove her coach nuts this season). The set didn't collapse, and looked pretty good. Rory did a very good job, looking suave with his moustache as Dandy Dan. I got mentioned in the program for my efforts with the set, which surprised me to be honest. Rory wants to get the cutout of him that was used in the show, not sure if he will swing it.
Diana and I went to see the show again on Friday, we sat with a couple of teachers we know. We saw a lot more, and got splurged by the cast as they left the theatre. We dropped Rory off, went for brunch, then came back to watch it. Took Rory home afterwards. He was pretty knackered, it had been a long week, five shows plus rehearsals.
Friday night we had two soccer end of season things. Rory and Diana went bowling, Hannah and I went to a barbecue. Some of the girls decided to go swimming in an unheated pool, which was insane. They weren't in for long.
On Father's Day, I got breakfast in bed, which was very nice. Later we went for a walk around Western Springs lake, as was half of Auckland, it was still very nice. Then we cruised at home, Koos popped in, and then we went to water polo training for an hour and a half (Hannah and I swam while Rory training).
Gavin continues to work on the bathroom.
Allan has visited home and is back to Australia for another two weeks for work.
Billy Walker starts school at Ponsonby Intermediate today.
I think it is Matt Tucker's birthday tomorrow. His second.
Hannah has a tap exam (dance, not plumbing) tomorrow.
It was really nice having a low-key weekend without masses of activities. Didn't really achieve a lot, but that was the intention, I suppose. This Friday is going to be hectic with three water polo games and soccer prizegiving.
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