LOCAL
Dodgy MP Taito Philip Field will be charged with both bribery AND corruption charges, police announced this week.
Bit of a fuss over water price increases in Auckland. Not sure why, we just pay anyway.
An elderly woman in Christchurch gave the nice young policemen in her street a hand grenade, that her husband brought home from the war 60 years ago.
A 23 year old Hamilton woman won't see 24 after eating magic mushrooms. Perhaps they weren't so much magical as poisonous. Even better, turns out she was a heart transplant recipient. So she receives thousands of dollars worth of medical attention to prolong her life then shortened it with some cheap drugs. Interesting concept.
Government-owned coal miner Solid Energy has been paying hippies to spy on protestors. Not sure why that's a major issue. Is it really that naughty?
Some cows have been found to give low-fat milk. The location is now a secret. I assume it must cost money to turn regular milk into low-fat, which is why we pay more for less. All a bit odd when you consider farmers are paid for pounds of butterfat. They are now testing every cow in New Zealand to find ones that produce strawberry flavoured milk, and many other varieties.
A home handyman electrocuted himself whilst putting insulation under his floor, fatally.
Political polls have National support growing considerably at the cost of Labour, the election is not for another year, I think.
Car dealers have gone on record about new requirements for clean-emissions cars, they are worried this will make cars harder to afford. First time I've ever heard them worrying about the customers, completely lacks any credibility and smacks of self-interest.
Some idiot tried to steal 14 bottles of wine from the Henderson Pak N Save supermarket. Three cops apprehended him in the car park next to the pool. We were there at the time and the kids raced out to spot the action.
WORLD NEWS
The English parents with the missing daughter are off to see the pope. Not sure what good that will do.
The 30th Anniversary of the release of Star Wars was on the 25th. It has been exhaustively recognised.
REAL SPORT
The top of the table clash between Ponsonby and Liston fizzled a little, it was close in first quarter but Ponsonby opened up a good lead and won 15-4.
On Saturday, Hannah's soccer team was playing a team they should have beaten. They scored early in the first half but did nothing else, they picked up tempo in the second half to score three more goals, including a great shot from Hannah from a free kick outside the corner of the 18 yard box. Final score 4-0. They are playing third from top team next weekend.
Sunday, Hannah had a polo game for Ponsonby against Northsport U12. This was a friendly in a 33 metre pool. Rory has never played in a pool that size. Everything felt like it was happening in slow motion. Hannah got a break early on and about 20 seconds later scored (seriously, it was like that). They won convincingly in the end 7-2.
So Hannah scored a goal in every game she played, and won all three games. Not a bad result at all. Rory had no sport, although the team he coaches had their first win.
SPORT
AC Milan beat Liverpool 2-1 in the Champs League final.
Team New Zealand finally won the semi-final 5-2. Chris Dickson has stepped down from Oracle racing after they failed to win their semi-final.
The New Zealand soccer team drew 2-2 with Wales in a friendly in Wales.
MY SAD LIFE
We returned from Melbourne on Tuesday, got back into the rhythm fairly quickly.
I didn't really do justice to Brett's hospitality while we were away in last week's email. He made us some very interesting and nutritious meals, he took us to the local comedy club, and his favourite Balinese restaurant. We also watched the trains near his apartment (which Brett described as something Allan really enjoys). His apartment is in walking distance of town, but about 15 minutes by train from the city.
Paul and I did a quick tour of St Kilda and the city on our last day in Melbourne. Tuesday was pretty much all travelling. Left Brett's at 8am, got home around 5:30pm. Went fast enough. Got straight back into the routine and took the kids to intermediate water polo training.
Rory has coped with Priya being off the radar, although he accidentally went to Philips Aquatic Centre on Sunday morning (where she takes swim school classes for kids). He finally got home around 3pm. He has a science exam this Thursday.
The kids weren't around much over the weekend. Rory went on a sleepover party on Friday night. Interesting, the only girl at the party somehow gave her parents the impression another girl was there as well (but she wasn't). Rory didn't get home until after 6pm Saturday. By that time Hannah had already left to go rock climbing, and she didn't return until about 11am Sunday.
Rory has a job at school now, one night a week, could increase soon.
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