The Ardern strategy recently changed from it's long held "Zero Covid" to "a new COVID-19 response that aims to contain the virus, rather than attempting to eliminate it completely." (Jacinda Ardern, ABC News, 4th October)
Also Covid doesn’t spread in Queensland, don’t know why it would start now. Doubt it’ll ever reach Melbourne levels.
It is fake news to make kiwis feel not alone with closed borders
It is fake news to make kiwis feel not alone with closed borders
Only reason I a little concerned with it taking off in Aus again, is our borders were more or less open to NZers from Jan 17th, and son is trying to move back, but I can see Aunty Cindy changing mind if figures keep that high in Aus. Personally I would be happy if she opened border, but they still going with a bit at a time to see what happens. I don't know when borders are due to open fully or anything yet, but they reckon they don't want to open and then close them again, which a lot of countries (including Aus) have done with African states.
Yep they said that as soon as Delta arrived, and I believe that is how it will be, and wife just got home from gym with rumours we got our first case here in Hawera, which will start a mild flurry of worry I imagine.
It didn't spread because the borders were closed. They are opening up now, the case numbers will rise.
The way Covid has spread more rapidly in Melbourne surely has to come down to the housing density, all the suburbs are so packed in together where the main spread has been. The outer East where its not as packed as been relatively ok compared to the inner north and north west.
As I said the rumour I heard was considering moving it to Aus for the crossover games and then return home for derbies. As I said I know something like that may happen, but yeah-naa from me.
Doing the same as last year will have the same results - some initial interest which is immediately killed off come TT.
Yep sad state of affairs that kiwi ex pats make a higher proportion of rugby fans I suspect then 7 years ago
It is really , but in my experience in the 24yrs I was in Aus ex-pat kiwis made a huge proportion of rugby fans. That was at from clubs level in Brisbane, where a good number of clubs wouldn't exist (or their teams) without ex-pats unfortunately.
Yeh but as I said the fact higher proportion of fans now kiwi expats as domestic fans deserted the game for other codes (afl etc) is sad. Don’t disagree that wasn’t for kiwi ex pats we would be in even more dire straits. Don’t want to dig up old wounds but just sad state of affairs that allowed the game to get to where it is today. Not withstanding now trying to rebuild albeit from lower fan base then had a decade ago.
To me definition of madness is play out same thing (5 oz teams against 5 kiwi teams with depth issues and lack of free flow of players between oz and nz due to national team selection relying on playing in local teams) and expecting a different result.
