9th - Kaipara Konnection Weekly Newsletter - Dargaville.BIZ

“Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the
United States. Ask any Indian.” -- Robert Orben
world? Sadly little or nothing.
Far too many of our events are put together by people over the age of 60 who will not let anyone else get involved and
then stand up and tell anyone willing to listen, (including captive audiences) just how clever they are and how much the
community owes them for putting the event together. A phone call came in after an event last weekend which was ruined
for many who attended by the organiser standing up in all her “finery” and talking at length about how clever she was for
arranging to have the event in Dargaville.
We regularly see photos of the same people in our local papers claiming credit for organising this that and the other
thing when in fact all the effort was made by others who receive no credit at all. Not even a passing reference. As the
self appointed organisers, they write letters, send e-mails, and make phone calls (which they invoice the Society for of
course) on behalf of their organisation with no reference to committees of executive committees. With a bit of luck the
exec find out afterwards what they have been committed to and how much it is going to cost. Fraudulent behaviour – but
it is OK as long as no one complains. The Police are not interested – far too busy issuing traffic infringement notices to
bother with such trivia. No revenue from this sort of inquiry either.
What an example we are setting our young ones. Fortunately there are one or two folk in Dargaville who are trying to
address this situation. Look at what has been achieved in Otorohanga. More on this subject next week.
7. It’s only three weeks until Northland goes digital with TV transmission. If you have not already got Sky, Freeview, or
Igloo you have until Dec 1 st to “extractus digitus” and get your act together. If you don’t – then you will have to sit and
enjoy the “buzz of nothingness” on your TV set. Oh dear. No Coronation Street? No “reality” TV shows? Unthinkable.
For more information go to www.goingdigital.co.nz , or call 0800 838 800.
8. Next Monday marks the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918. This is the official date to
mark the end of First World War (1914 – 1918) and reflects the ceasefire on the Western Front. Pause, think, and give
thanks. Read more here.
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The Observer.
I waited several days before writing this to ensure I didn’t come across as a curmudgeonly old sod whinging about
today’s young people. Being too harsh and out of touch like a dusty old relic or just narrow-minded.
I don’t think I am.
What I am is incredibly sad and sickened that our desensitised and blasé society has come to the point of the “roast
busters” who are currently tearing up the media for every conceivable wrong reason. And that it takes something as
dark as this to galvanise the community.
We have a fraternity of young teenage men from West Auckland who over the past couple of years, allegedly sought
out young women, some as young as 13, stupefied them with alcohol or whatever else and then had sex with them,
sometimes in groups and boasted on social media of their exploits, naming and ranking them. The women involved
were so intoxicated apparently, that they were unaware of what went down at these sessions, or have been too
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