9th - Kaipara Konnection Weekly Newsletter - Dargaville.BIZ
9th - Kaipara Konnection Weekly Newsletter - Dargaville.BIZ
9th - Kaipara Konnection Weekly Newsletter - Dargaville.BIZ
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“Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the<br />
United States. Ask any Indian.” -- Robert Orben<br />
world? Sadly little or nothing.<br />
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<br />
then stand up and tell anyone willing to listen, (including captive audiences) just how clever they are and how much the<br />
community owes them for putting the event together. A phone call came in after an event last weekend which was ruined<br />
for many who attended by the organiser standing up in all her “finery” and talking at length about how clever she was for<br />
arranging to have the event in <strong>Dargaville</strong>.<br />
We regularly see photos of the same people in our local papers claiming credit for organising this that and the other<br />
thing when in fact all the effort was made by others who receive no credit at all. Not even a passing reference. As the<br />
self appointed organisers, they write letters, send e-mails, and make phone calls (which they invoice the Society for of<br />
course) on behalf of their organisation with no reference to committees of executive committees. With a bit of luck the<br />
exec find out afterwards what they have been committed to and how much it is going to cost. Fraudulent behaviour – but<br />
it is OK as long as no one complains. The Police are not interested – far too busy issuing traffic infringement notices to<br />
bother with such trivia. No revenue from this sort of inquiry either.<br />
What an example we are setting our young ones. Fortunately there are one or two folk in <strong>Dargaville</strong> who are trying to<br />
address this situation. Look at what has been achieved in Otorohanga. More on this subject next week.<br />
7. It’s only three weeks until Northland goes digital with TV transmission. If you have not already got Sky, Freeview, or<br />
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<br />
enjoy the “buzz of nothingness” on your TV set. Oh dear. No Coronation Street? No “reality” TV shows? Unthinkable.<br />
For more information go to www.goingdigital.co.nz , or call 0800 838 800.<br />
8. Next Monday marks the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918. This is the official date to<br />
mark the end of First World War (1914 – 1918) and reflects the ceasefire on the Western Front. Pause, think, and give<br />
thanks. Read more here.<br />
Half-gallon, quarter acre, pavlova paradise – underbelly.<br />
The Observer.<br />
I waited several days before writing this to ensure I didn’t come across as a curmudgeonly old sod whinging about<br />
today’s young people. Being too harsh and out of touch like a dusty old relic or just narrow-minded.<br />
I don’t think I am.<br />
What I am is incredibly sad and sickened that our desensitised and blasé society has come to the point of the “roast<br />
busters” who are currently tearing up the media for every conceivable wrong reason. And that it takes something as<br />
dark as this to galvanise the community.<br />
We have a fraternity of young teenage men from West Auckland who over the past couple of years, allegedly sought<br />
out young women, some as young as 13, stupefied them with alcohol or whatever else and then had sex with them,<br />
sometimes in groups and boasted on social media of their exploits, naming and ranking them. The women involved<br />
were so intoxicated apparently, that they were unaware of what went down at these sessions, or have been too<br />
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