Confounding Countrymen
Posted on Saturday 4th of February 2006 01:59:25 PM by Maximinus
What puzzles me is how nearly all overseas news stories involving New Zealand are about its people - doing preposterously absurd, worrying or disturbing things:
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/388228p-329317c.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/02/nz_funding_row/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/02/ipod_infestation/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/12/australia_rabbit_arrests/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/22/coppers_love_porn/
To name but a few.
Why is there never any 'good news' from New Zealand making international headlines?
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/388228p-329317c.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/02/nz_funding_row/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/02/ipod_infestation/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/12/australia_rabbit_arrests/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/22/coppers_love_porn/
To name but a few.
Why is there never any 'good news' from New Zealand making international headlines?
Comment by Everard,
Monday 6th of February 2006 10:58:03 PM
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There are only so many times that alliterated titles are amusing... And stop posting so many damn links or run the risk of becoming every-other-blogger. Can we bring something new to the table, please?
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Comment by Paul,
Thursday 16th of March 2006 12:00:13 AM
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Haha! I've got away with it again on 'Bike Beats Bus' - I see no complaints about that one! (Actually, it wasn't deliberate... but that's beside the point :-P)