You may recall yesterday’s post about certain press coverage in New Zealand of trouble at the Ireland/All Blacks game.
Eoin Darby writes:
The story has now gone national in NZ. They still have not addressed the real issue of stereotyping and shoddy journalism which we highlighted on Monday. The Irish Champion (above and link below) has the real story.
irish People Living In New Zealand (Facebook)
Quotation Marks Puts NZ journalism On Trial (PJ Ahern, Irish Champion)
“We’ve got our own drinking culture in New Zealand which we’re trying to sort out and if that’s a representation of what they do in their own country they’ve got big problems over there. I think they just have to understand .. if they’re in Rome do as the Romans do. We don’t drink to a point where we fall over so much in our country.”
Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield, head of Christchurch’s team policing unit
Police Disappointed With Drunk Rugby Fans (Stuff.co.nz)
Prompting this response from ‘The Irish in New Zealand’:
Irish In New Zealand (Facebook)
Thanks Eoin Darby and Edward Gash
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljCurOXynPg&feature=player_embedded
Eoin Darby writes:
Brian O’Driscoll on the the New Zealand sports show “The Crowd Goes Wild” leaving Auckland airport for Christchurch ahead of Saturday’s game. What a legend!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ07oWj4XfI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Eoin Darby writes:
Irish construction workers on 3 news in Christchurch NZ Red zone today. Rebuilding after the 2011 earthquake.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IExMapwU7Ns
Lisa Sheppard writes:
This is my 81-year-old-grand Aunt Maureen from Gibbstown in County Meath doing the Nevis bungee swing in New Zealand! She did it because they had a sign saying “free for anyone over 75”.
They had said at the Nevis swing they haven’t had anybody older than her doing it! She said it was very relaxing and would highly recommend it!
