Where in NZ do you/have you lived?

[Aragorn]

Whataroa, Taramakau Settlement, ChCh, Mt Wellington, Taipuha, Matamata,Morinsville, Mangere, Beachhaven,Browns Bay, Glenfield, Tauranga, Te Puke, Pongakawa, Whakatane, Kaitaia, Houhora, Waipapakauri,Glorit, South Head, Maungakahia,Helensville, currently at Kaukapakapa and next weekend will be back at South Head...

in that order

Been to Wellington but never again, too many crazy peoples...

what are you? a travelling hill billy?

 

[ozbash]

might be a bit of gypsy blood there somewhere..

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Christchurch, Christchurch and Christchurch

 

[Iafeta]

Eketahuna, Masterton, Greymouth.

 

[Glen from the Mount]

The Mount and Wellington.

 

[Meth]

Manurewa, Papakura, Howick/Pakuranga, Christchurch

 

[jaseg]

Napier, Takapuna & Miramar.

I have now spent most of my life away from NZ and have lived in 13 different countries - not sure I'll ever make it back on a non-holiday basis.

 

[Aragorn]

The responses here seems to support the article i just read in the herald.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10884282

Which brings me back to the NZ Warriors. Watson should consider having more homes games outside of Mt Smart/Auckland - the Cake Tin trip looked like a huge success and so did their pre-season game down in the Dunnies..

more trips around NZ to promote the game can only be a good thing.

 

[Iafeta]

It'd be great for Wellington to get more games, but, there's a few commercial and logistics issues they need to overcome. Firstly, all their equipment is based in Auckland. Nowadays its not just a half deflated medicine ball and a patchy running track out the back of Mt Smart 2, so they'll be keen to be there as much as possible to get the value from their investment.

Secondly, my understanding is the break even figure for Mt Smart is 15,000 people, but I understand it rises at other venues when you take into consideration the extra costs of travel and accommodation for the squad and the support staff.

Thirdly, and probably most importantly, I'm sure there'd be a negative effect on the memberships if the club was to take more games away from Mt Smart. Even the move to Eden Park seems to get a lot of people riled up. Wellington... even that got one or two bad reactions on this forum because people felt they were getting dudded for their season membership value.

Having gone to the Caketin, I can't impress how amazed I was with that crowd. Even on Monday at the Airport there were people flying out in Warriors jerseys. On Sunday down Cuba Street there were a fair few Warriors jerseys. So I say the first three points with a heavy heart as it'd be great to have more games in Wellington. There's no doubt in my mind that there is a lot of passion in Wellington and the surrounding regions for rugby league. I can only imagine that exploding into something more should they get their own team.

 

[Mike0070]

Rotorua
Chch
Nelson

 

[Benek]

more trips around NZ to promote the game can only be a good thing.

Not so great for season ticket holders ;-)

...

Mt Wellington, Onehunga, St Heliers, Otahuhu.

 

[TheDMC]

Houses, flats, tents, huts, campervans, baches...

 

[Manurewa_Marlins]

Rotorua, Manurewa

outside of NZ, Busan (South Korea) and Shanghai (currently)

 

[Rich102]

Owairaka
Ngawha
Paremoremo
Mt Eden
Sunnyside

 

[ozbash]

Owairaka
Ngawha
Paremoremo
Mt Eden
Sunnyside

:shock:

 

[Campion]

Rotorua, Hamilton

 

[mikeob]

Waiheke
Herne Bay
Remuera
Pakuranga
Penrose
Northcote

 

[Evil_Mush]

Born in Wellington
Whitby (then Singapore for year and a half) then Papakowhai then Whitby again till I was 9
Wanganui till I left High School (parents still there)
Palmy Nth for 4.5 years during Uni
Wanganui again for just over a year working
Wellington for last 7.5 years


Had an awkwardly funny moment at recent comedy gig where I was unfortunate enough to have questions asked of me by James Nokise (great comedian BTW) :
Him - So where are you from, man?
Me - Wellington.... originally.
Him - Cool, so where are ya living now?
Me - Uhhhh.... Wellington?
*awkward laughter*


As for schools, from first to last :
Tanglin Infant School (Singapore)
Papakowhai Kindergarten
St Theresa's Primary School Plimmerton (up to Std 2)
St John's Hill Primary School Wanganui (up to Std 4)
St Georges Prepartory School Wanganui (up to Form 2)
Wanganui High School (up to Form 7)
Massey University Palmerston North (plus a bit extramurally)

 

[Rebel]

Where did everyone go to school?

Sylivia park for primary and intermediate

Penrose (Now one tree hill) for high.

 

[Diesel]

Born in Wellington
Whitby (then Singapore for year and a half) then Papakowhai then Whitby again till I was 9
Wanganui till I left High School (parents still there)
Palmy Nth for 4.5 years during Uni
Wanganui again for just over a year working
Wellington for last 7.5 years


Had an awkwardly funny moment at recent comedy gig where I was unfortunate enough to have questions asked of me by James Nokise (great comedian BTW) :
Him - So where are you from, man?
Me - Wellington.... originally.
Him - Cool, so where are ya living now?
Me - Uhhhh.... Wellington?
*awkward laughter*


As for schools, from first to last :
Tanglin Infant School (Singapore)
Papakowhai Kindergarten
St Theresa's Primary School Plimmerton (up to Std 2)
St John's Hill Primary School Wanganui (up to Std 4)
St Georges Prepartory School Wanganui (up to Form 2)
Wanganui High School (up to Form 7)
Massey University Palmerston North (plus a bit extramurally)

I lived in Whitby until 89, and went to St Theresa's from 83-88