John Bluck
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Retirement - Nationalism - symbol of hope, not hate - Local Matters (opens the original)
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In the midst of all the worldwide furore over immigration, it helps to have the long memory that older people enjoy. Back in the 1950’s we welcomed Dutch settlers along with boatloads of Brits, without the derogatory labels that Australia attached to Ten Pound Poms. And we still felt proud of the wartime pictures of Polish refugee kids arriving in Pahiatua. Remember Precious Mckenzie who captured the nation’s heart with his gold medal winning weight lift at the Commonwealth Games in 1978. A Colo
Retirement - Old fires still burn - Local Matters (opens the original)
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Imagine an All Black winger scoring a spectacular try then running up and down the sideline, waggling his ears, arms stretched out to embrace the stadium crowd, winding them up, reveling in the noise. Bring it on. It would never happen. Not back when rugby was watched stoically. Not even now, in our more exuberant, face painted times. As life returns to normal after the FIFA World Cup and the only fever threatening Kiwis is bird flu, the memories of those fervent final matches linger on. Have yo
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