Team New Zealand about to go up against the USA (Oracle) for the America's Cup.

Now that New Zealand has won the right to challenge the mighty Oracle Team, lets hope that the racing will take place 'on the water,' not in the damned court rooms like so often has occurred in the past. I am proud to support Team New Zealand! What else can I do? Hell, I live there!
I am not that keen on the huge crafts, catamarans, to be exact. The fact that there were only a few challengers speaks for itself. I would love to see a return to 'real' yachts, like those that we have come to love; crafts that more nations can realistically produce, making the tournament more of a 'fair go,' that very special Kiwi attribute. Having got this far, though, I am sure my compatriots will of their best, knowing that the majority of NZers (minus the killjoys who insist that it is all a waste of money and completely fail to see the economic gains resulting from the exposure of our incredible boat building industry and the flow-on affect for other sectors in our economy) support our team.
Go Kiwis!
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91,000 hits now---still well away from one million!

I am very pleased to annonce that my blog has now had 91,000 direct hits and that does not count those that access it from Twitter or facebook. My aim is one million! As you know I use my blog to push my books and to discuss issues that interest me. Sometimes I take an angle, that is designed to 'provoke' and to rasie an awareness. I shall keep on writing in the belief that it can only help my writing skills. Check out my website to follow the link to ROSKILL which is now on Amazon kindle. PLease download it and review it.
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Read and review and pass on the link!---Please. ROSKILL needs to get 'out there.'

Yes, it is all baoput pushing Roskill now. Just go to Amazon ebooks and search for ROSKILL, BY NEIL COLEMAN and the rest is easy and cheep. I need reviews and of course, sales!  Just go to my link on my website, www.authorneilcoleman.com
Please pass on the link to your networks. This is a new learning curve for me and unless I push it, nothiing happens!  Thanks for actaully reading this blog.
Neil

Maybe three names in the mix for Labour leadership?

OK, so far so good in the leadership battle for Labour. Keep it this way. Have your ‘primary style’ round and get it right. The three names (Two conformed as at 7am NZ time) and portably one more to come. Let’s assume that we will have Grant Robertson, Shane Jones and David Cunliffe. Unless there are nay late nominations then we have an interesting battle on our hands. All of them have good qualities and for me no one shines out as being ‘better.’ Each will attract a slightly different backing and all are capable of stitching together an opposition that can take on Key, from the moment they are selected.

If they all follow the protocol that the Conference settled on, then there should be little blood on the floor. The only group that can stuff this up is the party members, bitching in the background and possibly the media who will be looking for an ‘angle,’ in the name of nothing more than their own cause---making money, supported by strong anti-Labour interest groups.

National and its lackeys will of course try to portray the battle as more than it is and will do the utmost to discredit any successful candidate. It is in National’s interest to have this so.

Hold fast, Labour and get this behind and get on with being an effective Government in waiting. If you don’t and you let partisan sector, and personality issues rule, then stay where you are; lagging on the polls and hosting a pack of insecure wannabes in the party membership. Rise above those potential hooks and we will see something good in NZ politics. It is the humane frailties that will derail this journey---if you let them!

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Big thanks to all the people who are buying ROSKILL.

It is really frustrating knowing that people are buying (Downloading) ROSKILL, but not knowing how many. I look at the scroll down of EBooks on Amazon, but the numbers are not yet showing up. It looks like no one has brought ROSKILL but I know that's not true because lots of you have been in touch with me and even told me you have reviewed the book. That's OK, because I think that Amazon only update the figures every so often, maybe every 60 days. Once I know the numbers, I shall stick them up on  my blog. Just keep downloading and passing the link to my book (soon to be books!) to your friends who have a Kindle or a reading AP. Go to my website, www.authorneilcoleman.com or search ROSKILL, BY NEIL COLEMAN on Amazon eBooks. Keep [passing on the link. I can only do this by getting the word or asking you to help. NO flash publishing house behind me or some media magnate. It's all about me pushing and you pulling whatever strings you can. Big hugs!

Hell's Pizza, Beerescourt, Hamilton. Great for our familly reunion.

I had a great day in Hamilton, at our family reunion. We had decided that we wanted a hassle-free day so we chose some Hell's Pizza. We pre-ordered three gluten-free large pizzas. When I picked them up  the friendly manager threw in a complimentary gluten-free garlic bread. Sure Hell's pizzas are a bit more expensive than other outlets, but the product is damned good. (The gluten-free option is of course dearer) I thoroughly enjoyed my tiny serving but didn't feel I was missing out. Post bariatric surgery means that I can't eat much of anything, but the quality of the pizza made up for that. My family also enjoyed their pizzas.
Vinny, the manager made us feel welcome. We know where to get our pizzas in Hamilton now.
Good luck to my niece, Kendyl and her partner, Jason. Make the best of your big OE! Keep in touch,
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Here's your chance, Labour. You must make this process open and clean!

So far, Labour hasn't jumped headlong into the personality driven debacles we have witnessed in the past. The rule change made at the last conference could well work in the party's favour, if only the candidates, and equally, their supporters keep to the 'plan.' One only needed to go to Facebook in the past and read the pathetically emotionally charged comments from various supporters, to know that the opposing Governing party  would be jumping with joy. It was a spectacle in itself, reading those statements. What is sad is that these very people expected the public to take the 'battle for the leadership' of the Labour Party seriously, when all they were contributing was a sense that Labour could never get its act together.
OK, enough said on that subject. Now, lets look forward to, and even enjoy the upcoming round of the 'primary-like' events and observe the process of electing a new leader. The 'code of conduct,' should be stuck to rigorously and any candidate veering from it, suffer the consequences.
So far, I have not indicated a preference for any of the possible candidates, because this time, I believe that the process will deliver us someone capable of galvanizing the party into achieving the 'main goal' of giving us a Government that will listen to the people of NZ. Yes, we all know that a certain arrogance can creep in, but have we not learnt enough from past experience to keep pressure on them to keep them honest?
For all of those passionate people, lining up behind their preferred candidate, you too have a part to play; by staying within reasonable bounds and not inflaming the situation. If you do that, you are delivering New Zealand into another three years of the Key-led Government. That is what is at stake-simple!
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