Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1 – 13. alwynpoole.substack.
Please share this Sports Quiz using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our Membership options.
Please share this Sports Quiz using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our Membership options.
Please share this Sports Quiz using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our Membership options.
What is it with the totalitarian mindset that is so obsessed with “health”? In the 1930s, the Nazis and Fascists were obsessed with a cult of the athletic body, which they forced on the public through such state-run programs as Gemeinschaft Kraft durch Freude (“Strength Through Joy”). The Soviets, too,
Holly Thorpe University of Waikato Julie E. Brice California State University, Fullerton theconversation.com The opening match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Auckland was a historic moment for women’s sport in New Zealand – and not just because the Football Ferns upset highly-ranked Norway to win one-nil.
Please share this Sports Quiz using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our Membership options.
Make no mistake: Dan Andrews absolutely will survive the debacle of the Commonwealth Games cancellation. This is Victoria, after all: the Stockholm Syndrome State. The state where a premier mired in multiple scandals and corruption investigations, who unleashed the world’s longest lockdowns and the worst Covid figures in the
It’s been quite the couple of days for the IStandWithDan crowd. If you thought the sight of thousands of North Koreans ecstatically singing, His brilliant ideals represent our goals, the Brilliant Commander’s will is the people’s victory, was the most robotic display of mass indoctrination you’ve
Will losing the Commonwealth Games be Dictator Dan’s last hurrah? In a recent chat on Reality Check Radio, Cam raised the future prospects of Victorian premier, Dan Andrew. I pointed out that his last election victory was far from as emphatic as most think. Much of the heavy swing
Please share this Sports Quiz using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our Membership options.
There’s a reason volleyball – especially its beach variety – and tennis are some of the most-watched women’s sports on television. Of course, the global ubiquity of soccer naturally translates to its top-ranking for televised women’s sports, but – let’s be honest here – men especially are tuning into beach
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Recent Herald articles detail a number of medical ‘incidents’ relating to rugby players. The articles are somewhat confusing and lacking in medical detail but there have been enough reported to be concerned about and for us to have questions. At least
All it took was one game. One game to spark a love affair that’s lasted more than 35 years for Marita Sutherland. The Southland All Blacks mega fan from Dacre, Southland, has a room full of memorabilia, a meticulously curated scrapbook, tattoos and has even named her boys in
Please share this Sports Quiz using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our Membership options.
I’ve not written about the latest cricket controversy, mostly because my interest in cricket sits somewhere around my interest in Married At First Sight, or watching paint dry. But, as the controversy keeps rolling on, the chance to cock a snook at those snooty, hypocritical Poms is just too
