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A kiwi branding expert is calling for countries who are opposed to the All Blacks’ haka to ask their fans to decide if they want to see it.

Dr Mike Lee, of Auckland University’s Business School, was responding to scathing criticism from Sunday Times journalist Stephen Jones who wrote at the weekend that while it once was a loved “theatrical affair”, opposition to it was now growing.

Jones believed anti-haka feeling was due largely to New Zealand’s preciousness around how other countries responded to it while Lee believed he was simply suffering from an “inferiority complex” because Britain lacked anything similar.

“If some countries think it’s such a big deal, why don’t they just ask ticket purchasers to vote on whether they want to see the All Blacks do the haka live before a game or not.”

More at The NZ Herald.

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I’m all for signage that states the bloody obvious. Get’s the message through loud and clear, I reckon.

Here is the Murray-Darling Basin Authority under fire for releasing its water report without community consultation and in the absence of a full assessment of the economic impacts of what it is proposing…

Yet another example of why my friend, common sense, is now rolling in its grave.

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1. No one can run your day without your permission.
2. Most people will be about as happy as they decide to be.
3. Others can stop you temporarily, but only you can do it permanently.
4. Whatever you are willing to put up with is exactly what you will have.
5. Success stops when you do.
6. When your ship comes in, make sure you are willing to unload it.
7. You will never “have it all together”.
8. Life is a journey, not a destination. Enjoy the trip!
9. The biggest lie on the planet: “When I get what I want I will be happy.”
10. The best way to escape your problem is to solve it.
11. I’ve learned that ultimately ”takers” lose and “givers” win.
12. Life’s precious moments don’t have value unless they are shared.
13. If you don’t start, it’s certain you won’t arrive.
14. We often fear the thing we want the most.
15. Yesterday was the deadline for all complaints.
16. Look for opportunities not guarantees.
17. Life is what’s coming, not what was.
18. Success is getting up one more time.
19. Now is the most interesting time of all.
20. When things go wrong, don’t go with them.
21. Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.
22. A person who asks a question might be a fool for five minutes, but a person who doesn’t ask is a fool forever.
23. A best friend is like a four leaf clover. Hard to find and lucky to have.
24. I don’t have to attend every argument I’m invited to.
25. Our eyes are placed in front because it is more important to look ahead than to look behind.

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Blimin’ dolphins. It’s all their fault. Just ask Flipper.

A woman is suing a Chicago-area zoo for a 2008 fall near a dolphin exhibit, accusing zookeepers of encouraging the mammals to splash water and then failing to protect spectators from wet surfaces, local media reported on Thursday.

In her suit filed earlier this week, Allecyn Edwards said she was injured while walking near an exhibit at Brookfield Zoo, where a group of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins were performing, media said.

Officials “recklessly and willfully trained and encouraged the dolphins to throw water at the spectators in the stands, making the floor wet and slippery,” but failed to post warning signs or lay down protective mats or strips, the suit said, according to the reports.

Edwards is demanding more than $50,000 for lost wages, medical expenses and emotional trauma from the Chicago Zoological Society and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, which operate the zoo in Chicago’s southwest suburbs.

The suit was filed in Illinois’ Circuit Court of Cook County.

Clearly she is bored and has too much time on her hands.

Don’t believe it? Agree that the world is going crazy? See it for yourself at Reuters.

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