Clik here to view.
Return to quake city
By Insider – Jock Phillips The sun was out; the new leaves on the oaks were a brilliant green; and the huge chestnut trees were covered in tufts of white flowers. Christchurch’s Hagley Park in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Laughing through it all
By Insider – Jock Phillips It is strangely revealing that of all the Fanzones and REAL New Zealand Festival offerings that I have visited over the past month, only in Christchurch, city of quakes, city...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Earthquake in Chile – in Christchurch
By Insider – Jock Phillips For the third time in three days I have just had an interesting theatrical experience which was not in a theatre – ‘The Complete History of World Rugby (Abridged)‘ was on a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fun in North Hagley Park
By Insider – Jock Phillips Webb Ellis trophy at Fanzone It was a message on my cellphone which inspired this post. Jackie Hay, a good friend and the inspired organiser of this blogging trip, asked if...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Black and Blue
By Insider – Jock Phillips My title could refer to the bodies of the Wallaby rugby team, but it does not. It refers to the colours of the two teams which will meet at Eden Park on Sunday night. So I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rugby heroes, rugby villains
By Insider – Jock Phillips Put together a case of old jerseys, cups, programmes and tickets; throw in a couple of panels about heroes of the past; add a scrummaging or a kicking-a-goal interactive;...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Something for everyone
By Insider – Jock Phillips We are now into the business end of the World Cup. The hordes of Irish and Scottish and Argentinian and English and Italian fans in their campervans have gone home, licking...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bringing the country to the city
By Insider – Jock Phillips There was a time when all of us Kiwis had the soil of the country in our finger nails. We had rellies in the country where we spent our summer holidays; and even if we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Everyone’s an All Black supporter
By Insider – Jock Phillips It’s midday on the day of THE BIG GAME. The countdown really began at Kiri Te Kanawa’s concert last night when the great soprano welcomed everyone to a ‘celebration’; and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The party’s over
By Insider – Jock Phillips Almost everyone was dressed up – French supporters with tricolour wigs, rooster hats, and red, white and blue drapes; Kiwis almost all in black, with silver hats, fern...
View Article
