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Post by sloopjohnb on May 31, 2022 10:43:55 GMT 12
Most countries don't have a "chief puppeteer" ........but the strings are getting tangled and will get chopped.
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Post by Fogg on May 31, 2022 17:02:00 GMT 12
In response to OH comment that nobody cares about covid. We have just returned from Rarotonga. The same applies there. No restrictions and nobody appears to care. Life goes on as normal. Same here in India. Normal everywhere except on flights and in the hospitals. Otherwise BAU. |
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Post by em on May 31, 2022 18:43:47 GMT 12
Was just discussing this with my partner and she’s from the UK …she reminded me that the UK and NZ have a pretty relaxed visa arrangement . iwh.co.nz/uk-options/uk-visa-information/maybe that’s why NZ universities have been left off the list ? |
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Post by Fogg on May 31, 2022 19:56:25 GMT 12
I feel it’s more likely that NZ’s unis aren’t regarded as good enough to make the list - which was originally the Sunday Times global top 50 universities - which the UK govt has adopted for this scheme.
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Post by em on May 31, 2022 20:50:09 GMT 12
I feel it’s more likely that NZ’s unis aren’t regarded as good enough to make the list - which was originally the Sunday Times global top 50 universities - which the UK govt has adopted for this scheme. Yeah well they are pretty shit really . I went to Auckland uni in the 90s on a fake student ID for years , very cheap drinks and intelligent good looking women to talk to about Kevlar sails and the like . |
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Post by Fogg on May 31, 2022 23:25:51 GMT 12
But I’m sure that at some point in the last 20 yrs since I arrived in NZ that at least one NZ uni (Auckland?) made it onto the radar of global tier 1s. I remember a friend’s daughter having graduated from NZ applying for a PhD at Oxford and getting in partly due to her good alumni status ie a 1st from Auckland Uni I think it was.
But that seems to have dropped away.
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Post by ComfortZone on May 31, 2022 23:57:46 GMT 12
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Post by ComfortZone on Jun 1, 2022 0:03:12 GMT 12
But I’m sure that at some point in the last 20 yrs since I arrived in NZ that at least one NZ uni (Auckland?) made it onto the radar of global tier 1s. I remember a friend’s daughter having graduated from NZ applying for a PhD at Oxford and getting in partly due to her good alumni status ie a 1st from Auckland Uni I think it was. But that seems to have dropped away. I attended Engineering School at Auckland Uni in the early 80's. I remember during my time there asking Prof Peter Jackson (no, not the film director  , the fluid mechanics guru) after he returned from sabbatical in the US how AUES compared with institutions such as MIT and he answered surprisingly well. Alot of the technical advances behind NZ's international yachting success originated from students who attended around that time. |
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Post by Fogg on Jun 1, 2022 4:15:09 GMT 12
Just extended our stay in India.
NZ coming into winter and Europe going down the pan suddenly makes India look more appealing 😳
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Post by ComfortZone on Jun 1, 2022 23:33:29 GMT 12
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Post by OLD ROPE 👀 on Jun 2, 2022 3:29:07 GMT 12
Just extended our stay in India. NZ coming into winter and Europe going down the pan suddenly makes India look more appealing 😳 Aye!? Don't believe the spin. Europe is still great. This is what €6 euros buys you at Froiz. That's NZD$ 9bucks. .. just the wine would be that in Jacindagrad. Rioja red wine,4 croissants, 6 mandarins, bag of peanuts, 1.5L aqua congas, 6 nut bars,  |
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Post by OLD ROPE 👀 on Jun 2, 2022 3:45:12 GMT 12
Most countries don't have a "chief puppeteer" ........but the strings are getting tangled and will get chopped. Problem is. ... The Ardern supporters / fucking idiots still number a big a number especially when tmyiu add the green morons, and the Maori racist party. Let's face it NZ if Rooted. . .. unless they are voted out and the dumb policies are reversed . |
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Post by Fogg on Jun 2, 2022 18:37:17 GMT 12
Just extended our stay in India. NZ coming into winter and Europe going down the pan suddenly makes India look more appealing 😳 Aye!? Don't believe the spin. Europe is still great. This is what €6 euros buys you at Froiz. That's NZD$ 9bucks. .. just the wine would be that in Jacindagrad. Rioja red wine,4 croissants, 6 mandarins, bag of peanuts, 1.5L aqua congas, 6 nut bars, View AttachmentThat’s an intense breakfast 😊 Looks like something I’ve seen the Spanish police consume as a mid-morning snack whilst patrolling the rural mountain villages! |
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Post by OLD ROPE 👀 on Jun 3, 2022 0:57:56 GMT 12
That’s an intense breakfast 😊 Looks like something I’ve seen the Spanish police consume as a mid-morning snack whilst patrolling the rural mountain villages! that's snacks on the Camino Portuguese spiritual variente. |
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Post by OLD ROPE 👀 on Jun 3, 2022 1:00:22 GMT 12
Most countries don't have a "chief puppeteer" ........but the strings are getting tangled and will get chopped. Problem is. ... The Ardern supporters / fucking idiots still number a big a number especially when tmyiu add the green morons, and the Maori racist party. Let's face it NZ if Rooted. . .. unless they are voted out and the dumb policies are reversed . sorry about the spelling.. that's what you get when posting after a lunch that includes Vino 🤯 |
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, the fluid mechanics guru) after he returned from sabbatical in the US how AUES compared with institutions such as MIT and he answered surprisingly well. Alot of the technical advances behind NZ's international yachting success originated from students who attended around that time.