micheal_warren

I would love the World Cup to go to Ireland or Italy. South Africa will probably be a favourite to win though.

Its a shame there wont be a 2016 edition. I always look forward to this book coming out.

Lets hope you are right. The alternative doesnt bear thinking about.

Looking good. Below is a pic from the New Zealand portion of the Olympic Village.

Still a lot of work to do at the Valedrone!

Hello. Yes to be honest I really miss TVNZ coverage of the Olympic Games. As part of my phd I have interviewed many of those commentators who New Zealanders grew up with over many years. Including Keith Quinn, John McBeth and Brendan Telfer. They were and are professionals. The anchors Peter Williams and Geoff Bryan who fronted coverage for many Olympic Games have also been interviewed. The standard of coverage from Prime in 2012 was poor in my opinion. Sky has the ability to run 10 channels so a lot of sport is coverage which is a plus. TVNZ were extremely good at coverage a wide range of events and could be trusted to ensure that New Zealander's competing were on tv. Unfortunately Prime Television is not up to standard and in 2102 we had rowing coverage of C finals with no new Zealanders competing. I have TVNZ full coverage from Beijing (over 200 hours) and Prime's Coverage of 2012 (A similar amount of coverage) and Beijing's coverage is much better. They had the knowledge and facts. Prime's coverage had front men who didnt have the knowledge and made many mistakes.

Water quality is an issue that continues to bubble up. It really needs to be cleaned up and sorted!

I really like TVNZ's intro for 2000.

They might have come a long way over the past year but there is still a way to go I think. I am not saying that they wont be ready, just that I think there is quite a bit of work still to be done!

looks a long way to go even thought it I just over a year to go to the games start!

Paris will be tough to beat!

These adverts by 7 were brilliant

Exactly!

Absolutely there have been many stretching right back!

This is good news. Lets hope things will improve now. Its going to be a tough job for the person who takes up the role as President. Good luck to them