new zealand vs west indies, Many people have a strong emotional attachment to the idea of New Zealand vs West Indies. When I was in high school, one of my best friends was from West Indies (at that time, this area was known as Trinidad). He was no fool. He readily admitted that he had always felt more comfortable speaking in English than in his mother tongue (which is a bit different from the English dialect that is spoken in England), and his life had not been a success because of it. The English version of his name was “Elvis” and he changed it to “Ricky” when he got married.
We have always been fiercely loyal to our national identity and have never lost sight of it. But we’ve also seen the benefits of internationalization and have made a conscious effort to learn how other cultures communicate better than we do.
The end result is a mix of things: some things that work well for us – like the way people acknowledge holidays or birthdays in their native languages – are good for us, too; but others are not so helpful, like the way certain words can make you sound silly or weird if you don’t understand them right away (like “Poke” made by someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about).
Here are some examples:
• NZ-English: when you read your NZ news on TV or read an article online, do you get a sense of what sort of language flow you are reading? Answering Yes will probably trigger an image of New Zealanders speaking with Kiwi accents, rather than with Kiwi accents becoming more common over time (like how Indian people used to speak with British accents). This is often true for people who don’t know much about their culture; it isn’t true for everyone though. There is also much debate around which languages can really be considered regional dialects rather than regional languages (the problem being that many regional languages don’t really fit any specific regions).
• WI-English: What happens when you use a word like “poke?” There is no definition or standardized definition so whether it means something stupid or something funny depends on whom you ask. It also depends on context – do we mean foodstuffs like poke? Or do we mean objects? Do we mean food before cooking? What about clothing? Is poke just representative enough to be used as slang by
2: Thoughts on the future of NZ cricket
It is well known that New Zealand National Cricket Team has had a turbulent relationship with its fans. The reason behind this is simple: they don’t like the way New Zealand Cricket treats them.
New Zealand Cricket has stood by the fact that its players are paid handsomely for their services, but it doesn’t seem to think that is enough. In order to make up for the lack of pay, the players have left their domestic team and formed a separate professional league called the Pacific Internationals (PICL). They have managed to stay away from national cricket’s talent drain and attract some highly talented players from across South East Asia. But what the PICL can’t do is convince Kiwi fans that they are still worth watching, which leads to these frequent complaints:
• They don’t sell enough tickets
• They aren’t on TV as much as they should be
• They steal people’s time
• The game isn’t played on time when it should be (it takes longer than a proper game)
But I think all of those things could be fixed if NZC would just give up trying to keep cricket relevant in New Zealand and focus solely on getting rid of those pesky foreigners so we can have more home games. That would be great, right? A bit like how my father used to complain about not being able to catch an overflight at Auckland Airport because he was too busy running around trying to get his kid’s past airport security. The only problem with this strategy is that it wouldn’t work very well unless NZC had some sort of way of getting rid of the foreigners themselves — they can’t just deport them because they represent so many different countries. But if those foreigners were all easier to deport, then perhaps we wouldn’t need a new national league; just one where we got rid of most of them en masse. The solution is yet another hand-wringing about how hard it is for us Kiwis to get our priorities straight and how we need some sort of help from our neighbors — but if only we could figure out how hard it really is for us and then do something about it… New Zealand Cricket needs some sort of solution for its own problems before it can fix anything for others. And I believe there are plenty of ways in which cricket could help NZC solve its problems without requiring any kind of special treatment from
3: Thoughts on an NZ coach and the role they play in developing players
The NZ national team coach, the NZ selectors, and the NZ coaching fraternity have all had a blip on their radar screen this week.
Don’t get me wrong: I love NZ, and I think it is a great place to live. But it’s not quite right to say that our country is some sort of miniature Disneyland, where you can come to work all day and never hear a word about anything other than rugby and beer (or maybe just beer). It’s not just that we don’t own very many tanks, or that we don’t burn people at the stake for heresy.
I certainly wasn’t expecting to write about New Zealanders in this particular context (I was expecting something more in line with South Africa or Zambia). So I thought I would share some thoughts on what I see as an interesting topic for discussion.
The first thing I want to say is that this is actually a good time in New Zealand rugby — partly because of what is happening at the club level but also because there are opportunities for top players abroad. As a result of these factors, there has been an increase in interest from overseas coaches looking at the opportunities available in New Zealand and players who have been playing overseas are now returning home (this is especially true of back-rowers and loose forwards). If we look at recent history — even if you take out one World Cup — only one loose forward has played overseas since 2004; three scrum-halves have played overseas since 2006; one tight head (the first since 2001) has played overseas since 2007; 10 flankers haven’t played overseas since 2009; two halfback positions haven’t played overseas since 2011…
In fact, if we look at how New Zealanders have done internationally over the past decade:
New Zealand: Overall – 4th most successful countries – 6 tries per game – 7 tries per game – 2 scoring tries per game – 1 scoring try the per game – 1 yellow card per game
South Africa: Overall – 20th most successful countries – 3 tries per game – 7 tries per game — 1 yellow card per game
Australia: Overall – 8th most successful countries – 5 tries per game — 0 yellow cards per game — 0 scoring tries or goals
England: Overall – 15th most successful countries – 7 tries per game — 0 yellow cards — 0 scoring tries or goals Australia 4th Most Successful Countries Most Successful Countries
4: A look at some of the young players that have been successful (or not)
New Zealand is one of the smallest countries in the world, but it’s also one of the most successful. We are lucky to have a thriving startup scene.
But it’s worth looking at some of the things that have helped make us so successful:
There is an obvious parallel to Australia here, but we’re not quite there yet. In Australia, startup success is often measured by dollars per employee (it was $1.5 million in 2012). In New Zealand, success has been measured by dollars per capita (it was US$50,000 per person in 2010). This is not necessarily an issue as long as you are able to pay your staff well and attract quality people. It’s not necessarily an issue if you have a small country with a highly-skilled population, although this can be a problem if you try to do too much.
But that brings us back to the differences between Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand startups are usually small companies focused on their own product or service; we tend to focus on what we can do for other people (for example through our NGO work). Australia tends to be much bigger and more multiplatform; we tend to focus on what we can do for other people (for example through our NGO work).
And that means different needs at different scales: high-growth or high-value products require very different approaches than those focused on low-value products or services for which scale is less of an issue.
Lastly, note that New Zealand does not follow “SaaS” as Silicon Valley does. The main focus here is a more traditional enterprise software and services like .Net; ServiceNow/Salesforce/ERP suites are also popular here but they aren’t part of SaaS marketplaces like AWS/G Suite/LinkedIn etc., though some startups now start using them as a way of getting into SaaS marketplace territory (e.g., Booking Systems). Meanwhile, NZ seems very interested in “angel funding”: 100% equity returns upward of 10x over time are common here — this is probably because it has better investment laws than elsewhere in the world!
5: A look at some of the old players that
There is an old saying: “The past is a foreign country.” Certainly, there are some pretty interesting features and innovations that are unique to the New Zealand market (like your helmet) and the UK market (the famous sash on the top of hats), but most of what we have to offer is familiar and very much down to earth.
This was always a problematic area for me. I loved my time spent living in New Zealand — particularly Auckland, where I got to see the beautiful side of NZ culture both as a tourist and a resident — but at the same time, I felt like I was missing out on some of the more exciting things going on off-shore. The best example of this was probably drunk driving (not only does it hurt other people, but it also hurts us). When you come from such a different context you don’t really know what it’s like to be drunk driving, right?
But now there are some interesting new entrants into this space. Two examples: WestJet and Virgin Atlantic. Both have their own brands, but they both offer something very similar in terms of service and experience. Both have been around for decades already (though Virgin Atlantic has recently been acquired by Delta).
Both offer flights internationally, which are often cheaper than flying domestically for domestic travelers (this is because airfares are more expensive when booked internationally).
Both fly from either Vancouver or Toronto to Auckland — though since New Zealanders aren’t all that big on international air travel, most people fly from one city to another via trans-Tasman flights rather than between cities — making this a perfect example of niche markets versus standard products. Both airlines also serve other destinations around NZ/NZW as well: Wellington, Palmerston North, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington International Airport, Christchurch International Airport, Queenstown Airport.
Both airlines also offer nonstop flights within NZ (something which couldn’t be said about any other airline at the time) with direct connections at airports outside Auckland or Wellington; these flights can be booked through their websites or through agents who will book them through WestJet or Virgin Atlantic respectively. This allows New Zealander travelers who might not otherwise consider flying international/off-the-shelf tickets to do so relatively inexpensively given that they can get direct domestic connections instead of having to change planes multiple times en route. And if you are planning on doing so much traveling over just a few
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