Associate Minister for the Rugby World Cup
So what are the duties of the Associate Minister for the Rugby World Cup? My guesses are:
- Reserving the good seats
- Official tour guide for English WAGs
- Talent Scout for the Parliamentary Rugby Team
- 10% commission on corporate box sales
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Tags: Gerry Brownlee, Rugby World Cup
November 18th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
The first priority of the rugger Minister must be to ban all yarpies from the kitchen.
November 18th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Gerry can patrol the grandstands and eject the troublemakers…. he has some experience in this
November 18th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Oh come on, this is satirical isn’t it, don’t tell me we have a minister for the Rugby World Cup, AND an associate minister? Or if we do, it is nothing more than a welcome bit of humor in the parliamentary situation……?
November 18th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Umm, no we do have a Minister and an Associate Minister. I am sure the official response will be that we have an Associate Minister to link into the Economic Development portfolio, so that NZ can get maximum economic benefit from the RWC.
November 18th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
I do laugh at all these associate ministries – their organisation chart must look like a real mess. How long before someone comes in and sorts it out with some clear lines of responsibility & accountability
November 18th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
I think it’s been done as a hoot. John Key must be laughing all the way to the sauna over the associateships he’s created to make up the numbers. I expect to hear about an ‘executive cabinet’ in about six months so the tough decisions can be made, in the meantime he’s keeping everyone close and busy – just like a good CEO in his first few months while he comes to grips with the machinations of the new business.
November 18th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
according to the press conference, we have a deputy and an associate…
November 18th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
The Associate Minister has an allocation of 10 seats (in a Corporate Box) to be dished out to whoever accurately predicts the number of days Phil Goff lasts as Opposition Leader.
I am reliably informed that a senior member of his caucus is picking the Ids of March while others are opting for I April 2009.
November 18th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
I’m waiting for the Ministry of silly walks, there’s a few around here that would make excellent staff members, just have to add beer.
November 18th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Maybe one of their primary concern should be that the fans (from all countries) don’t get f*cked over. I have just come back from watching the ABs in Dublin and the official tickets we bought online from NZRU and Sports Tickets International Limited were marked up 46%. If they sold 5000 tickets a game and our tickets were the average price then they are making close to TWO MILLION NEW ZEALAND DOLLARS in mark-ups!
I have been in contact with NZRU (they never replied) and STIL. STIL say that there are a lot of costs involved in selling tickets and some money goes back to the development of NZ rugby. I have now asked them the following question several times:
They haven’t replied. This whole thing feels like a scam and loyal AB fans are being ripped off by paying scalpers prices for official tickets!
The rest fo the details are on my blog:
http://www.hubbers.com/blog/index.php/massive-unexplained-mark-up-on-all-black-tickets-brought-from-sports-tickets-international-limited/
November 18th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
1 RWC Associate Minister’s job will be to tease Trev Mallard about what he’s missing out on.
2 hubbers (10:39pm)… now you know why Steve Tew and the NZRU tried to come down so hard on AB ticket scalpers last year – the NZRU doesn’t want any competition.
November 19th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Three seats will need to be reserved. One for the Associate Minister and two for Gerry.
November 19th, 2008 at 9:15 am
STIL (if I am correct), operate out of a grubby little office at the back of ASB towers in Wellington.
They are “endorsed’ by the NZRFU i.e. a subsidiary or a backhanding organisation who make loads of cash by “accessing ticket allocations” and marking them up and flogging them or via packages with their mates at Williment travel.
Brownlee won’t bash his missus as our previous Minister for the World Cup was alledged to do.
[DPF: 20 demerits - that's defamatory]
November 19th, 2008 at 11:09 am
The best way to see the Wellington games is going to be through some capitalists banding together and renting a corporate box from RWC. On the basis that there will be just 16 shares in the box, and it will be available for the whole day (in other words, an appropriate business meeting could be held there in the morning and the ‘extra’ time used for recreational purposes as it has no incremental cost), are there any out there who would like to join the Committee for Retiring Unmanageably Gratuitous Bylaws Year-on-year ? The committee will operate on a not-for-profit basis, and will focus, at its first meeting, on gaining an understanding of the bylaws restricting public access to places that no longer exist.
November 19th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Nice one expat. Not only was that similar to “have you stopped beating your wife yet” – it was actually “have you stopped beating your wife yet. Are there extra VRWC points for being so literal?
November 19th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I wonder if one of them will have a last minute brainwave to build and new stadium (uncosted ) at taxpayer expense on the Auckland waterfront.
November 19th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Insert a Steinie bottle into a visiting VIP.