Advert for Wellington
December 11th, 2008 at 9:06 am by David FarrarA very cool 42 below style advert for Wellington, intended for Australians. It’s great.
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December 11th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Mmm, thats almost a tourism ad. Is it intended to intice people to visit Wellington or make them want to avoid the place?
Although the comments about people leaving cause the gummint didnt give them any money resounds of the neo communist thinking we’ve just voted out. So I suppose it was made by an ad agency used to gummint contracts.
Vote:December 11th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Didn’t realise Robbie had put on so much weight since he moved to Oz. Too many barbies I guess and too many drinkies to drown his sorrow.
Vote:December 11th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I like it. Think it refers to all New Zealand actually.
Once upon a time I applied for an literary Arts grant and submitted a novel to New Zealand publishers and agents. Talk about a closed shop, big fish in the small pond mentality.
The Arts grants go to the already successful writers or rarely the new ones that suck up to the small tea party conservative group of literary people.
It is no wonder all talented people leave New Zealand. But when they become successful, New Zealand proudly boasts that they were from New Zealand.
And then New Zealand goes why are people leaving?
A beautiful and clean (sort of) country full of conservative, judgmental and boring, people, the bloody Maoris who deep down hate every one and deep down every non-Maori hates and now a lot of Asians and Muslims. I do miss the soft beauty though.
Exterminate all the people and fill it with Aussies? Not a bad idea.
Good on ya mate!
Vote:December 11th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
hell Robert, get a life. I am happy people are leaving – they may have goods reasons (want to get ahead) but it just leaves more space for me. I have lived overseas and travelling overseas to most parts of the globe – the food here is bloody fantastic, the scenery awesome (I am a keen tramper) and the politics suitably aggravating (at least until National got elected). Who the hell wants to be another Australia. I prefer to keep NZ a big secret that only the really smart people (ie us) know about.
Vote:December 11th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
FFS just don’t tell the Aussies about Auckland.
Vote:Matter of fact, don’t tell Wellingtonians about Auckland.
December 11th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
@ Kevin
Don’t worry, I will come back after I am famous, will be claimed as a Kiwi and lap up all the Arts grants.
Vote:December 11th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Getting an Arts grant is like getting a mortgage from the bank, they’ll happily give you the money as long as you can prove you don’t actually need it.
Vote:December 12th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Steve
Been there
Vote:Got the t-shirt
breathed the pollution
won’t go there again