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[Marknz]

TV One soon....

[jimbo600]

Saw that. You really think that the govt will pony up 12.5 million to sponsor MotoGP? Never happen. Govt hates bikes.

Might happen if instead of leathers Rossi and co wore wearable art award pieces and the teams were sponsored by tofu firms.

[Scorpygirl]

Saw it too. Hope the gummint comes to the party!!! Bring it on!!!

[orangeback]

Moto GP in Taupo. Lets hope the goverment dont fuck this one up for us as well , it will bring in a lot ove money to the country,
Id make it my annual tour to the north island every year ,and no many others that would do the same , l loved it when i did Brans Hatch and Doninton in the UK for the supperbikes in 1999-2001 and the TT Wouldnt matter how much it cost id be there.

[cowpoos]

Saw that. You really think that the govt will pony up 12.5 million to sponsor MotoGP? Never happen. Govt hates bikes.
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chocolate rasins??? you on??

[Matt Bleck]

12.5 mil should be a prob for the gubbermint with that record surplus....

[Scorpygirl]

There is already a thread on this.

*Mods please combine*

[jimbo600]

chocolate rasins??? you on??

I'll see your chocolate raisins and raise you a box of Tui.

[Marknz]

potential there for a 5-7 year contract, and it would have to be on either immediately before or after the Phillip Island round. So get your leave apps in now just incase!!

[FROSTY:Me]

not thiss season--but yes maybee next year

[cowpoos]

I'll see your chocolate raisins and raise you a box of Tui.

fuck....you know I'm on..... but remeber....I ain't saying motogp will come.....I'm saying the government will hand out for the event....!!!

[roogazza]

Can't see that happening, If you've ever seen Motogp, the circus is like a small town ! Super model Helen and the Dwarf won't allow it anyway.. G.

[Morepower]

12.5 mil should be a prob for the gubbermint with that record surplus....

Fron tonights budget

The government will invest $76.1 million over four years to fight obesity as Health Minister Pete Hodgson called the problem "our most serious public health challenge."

Not after they spend 76 million on telling us we are too fat. I would have thought the latest reality TV craze (downsize me etc) would have pushed the message well enought for Ch**st sakes.

Plus

The government has funnelled an extra $7.2 million into sport and recreation in Thursday's budget.

Funding will increase from $50.8 million in 2005/06 to almost $58 million in 2006/07.

The package boosts funding for elite athletes, regional sports development and active living programmes administered by Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC).

If you are not some elite lycra clad poof say goodby to any funding. Did I say that I hate athletics....

Now I know why I dont watch the news , its just too upsetting

[yungatart]

If you are not some elite lycra clad poof say goodby to any funding. Did I say that I hate athletics....

Aaah... Steve told me you look really fabulous in lycra - go on, y'know you want to....

[vtec]

Haha, I do athletics, but I'll tell you where the money really goes.... Yachting, rowing, and rugby,

Some goes to athletics, but very few athletes see any of it. You know what the minister for sport and recreation said several months before the commonwealth games. He said why should he bother funding athletes like Nick Willis who won't get medals, when he could fund people who will get medals like Beatrice Faumuina. Just showing you how out of touch the government is.

Nick Willis taking out the 1500m was the best moment of the whole games for the NZ team, I saw it coming a mile away.

Oh well, I'll give them a chance to see if they can really figure out whats best for NZ. Bring on the Motogp's.

This of course ignores the point that a few years ago the government was spending 13 billion a year on benefits, and my personal pet hate.... art bullshit. Te Wananga managed to syphon a few hundred million I think. They were dodgy as. Students didn't have to do shit, but they still claimed funding from the government for courses that nobody went to... All they had to do was get you to sign up, and you got a free computer, you didn't have to attend anything. And they got a whole lot of money from the government. Genius.