Have you ever seen boy racers interviewed on TV? They really don't tend to come across well.... ....They appeared so stupid as to make me fear for our future as a nation...

Maybe so. But maybe the problem is that it was on TV - Are the kids interviewed on Holmes truly representative of 'boy racers', or do they perpetuate the image of stupid, scary, dirty teenage boys driving deathtraps that sells more papers / advertising / get's more clicks / replies...

Have you ever seen an interview with a nice kid who goes to school and loves his mum :-) but happens to love cars, and driving round town with his friends is his idea of a good time? They must exist.

Stop the interviewing on TV - Start talking to the kids when and where they are comfortable, using a relevant medium. I may be 33 but I recognise that this is probably online through msg board, blog and/or sms.

Happy to help.

Simple suggestion - Ask the kids what they think

Everyone's going on and on (including alot of people in this blog - and now me...) about how to solve the boy racers problem, youth drinking culture, etc etc ad nauseum but from my memory as a troubled youth I didn't pay much attention to my parents, and least of all what the 'authorities' thought.

And this was due, largely, because they didn't ask me what I thought.

Just a suggestion.

One quick question for your esteemed readers.

Why does NZ only get credit for only 337 Runs? They were tied for 336, and then Mccullum hit a 4 so shouldn't they get 340. This would make it an even greater victory for NZ, and an even higher score in NZ for the record books.

And what's weirder - the batsman gets credit for 4.

What's up with that?

I agree about the daftness of the Weekend Herald ('s story about Don Brash taking a holiday) and I think Mikey Roberts said it best on BFM breakfast this morning

...the Herald is using cleaners to write stories over the holiday period...

or words to that effect.

At first I was against the building a stadium at the waterfront, thinking it was a waste of what is some of the most beautiful harbourside land in the world.

But after listening to all the palaver going on between all the unbiased parties, I have changed my mind for one simple reason.

It's better than nothing because I believe if the stadium is not built now - then nothing will never happen at the waterfront.

So, if it is designed well, can be completed on time and won't sink into the harbour like Atlantis, then I am 100% behind the building of Stadium Aotearoa at the Auckland waterfront.