Well, s'up guys, as we welcome to all our readers here in New Zealand & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning into my Kiwiavenger blog but first, there has been over 45,000 casualties reported during that dreadful war between Israel & Hamas which is still going at the moment which began on October 7th, 2023 in Gaza which is the modern day iteration of the tragic events of September 11th, 2001 which happened in America in which the nation was under attack when the US declared the war on terror that lasted where they began to invade countries, such as Afghanistan & Iraq until 2021 with the end of the Afghanistan war in for it was a stark reminder, during that genocide with 250 hostages being kept in captivity with the Israelis currently on a mission to rescue the hostages but why are they always been doing terrible things after the US are spending millions of dollars in their aid package & then they start murdering innocent civilians in war torn zones with Israelis asking every Palestinian in Gaza to evacuate, & I mean, that's literally rubbish, absolute ludicrous but, oh this is terrible stuff going on there, while in Syria that the rebel soldiers are searching for troops who served under the Assad regime that had fallen last year & urged/warned citizens who are civilians to remain at their homes in the aftermath of the 13 year civil war that concluded with the fall of Bashar al-Assad as the leader of the country, & it was in 2011 that popular discontent with the rule of al-Assad triggered large-scale protests & pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring protests in the region which resulted in a clamp down of pro-democracy stuff in which the civil war began which had 528,500 lost their lives in that cruel struggle.
And what a great year that was last year, especially the sporting success we had such as the Paris Summer Games in which we won a record 10 gold medals as the New Zealand Olympic team broke the previous all-time record set in Los Angeles in 1984 with 8 (But the key highlight for me was Hamish Kerr (One of 3 New Zealand sporting heroes alongside fellow golden boy Finn Butcher & an All White currently playing for an English club of Nottingham Forest competing in the Premier League, Chris Wood) winning the high jump in which he beat American competitor Shelby McEwen who had to settle for the silver, in a jump off to decide the outcome of securing gold & cement an iconic piece of New Zealand sporting history, to say the least), then the America's Cup of course as well with Team New Zealand (The 5 time champions of the Auld Mug (One of the most successful teams in America's Cup history during the modern era (We were late starters in 1986-87 therefore or country's involvement into the America's Cup began, inspired by the Aussie success that they had over the United States in 1983), the most by a non-American syndicate by far who joined the likes of the Black Caps, the White Ferns, women's K4 sprint, women's K2 sprint, Brooke Francis & Lucy Spoors, & the Black Ferns sevens) setting a new record of becoming the first syndicate to win 3 times in a row in modern history, therefore we dominated the last 3 America's Cups starting from Bermuda in 2017, then continuing on in Auckland on home waters in 2021 & now Barcelona last year in which the comment I remember from the current day voice of sailing of Stephen McIvor that we produced a Mediterranean masterclass, & then the Black Caps memorable test series win over India on Indian soil for the first time ever in one of the most test cricket series wins for New Zealand of all-time, & the White Ferns finally becoming champions of the world of women's cricket, in the T20 format in that epic final against South Africa women in Dubai in the UAE with Mellie Kerr (Who joined the likes of fellow successful New Zealand Olympic heroines such as Dame Lisa Carrington, Lydia Ko, Sarah Hirini, Risi Pouri-Lane & Ellesse Andrews) earned a place in sporting history as she was the most standout player of the tournament as well as producing a bit of magic as she was named standout player of the final for her all-round performance needless to say.
And I saw Wendy (Sister of Tania Phillips & one of Pops cuzzies who currently lives in Dunedin in the Otago region for I have not seen her since 2022) & her husband Michael (Whose into the Eagles & Netflix for which I'm always not interested at) at Rutland Arms in which me & Pops turned up late because it was supposed to be half past 8, but I had a great meal there, especially the big breakfast we had but with no bread & hashbrowns, & what a beauty it was (Although we had a bit of banter between the married couple for which I literally enjoyed except that we turned up late as a result, but we had visitors come to Rutland such as Pops old mate from Ardmore Teachers College days such as Val & his wife Shelley on the 13th of January this year).
And finally I had a decent Christmas over there at Dad's place (Compared to 2023 where I was in Northland with Carole & Pops spending time over there at Kathryn's place with her & Ken as well as the 2 dogs of Yodi & Daisy), especially the food that I love as well as the presents (But my main one such as the physical copy of the Rugby Challenge 4 game on the PS4 (Dad told me that it was out of stock here so it was available abroad straight out of the UK) didn't arrive so I'll definitely wait because it takes a week or a fortnight to sort it out)
So that is my 588th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 12th of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.
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