Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger (And it has been 25 years since the tragic, dreadful events of 9/11 had happened when at that moment which the American city of New York located in the state of New York (Otherwise known as the Empire state) in the United States was under attack from these damn terrorists, even though with al-Qaeda (The terrorist organisation) being responsible for the attacks that 4 planes were hijacked, both had been crashed into both the World Trade Centre towers, as well as one crashed into the Pentagon, & the other crashed into the wooded zone in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the world was stunned & shocked as both tragedy & disaster had been struck when the Bush administration waged their war on terror as they invaded both Afghanistan until 2021 (A year before that dreadful invasion since 2022 had started, in the midst of a backdrop between the COVID pandemic), & Iraq until 2011 (Same year that famous terrorist of Bin Laden got shot, & killed by these US Navy SEAL troops in Pakistan) also when those troops had to pull out at the last minute, but I do exactly remember a comment from the late Carole herself when September 11th had happened back in 2001 that she alluded to her son Andy who is still alive that they're both going to be alright, & yes that I was shock & awe when it happened when I was in school back then at Raetihi Primary (And Pops was at Aramoho School as the principal also then at the time), as the rest was history), but first in motor racing that Formula One's 5 week break is over, as Miami, Florida, gets set to host the highly anticipated Miami Grand Prix for which will be F1's first race since the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka near Nagoya last time out, which was won by world championship leader of young promising Italian driver Kimi Antonelli who is in charge where he took victory in China, while his Mercedes teammate, & the winner of the Australian Grand Prix, as well as title favourite of Britain's George Russell is trailing behind Antonelli in terms of the points fight (While Mercedes-AMG is leading the constructors championship ahead of Ferrari, but the defending constructors champions of McLaren is starting to find their competitive mood during their defence of the constructors crown, after they failed to impress in the first 2 rounds before making significant upgrades in the most recent Grand Prix in Japan, but like I said before that Mercedes are back to 2014-20 levels in terms of dominating the first 3 races of the new season) before the cancellations of both the Bahrain & Saudi Arabian GP's due to that certain U.S. led invasion of Iran that began after that late Iranian supreme leader got slain on the last day of February meaning that a war has begun, but there will be mid-season loophole changes to their constructor's cars since the 5 week break was in place, while all of the constructors with their drivers had been testing throughout at the Nürburgring circuit in Germany just to prepare for Miami which is due on the weekend of the 1st to the 3rd of May (And there has been an update as the young Italian competitor of Kimi Antonelli dominates the Miami Grand Prix with a win, his 3rd in a row after starting from pole as he maintains his world championship lead to 20 points behind his nearest rival of his Mercedes teammate George Russell in terms of the championship fight, but the defending world champion of Britain's Lando Norris (Who won the sprint race in that Antonelli got penalised for it) in the McLaren, has finished in a solid 2nd behind the race winner as he moves up to 4th in the standings during his title defence, while for Aussie driver Oscar Piastri (Lando's teammate) who rounded out the podium to finish in 3rd (And unfortunately for our own Kiwi of Liam Lawson (Who drives for RB Racing Bulls), as he had to retire from the race as he got a DNF for example earlier on in the race for which was damn unlucky for him).
And secondly in rugby that Sky Sport are going to show an old Super Rugby match from the archives/vault back in 2010 that was during the Super 14 era when the Hurricanes took to the field when they squared off against the Crusaders in our nation's capital of Wellington in a thrilling tussle (And I did see a YouTube clip of it the day before April 29th, where the match had ended in a draw, before seeing it on Sky Sport a day later where I saw famous All Blacks playing for the 2 franchises such as Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Kieran Read, Brad Thorn, Owen Franks, & Sam Whitelock for the Crusaders, while the Hurricanes had Piri Weepu, Ma'a Nonu, Conrad Smith, Cory Jane, Victor Vito, & Aaron Cruden because of the players that I remember watching it on TV back then), in anticipation of the match taking place on May 1st for which should be a classic between both NZ titans who clash between the two sides there on that night such as the table toppers, & the defending champions at Hnry Stadium to open round 12 of this year's Super Rugby Pacific competition (And there are other matches that I'm watching on the 2nd of May, such as the Fijian Drua playing the Highlanders at a stadium called Four R Stadium which hosted a Super Rugby Pacific match previously for that was against the Brumbies earlier on in Ba over in Fiji, followed by Moana Pasifika who lock horns with the Blues in Albany in what is to be the last ever Battle of the 09 as Moana is expected to be defunct following this season).
And thirdly in gaming that I started to play PS Remote Play again on the 27th of April since a while ago, but that time with the 8.5 version since the 9.0 version was unplayable meaning that it crashed just after a minute, & the game that I played was Gran Turismo 7 (I was racing a Honda powered Super Formula car from 2023, then both the fictional F3500-B & F3500-A cars that is inspired by early 90's Formula One (And today this morning that I was playing the F3500-B once first at Circuit Sainte-Croix layout B (F3500-B - One Make), then the F3500-A twice on both Tokyo Expressway South Counterclockwise (F3500-A - One Make), & Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (Formula 90s) circuits respectively so I can get the daily workout reward, but I finally manage to get the Alfa Romeo 155 2.5 V6 TI Group 4 race car on April 26th that it is available at that time after months of waiting for it to buy, especially at the legends car dealership) on the PS5 for which I always play every day along with Grand Theft Auto IV (I played the vanilla GTA IV version on April 28th that I always engage in a police shootout that evokes memories of that dreadful invasion since 2022, then I played the Ballad of Gay Tony expansion pack a day later on the 29th for which I do a gang wars sub mission where I shoot towards the gangs, then the police that has drawn parallels to the Iran conflict that they're still having along with that shocking war since 2022 (And being a troop who is thrusted onto the battle on the front lines of an invasion, is like doing gaming stuff according to that dreadful American leader at a White House press conference) on the Xbox 360 via backwards compatibility on my Xbox Series X, but I skip the update, then I always pair the device every time I boot it up on my laptop.
And finally that the new 30,000 capacity Te Kaha Stadium in Christchurch (In which the Super Round that was a success story had completed without any further but major incident, but Auckland is in position to pinch it from Christchurch of hosting the Super Round next year (And there is a possibility of an ANZAC Day Bledisloe rugby test match between the Wallabies & the All Blacks being on the cards also next year after being originally convinced of not hosting one) that is World Cup year according to several sports news reports lately) that had opened already recently (Construction got underway in 2022, 4 years before completion), should be New Zealand's national stadium after all because of that ground could be better than the 50,000 capacity Eden Park (Which is New Zealand's unofficial national stadium that was redeveloped back in 2010 in time for the 2011 men's Rugby World Cup tournament) for which had been opened in 1900 as the main rugby ground as well as limited overs cricket now (Compared to Hnry Stadium that was opened back in 2000, 2 years before FMG Stadium Waikato opened its doors also back in 2002, 9 years before Forsyth Barr Stadium was completed in 2011 in time for the men's Rugby World Cup tournament, & now Te Kaha Stadium recently in March this year, a month before hosting its first official rugby match between the Crusaders & the New South Wales Waratahs), but it could be nominated for the stadium of the year award due to the fact that it is one hell of a stadium (And Pops was praising about it regardless of his reaction, oh my word), yes indeed, needless to say.
So that is my 715th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 67th of this year, viva Ukraine.
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