2010, New Year in Auckland NZ.

After watching the Skytower fireworks from Auckland's Skytower all I can say is WOW!

as in......wow. is that it?

I hate to be cynical at a time of rebirth but c'mon NZ, what the hell is going on here?

New Zealand is the first major country in the world to see the new year and yet we fail to capitalise on it. Every-Time!

Sydney will go off! Why? because they are the first people to see the new year! Wooooooooo! at least this is what the world thinks. No one knows that poor little NZ is actually 2 hours before them and why? because NZ gives the world absolutely no reason to watch.

But.

NZ is more than happy to use our tax dollars to fund elitist sports which no-one even watches. For godsake NZ take those millions of dollars you gave the the America's cup and give it to Auckland to put on a decent New Years Party with some fireworks which might actually make people say 'wow!' in a good way that is...

Sydney spends up large every year because they know that the world is watching and they bring it a heap of tourists from it!

By the way, the first words I head in 2010 were from an Italian tourist standing right next to me after the Auckland fireworks. he said 'It was very poor'.

I completely understand, the Poor bastard probably wished he had gone to Sydney instead.