Don Murray Astrology

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TUMBLING AUCKLAND HOUSE PRICES

June 11

There was more awesome news yesterday:

Auckland’s average residential property values have dropped by nearly 10%, new council valuations show.

Not awesome for everybody, just further confirmation of Astrology's magnificence and that the latest ripper recession is on a roll ! Officially it's about powerful Pluto squashing NZ's Mercury position between February 2025 and November 2026.  With case history in the form of another Pluto  squash, involving NZ's Jupiter in 1991, that supervised a post-war unemployment high of  11.2% !

So it's time for some Bachman Turner Overdrive and BBBBBBaby you just ain't seen nothin' yet ! When you consider another difficult Solar progression causing more massive problems early next year. Case history again, with the difficult Solar progressions to natal and progressed Neptune around October in both 2020 and 2021 that made a nation weak, confused, gullible, idle and careless with money in the Covid eon.

Which enabled me to correctly label the conclusion of the contrived Covid con-job in late 2021 some 18 months earlier !

There's a further difficult Solar progression involving Jupiter, to peak in March 2026. Promising more of the weak, gullible, confused cuntry in the preceding 6 months with many more layoffs and liquidations looming. Lest we not forget another ripper recession forecast, around 4 years ago warning of NZ's economic horrifics between October 023 and March 024. The recession incoming leader Luxutive ' inherited ' in December 023, when bankruptcies and redundancies started skyrocketing.

Major chaos has also been forecast for Auckland itself in mid-2026 when mad dog Uranus savages Auckland's natal Sun by Solar Arc direction. More research needed for that tricky one, but it certainly won't be supervising a house-price boom. Lest we never forget that 2026 is a recurrence of the crazy Fire Horse's Year, and that's always an exciting time of drama and drastic change for the whole world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cia_v4vxfE

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DES HASLER'S ' MANY REVERSALS '

June 9

The NRL has issued Gold Coast Titans coach Des Hasler with a final warning for direct and targeted criticism of NRL Match Officials.

The final warning relates to comments made by Mr Hasler following Round 13 of the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as previous public statements regarding officiating.

Mr Hasler has been reminded of his obligations under the NRL Rules and Code of Conduct as well as his general responsibility as a sporting leader.

Dessie's been a great servant of the noble game. He won 2 premierships with Manly as a player then 2 more as a coach and has played for Australia. But this was never gonna be a milestone year after his appearance in last November's Annual Prophecies !

Hasler, Des:  

Many reversals next 2 years for NRL icon from Uranus-Sun and Neptune-Mars attacks.

Therefore it's no surprise that his Titans are last on the ladder after a 44-14 thumping from their Brisbane Broncos neighbours on Saturday evening. It's always more productive when you've got a coach receiving benefits from above. And no surprise either that the NZ Warriors' Reserves  are clear leaders in their comp with only one loss this season. Following the premiership-winning year predicted for their coach David Tangata-Toa back in February. He's earned a booking for November 2025 as well !

Tangata-Toa, David:

Major year for NRL coach with awesome Pluto and Uranus trines to his Jupiter. March, June, Aug, Nov very notable.

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JACINDA ARDERN'S DARKEST SECRET

June 7

It was NZ's most hated prime minister ever and the taxpayers are still supporting it.

Part of its abdication terms included 6 security guards forever. It used the created Covid catastrophe to bail out the media with terms and conditions. Like no dirty stories about me and Clarke, okay ?  So the media scabs couldn't delve any further into this crack up on the net from October 2020:

' Jacinda Ardern has brushed off rumours surrounding her partner Clarke Gayford and their nanny which emerged earlier this year.

The Prime Minister was asked about the untrue claims while appearing on The Edge radio show with Dom, Meg and Randell on Thursday.

"A couple of months ago there were heinous rumours going around about you and Clarke. Everyone was saying he got the nanny knocked up. Did you hear about that?" Dom Harvey asked.

"Interestingly that always happens around election time," Ardern replied.

Harvey said he found the rumours "nasty" and Ardern agreed.

"It is, and you never want to be in a position where you get used to it." '

What made Harvey decide that the rumours were heinous, nasty and untrue ? Of course Harvey never asked for confirmation that Clarkie never got the nanny pregnant. And actress Jacinda never actually said the rumours weren't true, did she ?

10 months earlier a sperm donor's name was mentioned again at an extended family christmas, and I asked if that was for real ? The Morrinsville resident looked me in the eye with a stern wag of her index finger:

' I have known the Arderns for a long time. It is fact.'

THE ASTROLOGICAL OVERVIEW

Of course that won't get a mention in its heavily promoted autobiography. Ardern's Capricorn Moon has been well described, as dutiful, ambitious but also good at hiding dark secrets and putting on the brave face. With Capricorn Moon not suited to motherhood, but deemed in Ardern's case to become wealthy from a positive aspect involving Jupiter at birth.

With that Capricorn Moon in House 2 of finance receiving a wonderful trine from Uranus in 2021, so Ardern made a lot of money from the Covid con. All part of its desperation to find peace and happiness, as per those often mentioned restrictions involving Venus from serious Saturn and deceptive Neptune in her natal chart.

Horrific aspects for holy matrimony. I have wondered before about strapping Ardern to a lie detector with questions about the many mysteries of a husband whose was known as Snort  in the television industry.

Will NZ's most despised-ever leader return home from the USA  for book signings ?

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NZ'S BRONZE FOR OBESITY

              June 5

It's generally regarded as inappropriate or unacceptable to ask a woman her weight.

Although I had no problems with a dynamic Mexican doctor, early 30s and teaching yoga and swimming at the Otahuhu pool while awaiting her NZ certification back in September 2017. She was proud of her 43 kg.

It was funny having a miniature Mexican in a place full of large Polynesians. The Otahuhu Tongans became world famous a few months later with their unauthorised street parades and drive-by tootings during the Rugby League World Cup. 53 arrests in Otahuhu on that historic November evening after Tonga beat NZ for the first-time ever.

Then another shock in the interim, when 2017 statistics decreed that New Zealand was 3rd in the world per capita for obesity, behind the USA and Mexico !

More laughter, with theories that the survey should have been delayed a few months, to include the ginormous feasts of puaka on the spit during the Tongan RLWC celebrations in Otahuhu.One Tongan mate, weighing in around 180 kg, travelled to Palmy North to purchase 16 puaka because they were much cheaper down there. This could have helped NZ take the silver medal from the Mexicans.

Fast forward nearly 8 years and there's no change !

New research shows New Zealand’s obesity rate of over 30%, the third highest in the world behind the US and Mexico, causes over 1,400 cancer cases each year and costs the health system $2 billion a year.

Third place in the pigging order is not good enough !  There is need for change at the top, and a new coach for the NZ Obesity squad. I'm gonna plump for broadcaster Jay Jay Feeney, who'd weigh a lot more than 43 kg, after her submission back in December 2022:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=386652016986544

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HAS NEW ZEALAND ANY CULTURE ?

June 3

NZ was officially stripped of its innocence in 1980.

The year that a Royal Commission ruled that detective-inspector Bruce Hutton had planted the cartridge case that caused Arthur Allan Thomas to be wrongly imprisoned in 1970 for 9 years. My short time in investigative journalism  uncovered more incredible lies and cover-ups in the police and also the media.

NZ was history to me, but that changed when I discovered Astrology in London in 1981. Soon after an amazing psychic told me I was going back to my homeland to ' educate the nation.' Which was back in favour in the 1990s when newspapers, radio and television stations began helping my Astrological business to boom and people started learning about the wonderful science from stunning predictions.

Until the media system started getting sick of the magnificence around 10-15 years ago. Ironically some of my greatest highs of prophecy have coincided with NZ's biggest lows. Like the incredible 2013 America's Cup choke, some horrific years for the Black Caps, and the Rugby World Cups of  1995, 2003 and 2007. Tonga's first-ever win over the Kiwi rugby league team in 2017 was  special.

Once upon a time there was pride in black and you'd cheer for anything NZ. Not any more, apart from Kiwi teams subject to positive Astrological predictions. A major turning point came in 1991, when the national government deregulated trade unions and I decided the cuntry was fucked and heading downhill. At  a similar time I settled in Otahuhu, an awesome place  where it's so easy to become a non-New Zealander.

Full of wonderful, traditional cultures from the Pacific Islands and Asia, the Buddhists, Astrologically-inclined Indians, the passionate Mate Ma'a Tonga movement and the very family-oriented Head Hunter and Black Power associations striving to keep the Maori culture alive. There's little respect for palagi trash like rest homes and the taxman. And a dearth of the jealousy  so common in the horse racing and media  industri

A NATIONAL COSTUME ?

Some 15-20 years back an Ethiopian school girl asked me about NZ's culture. And wondered why they didn't have a national dish, or a national costume or song ? Like so many other great peoples in the region ? New Zealand could not claim anything Maori, like the hangi, haka or hongi, courtesy of the palagi takeover. Maybe the  All Blacks jersey ? Otherwise New Zealanders are merely uncultured descendants of the evil English that raped Ireland, drove the North American Indians and Australian aborigines into the desert and stole the Maori land here.

Remember that in 1965, NZ was ranked the 6th wealthiest nation in the world on GDP per capita. 60 years later, down to 37th place. The fucked cuntry I foresaw back in 1991, but there are a lot of good things. The amazing beaches, mountains etc and plenty of wonderful memories for 1950s-borns whose parents hadn't been poisoned by television.

Then a great place to be self-employed with such a flexible tax system, and retirement if you don't have a mortgage or landlord. Learning is renowned for keeping one young, with so much wisdom to be gained from those superior cultures.

 And all those awesome benefits --- unemployment, sickness, old age, domestic purposes --- and the wonderful, world-leading  ACC  for sport freaks. ' You'd have to wait about 6 weeks back home,' claimed the Irish physiotherapist on the day-before's rotator cuff accident.' And it would bloody cost you, too.'

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ARRESTING THE DECLINE

 June 1

Much has been written about the greatness of the Astrological racing method.

Not at the moment though, with the possibility of our first losing season in 9 years. Only 2 investments, for a 2nd and a 0th, in fact 4 consecutive losers since Livid Sky's  $8.50 win in October 2023 !

Reasonably horrific, but nothing like 8 consecutive losers in 1996 when the 0900 line was running hot after the Trackside Channel certainties, and there were around 20 bets a month. Something had to change, so I sought the advice of my rugby league mentor Phil Blake. Whom I'd met through media privileges when the widely-travelled, 31 year-old fullback  was playing for the Auckland Warriors. His 7th or 8th club as a professional after leaving school.

I'd learned so much about the great game from Phil, who also loved a punt and I sought his opinion on how to arrest a losing streak:  ' You have to change the game plan, mate. Try something different. Like for you--- give up smoking dope.'  WHAT ??????

Not forever, continued Phil. Just have a break from it. Which I did for 3 days and there was a winner the next day. No way I'd give up smoking dope again, but the problem was quickly identified--- The Otahuhu factor. As per a cruisy life in the multicultural capital of the world that can be extremely challenging to discipline and regulations and also kill the killer instinct. A 32% winning strike with an average win dividend of $12.42 in the last  6.5 years isn't horrific but it can be improved.

 Our 2019 and 2020 included an unbeaten period over 22 months with 3 winners from 3 ( $5.60, $3.80, $4.70 ). Bettering that is the plan for the 2025-26 season, the aim being 4-4, with September 20, October 11, January 1, March 21 and April 22 probable dates. There's no guarantee of the $27.40 and $26.0 win dividends from our 25 investments since 2019, because the winning post always comes before the dividend.

With inspiration from legendary Sydney racketeer/gambler Perce Galea: ' Only fools and horses work, and the horses work for me.'

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ACID TEST FOR SCEPTICS

May 30

Every so often a scowling sceptic produces their trump card---- an Astrological prediction that didn't come true.

' You got ( name of subject ) wrong ! ' is delivered triumphantly.

Only one error ? Gee, that's not bad. Did I get any right ?

They don't count the rights. That's when the discussion hits the wall, and it's question time for the hole picker:

Are you a misery guts who goes through life looking for mistakes ? 

Can you read and understand English ? ---- If Yes, advance to the G.O.A.T prophecies above and answer more questions:

How can 4 years warning be given for one of NZ's biggest-ever disasters ?

How can a horse racing certainty be labelled more than 5 years in advance ?

How could a day of great fortune be selected for a cricket player 10 months ahead when he scores 193 not out ?

How can a pinnacle of achievement for a sportsperson 2 years in advance coincide with the greatest upset in international rugby league history ?

Made with calculations from the natal charts of Messrs G Henry, W Hillis, M Crowe and K Hurrell.

These discoveries can be devastating to the average Keen Interest Without Intelligence who goes through life like a trotting horse wearing blinkers. Often when the argument is lost the personal attacks begin. With few better than the recoil from the NZ Herald's Jane Phare, a wage-earner there for around 48 years. After my reminder of the ' massive life change ' forecast for her in ' a couple of years time ' that coincided with her bout of breast cancer and losing one:

' You didn't predict the birth of my son ! ' Phare claimed triumphantly. Correct, because I didn't even know the birthdate of his mother then, and her time of arrival would be necessary for such a prophecy. With some 5 or 6  accurate forecasts of motherhood among my Astrological clients.

Medication Mikey nailed it. With a rare burst of making sense from the failed comedian turned mental health advocate: ' More and more, it feels like we’re in our own bubbles, hearing only what we want to hear, '  claimed Mikey a couple of years back. The same fellow who got very shitty when told that just 10 minutes of  Astrological enlightenment would explain his personal complications and dramatic past !

Poor NZ. So angry and dysfunctional at present, and running from the  only system that gets anything right these days.

http://www.donmurrayastrologer.com/predictions.html 

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THE MARTIN DEVLIN EPICS

May 28

4 years ago this month there was one of the greatest prescriptions in mental health history.

It really began on November 22,2003 around 4.40 pm, with Murray Deaker on Newstalk ZB reviewing my phenomenal prophecies of  the year, including those on failed Rugby World Cup coach John Mitchell, Jonah Lomu and Andy Haden.Also:

" He predicted a difficult year for Martin Devlin, " continued Deaker.  " You know, I was having a long chat with Martin the other night and you wouldn't believe the problems he's been having this year."

Now regarded as foreplay to one of the G.O.A.T prophecies. Soon after came the warning about probable next All Blacks coach Graham Henry suffering the Pluto-Moon and Uranus-Sun attacks late in the next RWC year, 2007. Same Uranus v Sun had been harassing Devlin in 2003, and G Henry's turn helped supervise the All Blacks' worst-ever RWC when they were dumped in a quarter-final by France !

On May 31, 2021, I was considering the very complicated Astrological situation of  Devlin again, after he was involved in some angry workplace issues. With

THE CHAOS LOOMING FOR  MARTIN DEVLIN

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' But more importantly we look to the future. With Devlin's Mercury position ( Aquarius 14.39 ) getting a few rammings from erratic Uranus in unfriendly Taurus. July, August and September are crucial months, when Devlin's thoughts and communicating will be much weirder than usual. And his emails.

3 months of gardening leave wouldn't be a bad idea......'

A link to the May 31 revelation was posted to his ex-wife's Facebook page for educational purposes. Ms Andi Brotherston was obviously not impressed with Dr Don's diagnosis:

' Fuck off Don. The way you try and make money out of people's pain is disgusting.'

I don't try and make money out of people's pain, I do. And it isn't disgusting ! Nothing wrong with the punters in pain after their hot favourite has failed in one of our Astrological betting coups. Or the national misery that lasted for 2 months after the 2007 Rugby World Cup disaster !

A wage-earning, office work-lifer, Ms Brotherston qualifies as a wwwww = whingeing white woman with wine. Besides being a failed celebrity wife, Ms Bro can also claim to be a drinking buddy of the shapeless, crimson lump known as JayJay Feeney. But to her credit she did store the warning about her weird ex in the subconscious, and in late July got the hunch to go and check on him. She and their 20 year-old son found Devlin at home in his car, trying to take early parole with the vacuum cleaner hose and car exhaust !

Imagine the mental health authorities having access to such information ?  Like knowing when mortals are vulnerable so the padded cell can be prepared. Especially for one with history, who made another appearance in last November's Annual Prophecies !

Devlin, Martin:

Deeply-troubled broadcaster needing more monitoring and supervision with Uranus attacking his Sun and Mars. July, Aug, Oct crucial, with extra difficult progressions around Feb and Oct, also in Jan, April 026. Then Uranus is crushing his Moon between June 026 and March 027.

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SCOTT DIXON'S GREAT ADVANCEMENT

May 26

The best things in the world are Pluto trines.

They advance people and improve their lives, often with great achievement, especially when Pluto is trining energetic Mars.

So many great predictions have been made on Pluto-Mars positivity. Like Lydia Ko's breakout 2015; John Hart's 1996 when he became the first All Blacks coach to win a test series in South Africa; John Ackland's 2010, when he became the first-ever NZ Warriors coach to win an NRL Grand Final, with the juniors; Aung San Suu Kyi, the legendary Burmese protester, when she was freed after 15 years of house arrest. Etc

The Pluto-Mars trine is a rarity, a year or two of great positivity that happens once in a lifetime and often never. I shall be 132 years old before I have the experience. Fortunately Indycar driver Scott Dixon won't have to wait that long--- he's gonna benefit big time from the rarity through 2027 and 28 !

As noted before, all early Libra positions shall be receiving enhancement from their best buddies, Aquarius and Gemini, hosting powerful Pluto and erratic Uranus respectively in the next few years. So Dixon's Libra 6 Jupiter has the Pluto positivity from Aquarius between March 2027 and November 2028. With a Uranus-Jupiter bonus from Gemini between May 2027 and March 2028.

Anybody can make a prediction and so many of these expert idiots/media lifers get theirs horribly wrong. Competent predictors have case history as back-up, like Scott Dixon's past Pluto-trine experience. As was explained on TV3 for the 2013 New Year Predictions, Dixon had major advancement that year from an awesome Pluto-Jupiter trine, especially around September. When he won his first Indycar series for 5 years !

The confidently forecasted, horrors of current NZ provide yet another celebration feather for the Astrological stetson. But there shall always be positive Pluto and Uranus trines, even in times of recession, depression and secession. Along with S Dixon, all born in the last week of September shall benefit in the next few years. Also lesser lights of the racing industry like  Reece Cole, Matthew Enright, Elen Nicholas, Rochelle Lockett,  Peter Cunningham and others.

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MARK WALKER'S ' partnership matters '

May 24

Leading trainer Mark Walker is the latest inductee to the Matamata Bachelors' Association.

Horse racing's a tough, 24-7 gig and has claimed the holy matrimonies of notable Matamata persons like Mike and Paul  Moroney, Stephen and Toby Autridge, Dennnis Ryan, Tony Allan, Jim Gibbs, Graham Richardson, Opie Bosson, Michael Coleman and Jim Marks, among many.

You could wonder about Walker having 100 horses on his books in Matamata and another 70 over in Melbourne, but that isn't the telling factor. It's M Walker being born under a serious Venus-Pluto block that paves the pathway to happiness with boulders and stumbling blocks. Possessors are constantly and desperately seeking solace, with notables including Jonah ' Lord of the engagement rings ' Lomu, Jack Nicholson, Britney Spears and Rebel Wilson.

Notable NZers with the happiness denier include Tory Whanau, Ian Smith, Ken Rutherford, disgraced rugby player Dylan Hayes and horse racing's Leo Molloy, Stephen McKee and Phillip Smith. M Walker was married to an Australian, who left him in Singapore in 2016 for Australia's Gold Coast with their 2 children. Next was Mirka from Czechoslovakia, who moved with Walker and their child to Matamata in 2022.

Cracks were identified in Mark and Mirka matters some 18 months ago, with Mirka and 4 year-old child now residing in  Cambridge, away from Mark with his houses in Matamata and Melbourne. Where the training operation is struggling, with Walker not in the top 20 trainers. Even with his 6 Champion Trainer titles in New Zealand, and 4 in Singapore, 52 year-old Walker is prohibited from slowing to have a simple family life by that Pluto-Venus block.

After his appearance in the November 2024 Annual Prophecies, a couple of  Gap Years would be recommended, perhaps for spending time with the scattered children. No chance though, with 170 racehorses in front of them !

Walker, Mark:

Worry and confusion for horse trainer from Neptune v Venus from May 025 to March 026 with partnership matters highlighted. Saturn restrictions June, Aug and Feb 026, before a massive Jupiter-Pluto lifestyle change around May 2026.

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NZ KIDS IN 32ND PLACE

May 22

Two 12-year-old girls behind car tyres slashing spree in Rotorua

And:

New Zealand ranked 32nd out of 36 countries for child wellbeing is unacceptable

May 14

Published today, the latest UNICEF Innocenti ‘Report Card 19: Fragile Gains – Child Wellbeing at Risk in an Unpredictable World’ ranks New Zealand in 32nd place out of 36 countries for overall child wellbeing.

It ranks New Zealand last – in 36th place of the world’s wealthy countries – for child and youth mental health.

The report card shows New Zealand has the highest suicide rate for children out of the world’s wealthy countries, at a rate of almost three times higher than the average*.

It also shows again that New Zealand’s children face a major problem when it comes to bullying, with the second highest rate of children experiencing bullying, out of the countries included.

A long-running problem. Some 12-13 years back, I was WTF ? when a priest of the Ethiopian Orthodox church told me that NZ  had the 2nd-highest youth suicide rate in developed countries ! Behind Finland ( males ) and Japan ( females ).  Unbelievable at first, but becoming part of the Kiwi DNA after a 9% increase in toppers taking early parole last year !

After doing some research into the Astrological causes of depression, I thought the mental health advocate Mike King might be interested in the findings. So back in December 2013, I  tweeted him a suggestion. Firstly King wanted to know if Astrology had “ made you into a millionaire, bro ? ” Strange question. When he realised it was a serious matter, and was offered assistance, King got extremely vicious:

 " What a dickhead thing to say Don. You don't know me mate, what makes u think I'm depressed? "

Weirdo. Most clients are stunned after just 10 minutes of character and historic analysis. Proving that Medication Mikey isn't interested in discovering and solving problems, just there for his fragile ego. But he was a superstar from the Annual Prophecies of November 2018, when his ' major off-year ' from ' Pluto-Sun catastrophes ' included a mental breakdown, a motorbike crash and 9 broken ribs.

Spare a thought for the 67,000 who've been sucked into supporting King and his Gumboot Friday fraudsters, and those $$$$$ that have been frittered away on ' counsellors.' 

Poor nation.

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JOE BIDEN'S ' massive upheaval '

May 20

It don't look as if the dumb world's ever gonna wake up to ' early detection.'

A favourite ploy of Astrology. Here we've had early detection of long-range horse racing certainties, national disasters, recessions and stunning sporting reversals. Also marriage and childbirth, along with  depression and various forms of cancer.

Consider this bloke, whose mid-2024 meltdowns made him one of the superstars from the November 2023 Annual Prophecies !

Biden, Joe:

Gets very angry and emotional with Pluto attacking his Moon in Feb, July, Dec. Uranus-Mercury communication problems April, with a massive upheaval around April 025.

Around April includes May, with stunning recent revelations about a massive upheaval !

Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, and is reviewing treatment options, a statement from his office said.

On Friday (local time) the 82-year-old Democrat was diagnosed with the cancer after he experienced increasing urinary symptoms and was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule, the statement said.

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THE GREATNESS OF OTAHUHU

May 18

The greatness of Otahuhu has been officially recognised by the NRL.

Much praise here has been bestowed on the Otahuhu Leopards Rugby League club. Especially the world record for any sports club producing captains of the national team----5 in the last 60 years,  R Christian, M Graham, H McGahan, R Barnett, R Wiki. It would be 6 for a national team, with another Otahuhu boy,  J Taumalolo captaining tiny Tonga in their sensational upsets over Australia and New Zealand.

With another great accolade from across the Tasman, after the NRL did a survey in 2024 on the junior clubs from where their players originated:

dailytelegraph.com.au

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au › Sport › Nrl

' At the very top of the list of most prodigious producers of elite talent is the Otahuhu Leopards, from southeast Auckland, which has 12 former juniors currently playing in the NRL.'  Next best was St Mary's, a great provider for the Penrith Panthers, with 11.

While the Otahuhu Leopards premiers have been celebrating a lot this year. 6 wins from 6, with scores of 110-0, 92-0, 70-10, 36-6,36-14 and 34-10 over the 2nd- placed Papakura Sea Eagles yesterday.

It's only natural to start dreaming of a Fox Memorial Grand Final win, The pinnacle of rugby league in Auckland. On 10 occasions won by Otahuhu, bettered only by Mt Albert's 12.

A BLESSING

Thought must be given to a Blessing from the Buddhist Temple I attend regularly in Otahuhu. As per a bizarre event in August 2017, one Wednesday when I took Danger to the Temple lunch for ' a cultural experience, bro.' 

Danger was a large Maori-Samoan, former second-rower and renowned crash tackler who became a physiotherapist and was doing such with his Otahuhu Leopards brothers.This day would happen to be one of those momentous and rare occasions when blue-coloured sticky rice was on offer. Something I see about once every 2 years.

 Danger got a nudge as I pointed to  Otablue  sticky rice, in the identical colour of the Otahuhu Leopards jersey ! And suddenly a pic of Otablue sticky rice is being texted off to his Leopard brothers. I wondered if this could be some kind of blessing ?

Which the great club really needed. 2017 was the Leopards first season in division 2 for decades. They won the Grand Final and haven't been back.

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WHY THE IRISH HATE THE ENGLISH

May 16

'Twas April 1981, in the George and Dragon Tavern, Acton, London. My first job in England and this very Irish public house was a great place to start learning about local culture.

Front page on the bright red Sun newspaper most days was the plight of Bobby Sands, an IRA notable on hunger strike in a Dublin prison: BOBBY SANDS--DAY 8  beside his photo. I tried to see the funny side and one day held up an empty pint glass and suggested it was a photocopy of Bobby Sands' stomach !

Nobody laughed, but somebody narked.10 minutes later I was summoned out the back by the publican, a massive hulk who'd played lock for the London Irish rugby team. Nowadays he did very little apart from drinking beer and talking rugby while his wife ran the whole show. Extreme stress forced her to have a holiday week back in Dublin, and locals helped hopeless, hulk husband run the pub and do the wife's chores. Except for the hulk phoning her up to find out which drawer she kept his underpants in !

The hulk saw red over the Bobby Sands issue. With focking this and focking that, I got a stern lecture about making jokes, because this pub was very sympathetic to the Irish Republican Army. With a great hatred of the English.

Further realised in recent readings:

They came as slaves: human cargo transported on British ships bound for the Americas. They were shipped by the hundreds of thousands and included men, women, and even the youngest of children.

The Irish slave trade began when James VI sold 30,000 Irish prisoners as slaves to the New World. His Proclamation of 1625 required Irish political prisoners be sent overseas and sold to English settlers in the West Indies.

By the mid 1600s, the Irish were the main slaves sold to Antigua and Montserrat. At that time, 70% of the total population of Montserrat were Irish slaves.

Ireland quickly became the biggest source of human livestock for English merchants. The majority of the early slaves to the New World were actually white.

From 1641 to 1652, over 500,000 Irish were killed by the English and another 300,000 were sold as slaves. Ireland's population fell from about 1,500,000 to 600,000 in one single decade.

Families were ripped apart as the British did not allow Irish dads to take their wives and children with them across the Atlantic. This led to a helpless population of homeless women and children. Britain's solution was to auction them off as well.

During the 1650s, over 100,000 Irish children between the ages of 10 and 14 were taken from their parents and sold as slaves in the West Indies, Virginia and New England. In this decade, 52,000 Irish (mostly women and children) were sold to Barbados and Virginia.

Another 30,000 Irish men and women were also transported and sold to the highest bidder. In 1656, Cromwell ordered that 2000 Irish children be taken to Jamaica and sold as slaves to English settlers.

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