Snubbed! Yep, I’ve been hearing from people all week that Tauranga has been snubbed.
Of course it was the Queen that started it. It often is. Those pesky royals. Ever since she ladled out all those gongs last weekend my phone has been running hot.
“What about last week’s column, eh?” I tell them, “that was pretty good.” But no, not a skerrick of interest.
“We’ve been snubbed!” they say. So I, of course, promise to investigate. “I’m not bloody Fair Go,” I feel like saying but, no, I promise to investigate.
Because it does seem a little iffy at first glance. Some 169 honours of various varieties, including a DSD (New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration) to the mysterious “Serviceman M” who cannot be named due to his life-threateningly secret position in the New Zealand Defence Force.
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