Cop it, Aussie blogger tells Kiwis

In the same way that many Americans lack the irony gene, Kiwis are as a rule not given to self deprecating humour. Add to that, a lack of insight given that the comments were clearly a piss take and we should have seen them for what they were. Aussies, however, despite comments to the contrary aren't always that good about being on the receiving end and pretty quickly get upset if you inflame their national pride and fire a few barbs at The Lucky Country.

Steve #67

I think you summed things up nicely.

All ewes idiots saying Kiwis should get a sense of humour and get over it, obviously haven't spent any time in Oz.

Aussies take themselves way more seriously than Kiwis! I live in Australia, and trust me they like dishing it out but they can't handle it when you give it back.

If I tried the same thing as a Kiwi living in Australia they would be crying for my blood and telling me that if I don't like it then get out.

The main difference is that if I did post a blog like this here, no one would hear about it, 'cos the media wouldn't report on anything 'anti-australian'!!!!

This bloke deserves all the abuse that's coming his way.

Oh and yank #55, suprise, suprise, an american interfering in international matters that have nothing to do with them!!!!

Why is this news?

the problem with people making comments on the web is that different readers will perceive the comments in different ways. because we can't hear the tone in the persons voice, their facial expressions and body language readers will rely on just the text to form our opinions. i'm sure this guy is just joking but he needs to step back and take a good look at what he is doing. posting what can be taken as racist comments and posting them on the internet for all the world to see is foolish and childish. saying that if this guy was doing stand up comedy at a show, i'm sure we would all be laughing at ourselves

As a Kiwi who has been in Europe for 20 years, I am embarrassed by how small-minded my country is and how we think we are so damned superb when really even countries in the former Eastern Block have better roads, more enlightened farming and environmental policies and more educated and less bogun people.

Frankly, NZ would be much better off if it became a state of Australia anyway, with one currency etc. I'm sure that is heresy and will provoke the usual childish responses - but we need to grow up and stop looking like provincial hicks in vests with tatoos and no shoes!!

At the very least, an Australasian 'EU' with one currency is the only sane way forward in the modern world.

It's obviously a tongue in cheek blog and you have to read between the lines a little but really it's not that bad. His sense of humour is not like a NZers hence the 'upset' but I have to say very much a slow news day story as is so much of 'the news' in the media generally. If TVNZ and other media companies want to save some money in this economic crisis cut the news bulletin back to half an hour and the size of newspapers by half as most of it is just irrelevant filler. Chill out Kiwis!!!

slow news day ! ?

I hope the Editor is reading this blog because the message appears to be loud and clear. The sensationalist claptrap, police file hand-ons and cut and paste from international stories that make up most of the tripe you produce is not good enough. Our newspapers are a disgrace and something that we should be ashamed of. The problem is that as we slowly dumb down our readership this rubbish sells and the media giants that own these paper know this..so..keep the crap coming and boost the profits. Time we have a state owned paper that was modelled along the lines of national radio? Just a thought...

Kiwis pretending to be cool by claiming not to be annoyed by rude Aussie. Rude Aussie pretending to be cool by claiming his cynicism is a joke.

When you hit a nerve(the truth)with your comments you tend to upset those people it applies too, and this is a classic case. Kiwis can be boring, particularly the ones who wear "be staunch, walk tall" t-shirts and the ones who think they have it all in life, that life apparently only consists having a house, kids, boat and SUV. Oh did i forget the preoccupation with sport and binge drinking?