Quote from: Ithoriel on 06 May 2016, 01:44:29 AM
I'd assumed Sandinista meant Just Another F'ing Dave though I may well be wrong!

You were correct 

There's nowt wrong with JAFAs - I married one  I do miss Auckland especially Galbraith's for the beer, nothing to compare north of Whangarei 

Cheers
Ian

Reading all this got me to thinking about the how Auckland was named, and whether it was anything to do with Bishop Auckland here in the NE of England.

Might be wrong, but from what I've found on the 'net; Auckland NZ was named after the Peerage of Baron / Earl of Auckland, that being West Auckland County Durham NE England, and belonging to the Peerage of GB. The Auckland Islands were named first, after this peerage, then, later, the settlement of Auckland itself.

West Auckland Town F.C. has the honour of being champions of "The First World Cup", both in 1909 and 1911. This tournament being named the "Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy". However, it wad predated by the Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva, which was hosted in 1908 as the first international competition.

Its amazing what wargaming forums teaches me  

I hope the weather is nice for you all, down in NZ and AUS  

Lots of places in NZ are named after British aristocrats that never visited here

There are occasional campaigns to restore original Māori names, e.g. Tāmaki Makaurau for Auckland
We also confuse tourist for one week a year by using Māori place names on the weather maps, Māori language week

Kiwi's seem to lack flair when it comes to place names, for example as you drive north from Greymouth you pass

• Seven Mile Creek
• Nine Mile Creek
• Ten Mile Creek
• Nine Mile Bluff
• Eleven Mile Creek
• Twelve Mile Bluff
• Thirteen Mile Creek
• Fourteen Mile Bluff
• Fourteen Mile Creek - interestingly about about 1,000 yards north of Fourteen Mile Bluff
• Seventeen Mile Bluff

All while driving along the Coast Road, which of course follows the west coast of the South Island

Nicely escaped, KD, nicely escaped. Hope everything works out for you & yours 

Cheers Nik. Hope to see you over here one day

Paul, don't forget 90 Mile Beach, whic is about 75 miles..... also, count the number of rivers called Wairoa

There are a lot of long rivers, well long if you are walking