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Posted April 04, 2015 11:19 · last edited April 04, 2015 11:33

Leggy wrote:

valeo wrote:

Leggy wrote:

AucklandPhoenix wrote:

If Boxall decides to move on at the end of the season for more opportunity then I hope we look at this new Greek kiwi. Greek football is not awash with money at the moment and I would think we would be in the ball park terms wise. I think next season will be Siggys last and this guy has a lot going for him being a kiwi and also being able to play defensive midfield.

Know what you mean about Tzimopoulos, but born in Greece and spent all his life there does not really make him a kiwi. Does he speak English? I have no idea.

Who the hell are you to decide who is feels like a kiwi and who doesn't?

Feels like a kiwi. Are you on drugs? Explain what feeling like a kiwi means?

Ok Leggy I'll bite. Also because this kind of thing is very interesting to me.

Do you feel like an Aussie or a Kiwi? I'm going to suspect you identify mostly Kiwi, but also somewhat Aussie. What makes you feel that way? Is it down to length of time lived? Place of birth? Your network of friends and family? Where you really want to be? Does it matter if you have a passport or not?

For example I had a friend who went grew up in and went to school in NZ, played club rugby in NZ and has lived in NZ his whole life since he was very young, but has never applied for an NZ passport. He keeps his Samoan one. Not sure how he identifies, but he would have the right to feel as Kiwi as many.

Many migrants talk about 'feeling like a....' from their new homeland. Often the people with the biggest NZ flags are the most recent, the rest of us being reticent to show patriotic feeling, particularly in that way.

Sometimes it is most real when coming home to your new country from your old or from overseas travel, you have the feeling of coming to somewhere that you belong, not somewhere that is foreign, but where your home and future is.

As for needing a study- I'm sure there has been a lot done already...

https://scholar.google.co.nz/scholar?q=National+id...

this is kinda interesting, haven't really read al lthe way through it yet...http://www.victoria.ac.nz/cacr/research/migration/...

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martinb edited April 04, 2015 11:33

Leggy wrote:

valeo wrote:

Leggy wrote:

AucklandPhoenix wrote:

If Boxall decides to move on at the end of the season for more opportunity then I hope we look at this new Greek kiwi. Greek football is not awash with money at the moment and I would think we would be in the ball park terms wise. I think next season will be Siggys last and this guy has a lot going for him being a kiwi and also being able to play defensive midfield.

Know what you mean about Tzimopoulos, but born in Greece and spent all his life there does not really make him a kiwi. Does he speak English? I have no idea.

Who the hell are you to decide who is feels like a kiwi and who doesn't?

Feels like a kiwi. Are you on drugs? Explain what feeling like a kiwi means?

Ok Leggy I'll bite. Also because this kind of thing is very interesting to me.

Do you feel like an Aussie or a Kiwi? I'm going to suspect you identify mostly Kiwi, but also somewhat Aussie. What makes you feel that way? Is it down to length of time lived? Place of birth? Your network of friends and family? Where you really want to be? Does it matter if you have a passport or not?

For example I had a friend who went grew up in and went to school in NZ, played club rugby in NZ and has lived in NZ his whole life since he was very young, but has never applied for an NZ passport. He keeps his Samoan one. Not sure how he identifies, but he would have the right to feel as Kiwi as many.

Many migrants talk about 'feeling like a....' from their new homeland. Often the people with the biggest NZ flags are the most recent, the rest of us being reticent to show patriotic feeling, particularly in that way.

Sometimes it is most real when coming home to your new country from your old or from overseas travel, you have the feeling of coming to somewhere that you belong, not somewhere that is foreign, but where you home and future is.

As for needing a study- I'm sure there has been a lot done already...

https://scholar.google.co.nz/scholar?q=National+id...

this is kinda interesting, haven't really read al lthe way through it yet...http://www.victoria.ac.nz/cacr/research/migration/...

martinb edited April 04, 2015 11:26

Leggy wrote:

valeo wrote:

Leggy wrote:

AucklandPhoenix wrote:

If Boxall decides to move on at the end of the season for more opportunity then I hope we look at this new Greek kiwi. Greek football is not awash with money at the moment and I would think we would be in the ball park terms wise. I think next season will be Siggys last and this guy has a lot going for him being a kiwi and also being able to play defensive midfield.

Know what you mean about Tzimopoulos, but born in Greece and spent all his life there does not really make him a kiwi. Does he speak English? I have no idea.

Who the hell are you to decide who is feels like a kiwi and who doesn't?

Feels like a kiwi. Are you on drugs? Explain what feeling like a kiwi means?

Ok Leggy I'll bite. Also because this kind of thing is very interesting to me.

Do you feel like an Aussie or a Kiwi? I'm going to suspect you identify mostly Kiwi, but also somewhat Aussie. What makes you feel that way? Is it down to length of time lived? Place of birth? Your network of friends and family? Where you really want to be? Does it matter if you have a passport or not?

For example I had a friend who went grew up in and went to school in NZ, played club rugby in NZ and has lived in NZ his whole life since he was very young, but has never applied for an NZ passport. He keeps his Samoan one. Not sure how he identifies, but he would have the right to feel as Kiwi as many.

Many migrants talk about 'feeling like a....' from their new homeland. Often the people with the biggest NZ flags are the most recent, the rest of us being reticent to show patriotic feeling, particularly in that way.

Sometimes it is most real when coming home to your new country from your old or from overseas travel, you have the feeling of coming to somewhere that you belong, not somewhere that is foreign, but where you home and future is.

As for needing a study- I'm sure there has been a lot done already...

https://scholar.google.co.nz/scholar?q=National+id...

martinb edited April 04, 2015 11:22

Leggy wrote:

valeo wrote:

Leggy wrote:

AucklandPhoenix wrote:

If Boxall decides to move on at the end of the season for more opportunity then I hope we look at this new Greek kiwi. Greek football is not awash with money at the moment and I would think we would be in the ball park terms wise. I think next season will be Siggys last and this guy has a lot going for him being a kiwi and also being able to play defensive midfield.

Know what you mean about Tzimopoulos, but born in Greece and spent all his life there does not really make him a kiwi. Does he speak English? I have no idea.

Who the hell are you to decide who is feels like a kiwi and who doesn't?

Feels like a kiwi. Are you on drugs? Explain what feeling like a kiwi means?

Ok Leggy I'll bite. Also because this kind of thing is very interesting to me.

Do you feel like an Aussie or a Kiwi? I'm going to suspect you identify mostly Kiwi, but also somewhat Aussie. What makes you feel that way? Is it down to length of time lived? Place of birth? Your network of friends and family? Where you really want to be? Does it matter if you have a passport or not?

For example I had a friend who went grew up in and went to school in NZ, played club rugby in NZ and has lived in NZ his whole life since he was very young, but has never applied for an NZ passport. He keeps his Samoan one. Not sure how he identifies, but he would have the right to feel as Kiwi as many.

Many migrants talk about 'feeling like a....' from their new homeland. Often the people with the biggest NZ flags are the most recent, the rest of us being reticent to show patriotic feeling, particularly in that way.

Sometimes it is most real when coming home to your new country from your old or from overseas travel, you have the feeling of coming to somewhere that you belong, not somewhere that is foreign, but where you home and future is.