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April 18th - D-Day

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about 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Hard News wrote:

Azevo wrote:
What happened to the Fever car? We sure could do with a little something something.
A barely warrantable death trap something something?


There is another yellow merc cruising around wgtn. We've seen it a couple of times and each time the kids are disappointed it isn't the Fever car.

"Phoenix till they lose"

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Yeah.  The giveaway is lack of sign-writing, the lack of rust and the lack of a dreadlocked Chelsea fan driving.

From memory the other one has alloys, not the yellow hub caps.

How's my driving? - Whine here

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Hard News wrote:
Yeah.� The giveaway is lack of sign-writing, the lack of rust and the lack of a dreadlocked Chelsea fan driving.From memory the other one has alloys, not the yellow hub caps.


That is the clincher!

"Phoenix till they lose"

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How much for the rusty one?
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Hard News wrote:

Azevo wrote:
What happened to the Fever car? We sure could do with a little something something.
A barely warrantable death trap something something?


This what you had in mind?



We will never fully decide who has won the football.

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simon_hampton wrote:
How much for the rusty one?
 
 
I don't think Wilso is for sale !

We're the WELLINGTON Phoenix

And this is our Home

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Junior82 wrote:
Rojas i dommum! (present singular imperative)

or perhaps better:

Rojas veni dommum!


Edit: Sorry - domum (Ave Cesar, I won't do it again)
I was presuming plural Rojas would cover Patris et Filii??
RedGed2011-03-08 23:01:40

  Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!

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Rojae?

"Phoenix till they lose"

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about 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Why in blue blazes can TV3 get a $43 million loan from the Government and not us? I would love to see MediaWorks have to go to Switzerland to see dodgy Indian fellows, be dragged into court, and have Matt Nippleface on their case.

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this is interesting:
"The Government appears to have agreed to the deal despite MediaWorks taking the Inland Revenue Department to court over a disputed tax bill. The IRD alleges the company owes $24.5 million in tax, interest and penalty payments from 2002 to 2004."

Queenslander 3x a year.

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Maybe they didn't sell enough Retro John Campbell t-shirts!

 
 

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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theprof wrote:
this is interesting:
"The Government appears to have agreed to the deal despite MediaWorks taking the Inland Revenue Department to court over a disputed tax bill. The IRD alleges the company owes $24.5 million in tax, interest and penalty payments from 2002 to 2004."
...and why has this not warranted at least 4 front page articles in the Doom Post?????
oh yeah!...thats right, because Terry does not own TV3!!!!
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The latest tweet from that twat Nippleface says:
 
Matt Nippleface wrote:
And the scoops keep coming: Serepisos phones Australian WGA victim for advice
 
Apparently this is what now qualifies as a "scoop" at the NBR - Terry makes a phone call.
 
What next? Breaking news! Terry makes a cup of tea!
 
 

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Oh dear. I hardly think it qualifies as a scoop to phone someone who has been involved wtih someone you're doing business with. Then again, I don't "write" for the NBR. Isn't a scoop what you shovel dog sh*t with? Very apt.
 
Still, there's one good thing. At least Terry's phone hasn't ben disconnected

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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Don't repost his tweets here, it's just giving a bully attention.

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I'm wondering how Nippert knows that. A bit of an invasion of privacy. Still regardless of what a smug bar steward Nippert is, he isn't the crook here. I actually hope he keeps it up and sticks on this fraudster.
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rjmiller wrote:
I'm wondering how�Nippert knows that.


If you read the wikifrauds.net website, Nippleface is in very thick with the people who are out to get Ali Syed (and good on him), and people talk to one another. Unfortunately, he has a second agenda - put Terry out of business. Remember that he is only going after Ali Syed because he was already stalking Terry and it's a good thing to nail a crook and humiliate someone you were already after.

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Doloras wrote:
Don't repost his tweets here, it's just giving a bully attention.
 
Although they do serve the useful purpose of highlighting what a bottom-feeder he is.
 
Seriously, the NBR is the New Idea of the business world.
 
terminator_x2011-03-09 09:37:46

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I for one am glad if Terry is talking to other, er, "clients" of WGA, although he should have done that six months ago. But clearly Nippleface's angle is "haha, dodgy Greek now realises he was scammed, what a loooooser".

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Doloras wrote:
rjmiller wrote:
I'm wondering how Nippert knows that.


If you read the wikifrauds.net website, Nippleface is in very thick with the people who are out to get Ali Syed (and good on him), and people talk to one another. Unfortunately, he has a second agenda - put Terry out of business. Remember that he is only going after Ali Syed because he was already stalking Terry and it's a good thing to nail a crook and humiliate someone you were already after.
 
There's absolutely no doubt that Nippleface's main agenda is to go after Terry. The WGA thing is just a bonus, an interesting sideline.

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^ I suspect, this.
 
Otherwise, why is he not bombarding everybody with tweets about any other 'scam' victims talking to each other?

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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I wonder whether Nippleface is motivated by (a) a belief that Terry really is a bad man who needs to be put out of business; (b) the "thrill of the chase" of being a crusading journo; (c) a bully's glee at the idea of causing Nix fans distress; or (d) all of the above in some proportion.

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I suspect there is no part of him that cares about the 'nix or even the implications on the game.  I might be wrong but he doesn't strike me as a sport follower.

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Hard News wrote:
I suspect there is no part of him that cares about the 'nix or even the implications on the game.� I might be wrong but he doesn't strike me as a sport follower.


Well, I don't think he cares about football, but there are many people in Wellington who don't like the Nix existing because it's not "the natural order of things" (i.e. rugby, cricket and other traditions), or are annoyed by the traditions of football fandom, and would like to see us cease to exist for that reason. It's part of human nature to fear the new and unfamiliar.Doloras2011-03-09 09:59:05

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theprof wrote:
this is interesting:
"The Government appears to have agreed to the deal despite MediaWorks taking the Inland Revenue Department to court over a disputed tax bill. The IRD alleges the company owes $24.5 million in tax, interest and penalty payments from 2002 to 2004."
 
 
 

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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Jag wrote:
theprof wrote:
this is interesting:
"The Government appears to have agreed to the deal despite MediaWorks taking the Inland Revenue Department to court over a disputed tax bill. The IRD alleges the company owes $24.5 million in tax, interest and penalty payments from 2002 to 2004."


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I think the difference here is that Terry doesn't dispute the amount he owes the IRD.

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about 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I'm sure if Terry went down that road he could have dragged this thing out even longer.
 
It's the amount that staggers me. Disputed or not, there doesn't seem to have been the same fuss about this as there has with Terry's much lesser amount.

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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I keep explaining this: Terry is disliked personally by the business class in this country, due to a combination of his personality, his ethnicity, and his business practice. MediaWorks haven't made personal enemies. Simple as that.

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Doloras wrote:
  but there are many people in Wellington who don't like the Nix existing because it's not "the natural order of things" (i.e. rugby, cricket and other traditions), or are annoyed by the traditions of football fandom, and would like to see us cease to exist for that reason. It's part of human nature to fear the new and unfamiliar.
 
I really don't think this is the case. Sure there are some people in Wellington who may not like the sport but I don't think any of them has a problem with the Phoenix existing. It's even better becaue a football team is doing so much better in Wellington than it did in Auckland.
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about 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I notice there is an "mnippert" in the active users list but hasn't made any posts. Come on Matt, tell us why you are covering this story. And are youu going to stop once Terrys part in it comes to an end? 
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Doloras wrote:
I keep explaining this: Terry is disliked personally by the business class in this country, due to a combination of his personality, his ethnicity, and his business practice. MediaWorks haven't made personal enemies. Simple as that.
 
Calm down and put Skippy back in the cage.
 
I'm only too aware that Terry isn't exactly Mr Popular in this country. Doesn't mean I can't still be dumbfounded by the hypocrisy around this.
Jag2011-03-09 10:17:10

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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rjmiller wrote:
I notice there is an "mnippert" in the active users list


QUICK someone PM him a fictitious rumour (Terry is going to kill himself for the insurance money!) and see how long it takes to turn up on Twitter or in an NBR article.

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rjmiller wrote:
I notice there is an "mnippert" in the active users list but hasn't made any posts.  
 

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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You know what MUST be done? A MattNippleface twitter account, to go with RichieHerbert.

But seriously: what is he doing here, if News is right and he's not motivated by an anti-Nix agenda? Fan banter is irrelevant to Terry's monetary issues. The only reason I can think of for him to be here is he wants to harvest any angsty/anti-Terry comments.Doloras2011-03-09 10:28:16

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Doloras wrote:
You know what MUST be done? A MattNippleface twitter account, to go with RichieHerbert.

But seriously: what is he doing here, if News is right and he's not motivated by an anti-Nix agenda? Fan banter is irrelevant to Terry's monetary issues. The only reason I can think of for him to be here is he wants to harvest any angsty/anti-Terry comments.
 
Same reason as any other 'journo' will be here. To seek out any juicy little titbits which they can use to further their own agenda.
 
We've all seen how quotes have been cherry picked from this forum and stuck into articles. Not really a surprise that old 'Vic Reeves' is skulking about in the cyber undergrowth.
Jag2011-03-09 10:34:33

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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about 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Please quote me in a newspaper:

"All journos are lazy hacks."

Quote assigned to the Public Domain, you don't even have to assign attribution :)
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Doloras wrote:
Don't repost his tweets here, it's just giving a bully attention.
Nippleface a bully?!?! HA!!! he strikes me as the type of person who has been on the receiving end more often than not tbh.
 
I think the more appropriate term might have been Parasite.
Fruglo on 15.01.2013 wrote:

Fuck this stupid game

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TopLeft07 wrote:
Nippleface a bully?!?! HA!!! he strikes me as the type of person who has been on the receiving end more often than not tbh.


Well, studies show that most bullies have been bullied themselves. Eg., you can't yell at your boss or tell your abusive stepfather to back off, so you go home and tweet smart-assed things about Terry Serepisos kick the dog or slap the neighbour's kid around.

Also, you'd have to wonder why he used his real name to register here.Doloras2011-03-09 10:58:46

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This'll be my only comment on this matter. I don't make a habit of commenting on forums, or blogs for that matter, because a) they generally descend into vitriolic abuse, and b) I have a job to do that generally has me writing in other areas.

As for Dolaras' probing questions amid her name-calling, the answer is e) none of the above.

The business affairs of Mr Serepisos are an obviously important story. The Phoenix angle is, from my perspective, mere colour. The Dominion Post obviously talks it up as an angle, but it�s peripheral for me.

Were Century City to go under it is highly likely second-tier lenders (and unsecured creditors) will lose a packet, and having $230m of Wellington real estate being put on the market in a liquidation fire sale would have serious ramifications for the city's property market.

The consequences are potentially huge, and if Mr Serepisos is relying on WGA to save him from the IRD I can�t ignore the evidence clearly suggesting he�s been scammed and the game is up and outline what will happen next.

More broadly, it appears WGA have been running a global scam for some years and I doubt Mr Serepisos is the only New Zealand victim (Allan Crafar stumped up 27,000GBP, but didn't  far along their process).

There's a public interest in exposing this - preventing others forking out money to Swiss bank accounts - and while I'm glad to have broken this story, it�s rapidly grown out of my hands.
 
Australian and Spanish media are now onto the case, and I hear the Wall Street Journal's taken an interest. I'll push it as far as I'm able, but I'm just one guy with a phone working for a New Zealand business weekly.
 
And, on a final note, the forums here are generally (with the recent exception of personal abuse directed towards myself) highly entertaining.
 
Cheers,
Matt
mnippert@nbr.co.nz
021 193 1011
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Doloras wrote:
TopLeft07 wrote:
Nippleface a bully?!?! HA!!! he strikes me as the type of person who has been on the receiving end more often than not tbh.


Well, studies show that most bullies have been bullied themselves. Eg., you can't yell at your boss or tell your abusive stepfather to back off, so you go home and tweet smart-assed things about Terry Serepisos kick the dog or slap the neighbour's kid around.

Also, you'd have to wonder why he used his real name to register here.
That thought did cross my mind. But I don't think Terry would think this guy is bullying him. More like nibbling at his heals like a little pest. Edit - like most reporters.
TopLeft072011-03-09 11:06:47
Fruglo on 15.01.2013 wrote:

Fuck this stupid game

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