NZ Herald. Related Stories. Sponsored Content. Local trusted journalism matters - now more than ever As the Covid pandemic brings the world into uncharted waters, Star Media journalists and photographers continue to report local stories that matter everyday - yours. As our advertising has fallen during the pandemic, support from you our reader is crucial.
You can help us continue to provide local news you can trust simply by becoming a supporter. And he got his nickname from a famous steeplechaser because he used to beat tacklers by jumping over them. Like your dad, Ross Dallow. That name rings a bell for me. What has been his line of work? Dad was a cop. He was a policeman for most of his career until he retired and then became a Waitakere City councillor. He was a policeman through and through, but also an athlete.
Shot put and discus, mainly. I grew up around athletic tracks with my brother and sisters. And the sandpits we played in for many years were long jump pits. But dad was a thrower. So these people were a couple of the constants in my life from an early age. Dad did a lot of weightlifting too. He was a big guy — a commanding and almost intimidating presence. Mum was Denise Goomes. She grew up in Southland and joined the navy, before meeting Dad at an inter-services athletics event.
She was a traditional mum until my brother, the youngest of us four kids, started school. She looked after us and did an amazing job. While Dad was off saving the world from crime and injustice, she was the spine of the family, always seeming to be there and providing a loving and stable home life. I was born in Rotorua. But we mostly grew up here in Auckland. I was a bit of a journeyman sportsman.
Played some rep rugby at grade level and rep athletics. Number 8, mainly. In those school years, sport was everything. It was the whole reason to exist really. You lived for Saturdays. I think, for a lot of kids, particularly ones out our way in West Auckland, sport was what kept them on the straight and narrow.
There were a couple of great success stories — kids who turned around. One of them is now running Adidas America.
You mentioned Les Mills and Robin Tait, two of our great athletes. Did you pick up much from them? But Robin was very much a constant at our house. He was a bit of a lost soul. What I saw in these guys was the competitive instinct. You had to win. Leave nothing on the track. Leave nothing on the court. You put it all out there.
So I find it hard to subscribe to the theory that sport is all about participation. It may be part of the Olympic ethos, but the reality is, you play sport to win. And do your best. Moving on to tertiary education. I see that you turned to law long before broadcasting. Initially, I wanted to be a pilot. My second week of school was when man landed on the moon. I still remember that as a very inspirational moment.
But, two weeks in, they did more accurate testing and found out my femur was too long. My legs were too long, so I had to do something else. A lot of my mates were going to do accounting at university. He was prosecuting people. And I thought practising law could give me the opportunity to level the playing field. I was taking this naive, ideological stance that I could help save people from the justice system. With your dad being the District Commander in West Auckland and your uncle Graeme getting to the rank of Assistant Police Commissioner in the early 80s.
Dad had a number of difficult roles. Gang relations was the most memorable. I remember being picked up from rugby games, and Dad saying he just had to stop in and see someone on the way home. Race relations were incredibly sensitive at the time.
Dawn Raids in particular had heightened awareness of social injustice. I think Dad went in open-minded but with an inevitable police-oriented perspective, and then discovered so many good people doing their bit to improve minority communities that it changed his outlook and appreciation for those who try to improve society.
Changes in the National Party, changes at Xero, acquisitions by Fonterra and which company is facing their very own Waterloo? Simon Dallow looks back at the best of the week on NBR. Fri, 23 Feb A look back at the success, failure and everything in between as reporting season continues — as well as a war of words in the comments section. Simon Dallow takes a look back at the best of NBR. Fri, 16 Feb Rear View: the best of NBR. If it did revert to a single presenter there were still two others - sports and weather presenter - in the mix which didn't make it an "unsupportable burden".
However, he wouldn't be pressed on whether a man or a woman would be the network's preferred option. What gender would have the most appeal, it's tough to tell. By: Belinda Feek.
0コメント