…not that anyone outside of NZ will care of course. 
Breaking news right now.
This is…unusual. Thats all I can really say about it at the moment until the “talking heads” on the telly start putting in their 2 cents worth.
Yep, stop the presses. They may have to reprint page 17 due to this.
The Black Caps did go down to Australia in an entertaining ODI last night at the SCG, but I wouldn’t have thought that was a resigning matter.
I mean, if he was Chairman of Selectors in the aftermath of Ireland beating the All Blackslast month then resignation would certainly have been understandable.
Was it a Ponytail related scandal?
So how does this affect the sheep industry?
I don’t understand; I thought Flight of the Conchords was cancelled. Is this some sort of fanfic?
Somehow, I’m not sure how, but somehow, a Sumatran Rat Monkey is involved with this.
Hey Kiwi friends, I (a Yank) happen to be visiting your fair land atm, and yes, I agree this is kind of a big deal, modulo the size of the country and everything.
I kind of wonder if the National Party are expecting some blowback from a Trump Presidency and would like to get the new broom in place before a resentful public gets a chance to take out their irritation on the old broom. But I know nothing of your politics except I think your Earthquake Commission Minister has got the portfolio from hell. (Pretty much literally, considering all the lava and stuff.)
How will this affect the Lord of the Rings prequels?
Is New Zealand like Australia, where the parties are all pretty much the same, or might a flip from the National Party to Labour actually change things?
My Yanksplanation is that National and Labour are much closer in outlook than conservative and liberal parties in many other countries, but nowhere near so close as to be interchangeable.
They are grooming him for the premiership, but that is a story for which the world is not yet prepared.