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Editorial: V is for victory and village

A “first among equals” ethos seems to have fostered New Zealand’s Olympic success zones.

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13th August, 2012
The evacuation of Dunkirk showed the world it’s not just how you behave in victory that’s important, but how resilient you are when on an obvious hiding to nothing. In a small but telling way, the New Zealand team’s outing at the London 2012 Olympics has shown that, notwithstanding our great domestic challenges and divisions, this country’s psyche is in healthy and resilient shape. Our athletes have done well at winning, bringing home a fantastic haul of medals. But they’ve also done well at losing. It can seem a mean-spirited and petty sport comparing ourselves to the bigger, more ...

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