Has anyone else noticed the big black object that often flies over the Mount and lands at the airport? It is the twin-engined blowfly, the latest to join the Air NZ fleet, painted black following our love of everything black.

Carrying on the theme, here are a few other suggestions for our national teams:

The Post Office - The Black Mail
The Boxing Team - The Black Eyes
The Power Company - The Black Current
The Cooking Class - The Black Puddings

But we need more black, so come on golfers what about some black sand in the bunkers? And us old fellows could dye our hair black. Grey Power would be history, we would be the new Black Power.

A Sheppard, The Black Sheep, Mount Maunganui.