Sport and politics normally don’t mix however last night the BLACKCAPS and the Australian cricket team rubbed shoulders with the country’s law makers at a function at Parliament.
Prime Minister John Key along with Speaker of the House Lockwood Smith and Minister of Sport Murray McCully chatted away to the likes of Daniel Vettori and Ricki Ponting over canapés in the grand setting of the Beehive.
The trans-Tasman rivalry was a topic of discussion amongst the guests in Wellington ahead of this week’s first Test between the two teams at the Basin Reserve starting on Friday.
