Sitting at my desk for inspiration to write this weekly piece, I’d hit a wall. That’s rare since I usually have draft outlines in advance, without sitting contemplating for ages. Ordinary life-things often provide a…
Sitting at my desk for inspiration to write this weekly piece, I’d hit a wall. That’s rare since I usually have draft outlines in advance, without sitting contemplating for ages. Ordinary life-things often provide a…
The issue of brands has been in the news recently. Two signifcant New Zealand entities have taken a markedly different approach to the value of their brands. The Fonterra Board recommended to their farmer shareholders…
This week I have been learning about how ice shapes the seafloor, a new concept for me. Part of my job is recognising patterns deep below our oceans, interpreting what caused them, and then understanding…
Vote regret I am surely one of the most disappointed voters in the Waikato Regional Council elections I have read that there are four newly elected councillors who do not believe farmers should be fencing…
There has been a lot of korero in the media around the impact of social media on young people and appropriate protections. After dealing with a recent report, I want to highlight the associated problem…
Driving between Wellington and Te Awamutu last week, my geologist brain was on high alert. I was unaware of the storm that had passed through the King Country on October 16, a few days prior,…
It’s increasingly common to have the violating experience of someone stealing or misappropriating your identity. Loopholes in modern technology, plus glitches within systems, necessitate us being alert to our identity being stolen, cloned or mistakenly…
Arrividerci hustings – I thought we would never get to that point. With the formal swearing in of newly elected representatives we can lurch out into the actions of promissory vote-catching utterances and measure subsequent…
Starting off with the week in review – after stopping a driver for excess speed in Ōhaupō, staff smelt cannabis. They conducted a vehicle search under the Search and Surveillance act, locating drugs, utensils, an…
Jolted I am not from Cambridge but am babysitting friends’ house in Leamington, very near Wordsworth and Burns streets intersection. I was jolted out of my bed at five minutes to four in the morning…
