The Environment Court proceedings for Plan Change One (PC1) have concluded, and we are now awaiting a decision which is due in the middle of this year. The new Government has signalled they intend to…
The Environment Court proceedings for Plan Change One (PC1) have concluded, and we are now awaiting a decision which is due in the middle of this year. The new Government has signalled they intend to…
The Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is acclaimed as a giant in world literature and his epic work War and Peace is recognised as one of the finest novels ever written. Tolstoy wrote in depth about…
A ‘preamble’ to a treaty or a contract in general terms provides the context of what led to the parties’ engaging in a contract or treaty process and the goals they will pursue in their…
About 25 years ago I made a friendship with an American logistics consultant while he was visiting New Zealand. It resulted in our visiting him and staying at his home in San Jose, California. On…
We volcanologists love our terminology. Having specific words with defined, agreed upon meanings helps us to effectively communicate ideas, and compare events at different volcanoes and through time. Often though, the meanings are lost and…
Continuing on my recent retail theft topic, we have become aware of a spate of thefts of handbags and wallets. What has made these thefts easier, is the habit many people have of putting them…
Being human, means that with life, comes the inevitability of death. Being no respecter of persons, it comes for everyone. Some won’t necessarily relish engagement with this subject, hence all kinds of euphemisms are politely…
Did you know that the “man on the moon” is actually made of enormous lava flows? I’m talking about the darker patches on the moon that aren’t as bright as the rest of the surface…
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand speech on January 30 didn’t shine much light on what the bank might do with the Official Cash Rate on February 28. So economists and bankers are still speculating….
Two columns in The Cambridge News (January 18) drew attention to the massive problems facing New Zealand as a result of decades of short-term planning and under-funding of the county’s infrastructure at both the national…
