As a volcanologist I work hard on local and international research projects and I thrive spending long physically demanding days on volcanoes. I am also in pain almost every single day. May is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome…
As a volcanologist I work hard on local and international research projects and I thrive spending long physically demanding days on volcanoes. I am also in pain almost every single day. May is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome…
In 1969, when the successful moon landing astronauts landed back in the Atlantic Ocean, they clearly came off a high of world appreciation and folded themselves back into society – albeit with a long public…
Similar in size from Warkworth to Cape Reinga, a tiny nation features daily in worldwide news. It’s been that way since May 14, 1948 when Israel declared its sovereignty following a UN remit. One day…
I have been back on deck this week after four successful days last week delivering the Loves Me Not programme to Cambridge High School year 11 and 12 students. Thank you to all parents who…
I was recently asked how reliable our technology is for giving us warnings about eruptions. The answer is complex. It’s a mix of our technology, the people we have monitoring our volcanoes, how well we…
Our culture seems to have elevated science and reason over ‘faith’. Making a god of analytical thinking and intellect restricts our comprehension of how much more there is, infinitely beyond what can be seen, touched,…
My 14 March column was titled ‘what is wrong with NZ?’ I had been surprised and even shocked by the number of stories appearing that I would have expected to refer to third-world countries I…
Public transport, the Te Huia railway connection between Auckland and Hamilton and cycleways continue to make headlines in the Waikato. Senior writer Mary Anne Gill spent time in the United Kingdom and Europe recently and…
The sound of screeching tyres echoed and a big plume of smoke went up over Shakespeare Street late on Sunday night when a vehicle did ‘donuts’ at the intersection with Kingsley street. Thank you to…
As our cruise travels down the last leg towards Singapore I have time to muse on the success, or otherwise, of this bustling region of South East Asia. I will loosely describe it as embracing…
