Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Bob Jones, Sitiveni Rabuka and me

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The Newsroom website this morning has a long, affectionate tribute to Bob Jones, written by Tom Scott. One great character writing about ano...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Colonisation and the burden of guilt

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A friend recently lent me a New Zealand book published in 2021 and called The Forgotten Coast , by Richard Shaw. The title is odd because it...
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Thursday, April 24, 2025

Featherston Booktown: The book festival where books are optional

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                                    My attention was captured yesterday by a Facebook post promoting next month's Featherston Booktown F...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Little stands to capture the 'Anyone but Whanau' vote

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The least surprising news of the day is that Andrew Little has confirmed he will run for the Wellington mayoralty. I imagine the announcemen...
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Andrew Little signals a tilt at the Wellington mayoralty

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So former Labour leader Andrew Little is considering a crack at the Wellington mayoralty. He gives the impression he hasn’t yet made up his ...
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Sunday, April 6, 2025

My war with the NZTA: Part Deux

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Here’s a piece of advice for anyone contemplating a road trip: carefully check the NZTA website beforehand for any road closures. This never...
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Friday, April 4, 2025

My war with the NZTA: Part One

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So let me see if I’ve got this straight: the government’s response to public fury and exasperation at the wasteful, disruptive and mostly us...
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