Charity
Round the Bays to support Motor Neurone Disease NZ
I'm walking the 2026 Round the Bays Auckland (and back) to support MND NZ
Me
Purple as instructed
Colour selection by David Farrier, colour blend (of purple and red) and hair styling the wonderful work of Sue and the team at Sudan Hairdressing
Health
2025-26 Fitness: less and more
Taking a look back at 2025 fitness'wise I ended the year:
Politics
Block the Ban
The New Zealand government has announced it is banning puberty blockers for transgender youth. As a 'Middle Aged White Guy' why do I care?
Retail Design
Ikea open, I wonder if any still care?
A store opening, an old memory about a conference discussing Ikea arriving in NZ...
Design
John Mauriello's Design Theory, Colani, and me!
Colani: Odd exceptional designer. Me: Odd unexceptional design student!
Humanist
"The Middle-Aged White Guys' Guide to Trans Rights" Podcast
A Dad's short—but heartfelt—attempt to be an ally to the trans community, in podcast form
Forest & Bird
SAY NO to mining Denniston Plateau
Save Denniston Plateau, it's too precious to dig
Travel
The USA becomes a fascist state
Trump’s new order on domestic terrorism really means fascism has arrived in the USA.
Art
Character amnesia and the death of handwriting?
Have you forgotten how to write? I pretty much have, cursive lower case anyway! When I did my Product Design Diploma, for three years, it was a requirement that all submissions (not just drawings) were printed. I pretty much converted to upper case printing for all my writing and never
Greg Johnson Vine Street Stories 30th Anniversary Tour
It was great to see Greg's Vine Street Stories 30th Anniversary Tour, the album live plus more, so good. Also nice of him to sign my first release 30-year-old CD! Although I mostly listen to his 'Tilt Your Interior - The Whole Kit and Caboodle'
ANZAC
ANZAC Day, Great-Grandfather Ernest Theodore Bock, my Michael Palin's 'Great-Uncle Harry'
I recently 'read' Michael Palin's 'Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire': Some years ago a stash of family records was handed down to me, among which were photos of an enigmatic young man in army uniform, as well as photos of