Caught this series when it aired on Sky NZ recently. Found it interesting as it based on real stories — diaries and letters — from the perspective of soldiers, housewives, factory workers, nurses and children impacted by the War. 14 - Diaries of the Great War (titled Great War Diaries when aired
Can relate to this sign, seen on a letterbox today. Sent from my Lumia 1520 Windows Phone
My notes & photos from TEDx Auckland 2015. I only took the phone (for both notes & photos) and was sitting right at the back of the hall so my shots are a bit ‘distant’. * The italics are the speaker profiles sent out by TEDx Auckland * The bullet points my
When I saw TEDx Auckland 2014 announced I really wanted to go but was a bit torn. I loved the 2013 event but it meant a precious day of weekend gone. Weekends were crucial as I was trying to get fit for a rather demanding cycle tour in the Himalayas.
While buying my ticket to TEDx Auckland 2014 remembered I’d never gotten around to writing a post about the 2013 event. Earlier this year there was some flack about TED, prompted it seems by some ‘dubious’ TEDx events. From my experience at TEDx Auckland it certainly wasn’t one
Seen in Huapai, his electorate, today. A reasonable re-locatable family home that should be quick to build. Auckland and Christchurch housing problem sorted.
I cant embed this video but click the link to see why this man should be running New Zealand. From his Bio on sustainablefuture.info Sir Paul Callaghan (GNZM, FRS, FRSNZ) is Kiwibank’s 2011 New Zealander of the year, for his service to science in the fields of nanotechnology
This Onion piece was pretty good but the follow up headline that ends the item really hit the spot. I saw it when New Zealand was gripped by our PM’s daft idea of swapping Kiwi (birds) with China in return for Pandas as “an extension of the bond"
Is it worth moving to Wellington, just to BACK JACK? I love point three in his post as it seems to sum up the national, actually the National, economic strategy: 3. You can keep praying that the Rugby World Cup will give a temporary boost and hope no one notices
Click for details Wellington Mayoral Candidate Jack Yan’s campaign fund-raiser on Thursday (15-04-2010) night
As sent via the on-line submittal form at Forest & Bird’s site: To: j.key@ministers.govt.nz, g.brownlee@ministers.govt.nz, k.wilkinson@ministers.govt.nz, n.smith@ministers.govt.nz Our national parks are too precious to mine Dear Prime Minister, I was annoyed to hear
Thinking why there is a need for the Rugby World Cup “Party Central”? It struck me that, unlike The Viaduct just a few hundred metres away, It is: * A contained area away from other commercial activity * Somewhere they can sell concessions to food/drink vendors * Somewhere they can what is
