On the right track

2021-07-13

We boarded the train en famille at Frankton last Saturday morning at the start of our 'winter break',

Actual reality - deal with it.

2021-02-16

Standing in the shower this morning, I was thinking about reality and its different forms.

On the verge of stupidity

2020-12-08

Travelling on the Southern Motorway last night, towards the Bombay Hills,

Blind to the specs ...

2020-11-09

I think I lost an argument with the wife last night.

A forcing of nature

2020-10-27

I like a nicely mown lawn, and a tidy garden. So when the sun came out a couple of weekends ago I had no excuses left.

Meat the greens

2020-10-20

Someone said to me a while ago - I'm not a greenie. Fair enough, one doesn't have to be a greenie. But what does that mean?

As simple as 1-2-3

2020-10-13

I've been thinking about the concept of 'indifferent consequence'.

On the path of least resistance

2020-09-29

I called in to the dairy at Hautapu yesterday and spotted a poster on the notice board. It was advertising the new Sharing Shed at Country Creche,

It's not our problem.

2020-09-15

Broadly speaking, my brief is to write a weekly column, with the odd digression, on environmental issues.

The public gets what the public wants.

2020-07-13

Hats off to Diageo. Who? Diageo - a British corporation with an annual revenue of GBP£12 billion (NZ$23 billion).

Can we reach this goal?

2020-06-29

I wrote, a couple of weeks ago, how rich people consume proportionally more resources than non-rich people.

Losing the keys to life.

2020-06-24

We all know that society is dependent on technology.

Boom times are making way.

2020-06-01

Whilst researching this week's column I was surprised to learn that I am a baby boomer.

The elephant in the waiting room.

2020-05-18

In the wake of Grant Robertson's $50bn recovery budget there have been, amongst other reaction