A meaning of ‘whanāu’
Whanau – a Māori word now in common general usage. To me it has connotations of a broad concept of family, beyond the sense of a traditional western nuclear approach.
Tag: 2020 December
It’s the little things
Little things can have huge impacts, as in our toilet cistern, where manufacturing flaws result in serious water wastage. Or the Hubble Telescope where a 1.3mm error resulted in blurred images from a multi-billion dollar installation.
Christmas characters
Christmas and primary school folk dancing are intertwined in my head as occasions where it is required to have fun. Being required to have fun is no fun at all. Why can’t I just relax and enjoy the season?
Human Endeavour
Humans are capable of such amazing feats, both of creation and destruction. Gold miners built water faces across mountain faces in pursuit of the precious metal in the Wakatipu and vaccines are being developed apace in the face of the COVID pandemic.