covid 19 – Page 13 – Jane Shearer

Letters from Paradise

20 June 2022 Dearest Lou Here I am finally, in New Zealand, very relieved to be here. As you know, we got […]

Everyday events are highlighting my post lockdown levels of reactivity. Perhaps an earthquake doesn’t quite count as an every day event (though […]

There are many ways COVID-19 has affected the trajectories of people’s lives. One way is that a whole lot of people have […]

My brain took a loose turn this week when considering the New Zealand quarantine issues… There’s an election in New Zealand in […]

I, like many other New Zealanders, was pretty unhappy to hear yesterday about two new cases of COVID-19 in the country. It […]

We are subject to a constant barrage of war analogies, particularly in the face of the current COVID-19 pandemic, and ongoing in […]

I lost an earring yesterday. I would hazard a guess that any male reading this statement is completely puzzled as to why […]

Barry Crump, of New Zealand-scale fame, wrote a book entitled “Wild Pork & Watercress” in 1997. It was written in standard Crumpian […]

Chris loves a good fire. This is probably one of his quintessential ‘bloke’ characteristics as I have noticed that there are quite […]

The finding of two lost trampers in northwest Nelson this week was a relief and an irritation. It is great that two […]