The cage gilding fell off
Well, bugger. We knew delta variant was likely to ‘get in’ to New Zealand, we knew that a rapid lockdown was the […]
Tag: covid 19
Birds in a gilded cage?
This week the New Zealand news headlines featured the IPCC climate change report and the Skegg report on reopening of Fortress New […]
Beating biases
This week my brain has kept on trying to warp my perception of English COVID figures. When Boris threw English doors to […]
Bodies of knowledge
This week the New Zealand academic world has seen a flurry of debate about the intersection between mātauranga Māori – the knowledge […]
Scales of change
I had a minor light bulb moment yesterday when talking with Chris’s sister, Lindie. I have offered pondered the problem of drivers […]
Inflation & interest rates
It was time to pull out my crystal ball to contemplate the future of interest rates and inflation in New Zealand. I […]
Productivity
I found myself fuming today when I read about the Ministry for Business, Innovation Employment (MBIE) being a ‘telly offy’, in regard […]
Third waves
It’s the 7th wave that is supposed to be the big one if you are at sea, or surfing. Let’s hope its […]
Reactions and over-reactions
This week saw me variably succeeding and failing in some of those difficult personal conversations that happen all the time in close […]
The role of insurance
I hate insurance companies. That is not too strong a word. One could ask why I even get insurance because the very […]