New Zealand – Page 6 – Jane Shearer

Creating connections

How much investment should governments make in creative arts relative to R, S & T? I’m arguing creative arts deserve more.

To make headway, a waka requires everyone paddles in the same direction. How important is meeting in person to ensure we are paddling in concert?

Posie Parker is a horror. However, can we learn from the inherent absurdity of her demands?

Can New Zealand afford a new bridge across Auckland harbour? And is such a bridge visionary thinking or an impediment to a sustainable future?

Shared stories cement our connections. That’s my thesis in my novel Broken is Beautiful, just launched, and in life.

Contrasting NZ and Oz. Is the critical difference Ocker Gumption?

Frogs jump out of gradually heating water, but humans stick with failing paths of action. So why do we keep dissing frogs?

Some NZ bookstores won’t stock books referring to vaccination in any way, including my new novel. What does this mean for our society?

When life serves you cucumbers … you could put them on your face. Or, preferably, make great soup.

What is the similarity between singing and biking? In the learning, it turns out, as I discovered this week.