Bloody Masks
When I was in Europe I was thrilled to find lots of people not wearing masks and have the relief of not […]
Tag: New Zealand
Media disservice
Anyone else out there disturbed by the media treatment of Sam Uffindell? This week’s news in New Zealand has been dominated by […]
Dear Mike Hosking…
For the offshore reader, Mike Hosking is a voluble and high profile radio talk show host who is very vocal in his […]
Returning to the not-so-smug hermit kingdom
We have been out of New Zealand for two months, hard to believe it is that long, and it is time to […]
Indigeneity & Belonging
I was walking along the Slovene Mountain Trail, looking at the way that locally logged timber is used to build steps and […]
The value of risk
The mountains in Slovenia (at least the Kamnik Alps where we have been the last 4 days) turn out to be very […]
Fluid Narratives
We caught up with friends before starting hiking from Maribor in NE Slovenia on the Slovene Mountain Trail. If you want to […]
Worthy Tourists
We have spent the last 3 days in Prague. We stayed at a lovely AirBnB overlooking the Vltava River and the Charles […]
Differences
We made it to the other side of the world in the face of COVID-19 and Putin’s threats. The best thing about […]
Climate Change & Consensus
This post is not about whether there is consensus around the world’s climate changing rapidly and anthropogenic greenhouse gases having a significant […]