An Interesting Week in Aotearoa It has been a fascinating week here in Aotearoa – Land of the Long White Cloud (thats New Zealand for those of you who are not in the ‘know’). All manner of ups, downs, dramas and saucy scandals. Where to start? The Great A very big shout out to two…
Category: politics
We need Leadership not Likership
I was trolling through the net, as you do when the weather has set in and the false promise of an early summer has dashed away laughing that you fell for it, when I stumbled upon this quote. ‘We need leadership, not likership’ Its an interesting quote, and it struck a chord. Leadership is a…
Good News For Education!
Hot off the press! The determination of Phillipstown Schools ‘take it to man’ court case against the Ministry and Minister of Educations decision to close the school and merge it with Woolston has been published. Recently the school filed a judicial review in the Christchurch High Court, where the school sought to get a…
Local Body Elections – VOTE or don’t….
I posted a short version of my reflections on the local body elections on my FB page, with my wonderings around how on earth a voter is meant to know who these people are. I felt the need to elaborate further. It is not so difficult for me – I know some of the…