COVID AND ALL THAT
The Auckland Lockdown reverts from Level 3 to something the Prime Minister refers to as Level 2.5. The rest of the country remains at Level 2. Back to normal again. Or is it?
THE NEW NORMAL IS DIFFERENT TODAY
The photo on this page was taken a year after the big Christchurch earthquake. It represented an inner Christchurch suburb community attempt to cope with the ‘new normal’ the city had been presented with by these devastating earthquakes. Once collapsed buildings had been cleared from their sites, new community initiated uses evolved, in some cases […]
NORTH KOREA – THE NEXT GLOBAL BANANA MERCHANT?
Global warming is causing all sorts of rethinks. The English county of Kent these days has a burgeoning wine industry. There wasn’t a wine maker in sight in my days in London in the seventies. Wine culture at the time meant buying Black Tower and Blue Nun branded German white wines,
APPLES NEED TO BE PICKED TO EARN EXPORT DOLLARS
It is not easy being Minister of Immigration. Particularly in Covid times. New Zealand is a very attractive destination for people from around the world at the best of times; for tourists, as well as people intent to build a new life for themselves in our country.
MY NEW BOOK – FAIR & SUSTAINABLE PRODUCE PRICES
I am sitting here at my keyboard, just like last year, and the year before, writing a blog entry. It is spring in New Zealand. The evergreen Azaleas are coming to the end of their flowering cycle, the first columbines and larkspurs are ready to add their colour, and the snowball tree and roses are […]
PERCEPTION IS 9/10TH OF REALITY – HAPPY 2021!
When is a PAK’nSAVE not a big yellow store with plenty of car parks around it? That’s right, when the store is located on the main road between Apia and Samoa’s Faleolo international airport. The store is yellow alright, but somehow lacks the dimensions and presence of its illustrious New Zealand counterparts.