The 'time thieves' at customer service
I've just got off the phone to someone responsible for what can only loosely be called "customer service". This is not the first, second or even third time my wife or I made such a call, all in an...
View ArticleBible in schools: externalising an internal debate for & against
On Tuesday, Jeff McClintock and the group of people around him will begin their appeal against a decision to throw out their challenge to the Bible in Schools programme. The legal battle is technical;...
View ArticleBible in schools: externalising an internal debate for & against
On Tuesday, Jeff McClintock and the group of people around him will begin their appeal against a decision to throw out their challenge to the Bible in Schools programme. The legal battle is technical;...
View ArticleChiefs' Mad Monday investigation: A rucking farce
Here's the thing: What exactly did happen during that Mad Monday Chiefs event at Ōkoroire Hot Pools, near Matamata, on August 1? Despite the Rugby Union's "investigation" into events we are none the...
View ArticleSo long, Leonard
To get some idea of just how great the now-departed Leonard Cohen's musical legacy is, you can't just listen to his recordings. You have to look at how his works were standards for so many other...
View ArticleHe's just one of those people born in the wrong time
I didn't ever "know" Peter Gutteridge. read more
View ArticleReview: "The Bone Clocks"
Having binged on politics up to and including the day after election night, I'm going through a bit of a purge at the moment. So I've pretty much tried to ignore Labour's travails over the last couple...
View ArticlePutting Eleanor Catton among the pigeons
Eleanor Catton certainly earned her pay this week, especially all that government money everyone was decrying her for receiving while she traitorously criticised our nation's character overseas. She...
View ArticleWhy it's OK the coach can't go to the [basket]ball
There's nowt like a wee ethnic bun-fight to kick-off Waitangi weekend, and it's been delivered this year by a pakeha basketball coach who's been told his team can't go to the [basket]ball because he's...
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There’s a sail on the horizon. Not really a sail. More like a blanket on a stick.And today is suddenly going off-script. The complication of others intrudes. And I’m to be their savior.*read more
View ArticleThe 'time thieves' at customer service
I've just got off the phone to someone responsible for what can only loosely be called "customer service". This is not the first, second or even third time my wife or I made such a call, all in an...
View ArticleBible in schools: externalising an internal debate for & against
On Tuesday, Jeff McClintock and the group of people around him will begin their appeal against a decision to throw out their challenge to the Bible in Schools programme. The legal battle is technical;...
View ArticleBible in schools: externalising an internal debate for & against
On Tuesday, Jeff McClintock and the group of people around him will begin their appeal against a decision to throw out their challenge to the Bible in Schools programme. The legal battle is technical;...
View ArticleChiefs' Mad Monday investigation: A rucking farce
Here's the thing: What exactly did happen during that Mad Monday Chiefs event at Ōkoroire Hot Pools, near Matamata, on August 1? Despite the Rugby Union's "investigation" into events we are none the...
View ArticleSo long, Leonard
To get some idea of just how great the now-departed Leonard Cohen's musical legacy is, you can't just listen to his recordings. You have to look at how his works were standards for so many other...
View ArticleThe death of one man is a tragedy; the annihilation of half the universe a...
When I was still in high school, a religious studies teacher presented a no-win hypothetical to the class. What if, he said, you were travelling on a hijacked bus? The terrorists plan to kill half the...
View ArticleReview: "The Bone Clocks"
Having binged on politics up to and including the day after election night, I'm going through a bit of a purge at the moment. So I've pretty much tried to ignore Labour's travails over the last couple...
View ArticlePutting Eleanor Catton among the pigeons
Eleanor Catton certainly earned her pay this week, especially all that government money everyone was decrying her for receiving while she traitorously criticised our nation's character overseas. She...
View ArticleWhy it's OK the coach can't go to the [basket]ball
There's nowt like a wee ethnic bun-fight to kick-off Waitangi weekend, and it's been delivered this year by a pakeha basketball coach who's been told his team can't go to the [basket]ball because he's...
View ArticleThey
There’s a sail on the horizon. Not really a sail. More like a blanket on a stick.And today is suddenly going off-script. The complication of others intrudes. And I’m to be their savior.*read more
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