I voted for Te Pâti Māori when they first entered the Whare Pāremata and they were fresh. I’ve always wanted them to do well but I lost faith in them when they opted to join Key’s ratbag lot. I understand why they did it and I respect their reasoning but somewhere in my soul it […]
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Auckland Theatre Company 2026 Programme Launch
8.30am on a drizzly Monday morning in downtown Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland for the breakfast launch of Auckland Theatre Company’s 2026 season might sound like quite a big ask but ‘something’ told me there was ‘something’ pretty good in the offing so, armed with our new pink umbrella and more than a tad (good 1970’s theatre […]
Superannuation, and the illusory ‘back pocket’
Among the raft of serious issues – and there have been plenty of them – created by the coalition government that have affected me directly, superannuation is close to the top. Why is this so? Because the income I receive from superannuation – my entitlement to which, to quote the Prime Minister, I am ‘entitled’ […]
‘Stronger Together’
What an INCREDIBLE three days – and what a difference ‘hope’ makes. 170+ of the best people it’s possible to imagine from every corner of the tertiary education sector and from almost every walk of life, all totally committed to making the world a better and more equal place for everyone. It’s not often that […]
Superannuation
Among the raft of issues created by the coalition government that have affected me, superannuation is close to the top. Why is this so? Because the income I receive from superannuation – my entitlement to which, to quote the Prime Minister, I am ‘entitled’ – is my primary source of earnings, and since the government […]
The Boys and the Biff ~ NZ Police & ‘Serving the Crown’
This was written first in 2007 after the final aborted trial, aborted because, for the second time the arresting officer Sachin Nair failed to appear. In fact, he’d failed to do anything which included ensuring a police prosecutor was appointed to present the NZ Police case. It was a shambles and I reprint this blog […]
Kōpū ~ a theatre review
I’ve been looking forward to experiencing Kōpū since I first saw the ads a few months ago. It just looked extraordinary. Initially, looking at an attractive photograph of the cast, I recognised performers I knew and whose work I have grown to admire and, for me, that’s always the strongest hook. Narratives not so much, though I’d […]
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