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Feb 2, 20233 min read
Where are we at?
I mean absolutely no disrespect to Paula Bennett, the author of this article that appeared in the NZ Herald, in fact it is good that she...
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Feb 2, 20231 min read
UTU or Reciprocity
The Wharf Hub in its workshops cites utu (Maori 'reciprocity') as a fundamental relationship in its approach to our marine World and the...
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Jun 16, 20222 min read
Traditional fishing in Kerkennah, Tunisia
An Al Jezeera documentary caught my eye. Traditional fishing methods in Kerkennahs, (Tunisa) are said to date back to Phoenician times...
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Jun 1, 20221 min read
Feeling the Interconnectedness
So powerful can this 'interconnectedness' feeling with the environment be that many astronauts looking back at Earth became so awestruck...
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Jun 1, 20221 min read
Catch the Passion
Thanks Lorna for this look into the pathway for catching the passion for our moana. It can be a simple as putting your head under the...
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Jun 1, 20221 min read
Thinking Long Term
At the time of writing this Blog, youths many under the age of 15, have come to attention for performing a spat of 'Ram Raids'. Our...
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Oct 7, 20211 min read
Catchy Conversation
A news item on TV caught my attention last Saturday but I couldn't find it again on TVNZ Online. I recall the jist of the item was that...
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Oct 4, 20211 min read
Gifts to Tangaroa
An inspiring artist working on the tidal sands describes his art work, which are soon swept away by the rising tide, never to be seen...
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Aug 16, 20171 min read
Mud slinging
It always amazes me what people can develop business events out of. The South Korean 'Mudtopia' festival is set to be run in Rotorua. As...
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Jul 30, 20171 min read
Its not clicking
My Winter 2017 AA magazine arrived with a rather catchy cover declaring "It's not clicking'. The fact that around 96% of us do wear...
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Jul 9, 20171 min read
Space travel
Rockets being launched from nearby Mahia Peninsula may have seemed like sky high talk a few years ago but the launch by Rocket Lab...
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Jul 4, 20172 min read
Rebooting our lives
At a First Aid course I was on recently we eventually got onto the topic of defibrillators. Stand clear as a one off massive voltage...
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Jun 29, 20176 min read
Rena wreck - a perspective revisited.
With one Iwi (Maori tribe NZ) now saying the mauri (Maori:life force) of the reef has been restored, other Iwi are sticking fast to...
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