it's been a beautiful, bright, sunny day in hamilton.  like summer has finally arrived.  i was lucky enough to be invited today to a boo...

ok, so i'm doing this submission in a rush so it's far from perfect.  but it's something at least & we are restricted by thi...

i thought this would be the best place to share the submission i've put in tonight to hamilton city council's review of pensioner ho...

another waitangi day almost over.  in terms of public discourse, it has gone the way of most waitangi days.  people complaining about the ne...

looks like 2014 is not going to be a good year for blogging - i'm just not finding the time to write, which is a pity because i miss it....

the summer break is continuing, and it is definitely everything i was hoping for.  a complete break, where i am not doing anything too much,...

so, 2013 is pretty much over, and what an incredible year it has been.  well, for me personally, it has been a year of amazingly wonderful e...

ah, it's been too long a break from blogging.  a couple of reasons.  mostly because my life hasn't really slowed down after the loca...

must be time for another labour day post. i promised myself that i would do nothing productive this weekend, and apart from a bit of stuff...

i don't want to be doing another post about burqas .  it's not like i haven't written extensively about them.  and to put the fo...