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Articles Civil Defence Plenty of Tsunami warnings but would it have saved lives?
Warnings fail to deliver relevant information that might save lives.
Perspective Continuing Apiata saga
Now the Prime Minister is denying the SAS is doing any real shooting in Afghanistan.
Perspective Apiata unmasked
Can we take seriously the military and Prime Minister's outrage over Corporal Apiata images?
PERSPECTIVE Water Certificates
If Carbon Credits and Food Miles weren't enough to pound New Zealand agriculture with, now we are going to endure Water Certificates.
PERSPECTIVE Don't transmission a whole gully
Half a Gully is actually better than a whole one. Building the northern section by itself makes much more sense than the whole highway. The US marines nearly built a road through Transmission Gully to get out of Wellington during World War II. Their gener
PERSPECTIVE Cricket makes games shorter not better
It's amazing that five day test cricket has evolved into the three hour carnival that is 20/20, without making the game any better. 20/20, despite its hoopla and unpredictable outcomes, is still wedded to the same long game formula and shares its faults.
PERSPECTIVE Silly ideas for Pipes and Possums
Maybe it's the fumes from the whiteboard markers, or maybe it's something halucagenic in the Auckland water, but when high level think-fests happen there stupid ideas pop out. It happened with the previous government's knowledge wave. The technical visio
PERSPECTIVE Pig Farming more a TV spectacle than science argument
Pigs in crates is the biggest media show of the moment. It lines up the whole range of morality play characters. Mike King, the Auckland media personality come pigmeat promoter, has now turned renegade grovelling in his apologies. The stalwart activist
PERSPECTIVE Media release marks our official launch
After nearly eight years of pondering 'a good idea' and six month building the site, we've finally delivered a website fit for public launch. It has given us cause for celebration, albeit that it's a bit rushed - only a cup of tea and cheese scone as we c
PERSPECTIVE Bringing international politics into the family home
What happens when a mother, nurturer and psychology grad studies international politics? This woman starts asking herself questions like, 'what about the people'? I'm guessing I could get all the way through this programme without once having to think abo
PERSPECTIVE Farmers' Markets - Fad or Future
There's something uplifting to get out of bed very early and set to work on a project. It makes the project feel much more worthy. Early last winter my partner twisted my arm into an early rise each Sunday. She wanted us to go to the farmers' market down
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