Another week. Another opportunity to approach what will be the new normal. Conversations at dinner tables allow people to theorise what Level 2.5 might look like. The new normal for the National Party changed this week. Simon Bridges ended up where most people felt he should have been a long time … [Read more...]
Garry 19 May 2020
Hasn’t this week been amazing. Instead of travelling overseas to catch up with old friends and family, this time we have just had to hop on our bikes and achieve the same thing. In our own City. It’s been so exciting, and scary. The lock-down gave me a chance to have a big think. The main doubt … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 12 May 2020
The fascinating thing, for those of us who are followers of economic trends, is that nobody knows what is going to happen to our economy. Or the economy anywhere, for that matter. There are some who know a lot, but most are just tongue flappers. One thing is that our media, in its weakened … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 5 May 2020
Right now, we are all wondering what our world will be like as we emerge out of Level 3 ,and head toward Level 2. Businesses are struggling, as are their employees. I have just got off the phone from a mate who has said that they are back at work, but things are really quiet. Another mate last night … [Read more...]
Garry writes 28 April 2020
This week not much will change from last week. Our bubbles will move slightly. This has involved delicate negotiations between us all. We would like to have everybody close to us in our bubble. Good luck everybody with your expanded new whanau. When we look around the world it really has been a … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 21 April 2020
As the Government considers when NZ will move from Level 4 to Level 3, I have been thinking about what we should be planning personally as our new world emerges. Here’s how the Economist reported that European countries are intending emerging from Level 4 today: We will need to ensure that … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 14 April 2020
Like every part owner of a small business we are sitting anxiously wondering when the lock down will be over. It was instructive to listen to the Steven Moe’s interview with Shamubeel Eaqub about economics. This is a philosophical discussion about the real reasons for an economy. As I listened to … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 7 April 2020
This week’s notes are a mix of picking up thoughts, research and ideas in this strange time we are all in. I have Zoomed more in the past week than in the past months. I’ve even been involved in two really good Gin and Tonic sessions by Zoom. Fortunately they concluded before they became too … [Read more...]
Garry writes 31 March 2020
Pam and I have been in self-isolation for two weeks tomorrow. That’s because we arrived from Australia (on probably the last cheap flight we’ll ever experience) after the lock-down notice from the Government. When the “bubble” was announced we were joined by our daughter Rosie and for part of … [Read more...]
Poetry
Firstly, lets start with a poem which Sam Hunt used in an interview this week. It’s by James K Baxter: High Country WeatherAlone we are bornAnd die alone Yet see the red-gold cirrusover snow-mountain shine.Upon the upland road Ride easy, strangerSurrender to the skyYour heart of … [Read more...]
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