Ian Powell, who knows what he says about the health system said this about Covid on Business Desk website: The government would do well not to use altruism as a justification for the rollout schedule. Aotearoa is such a small market that our original Pfizer agreement would have made minimal … [Read more...]

I have a good friend who is an amazing woman working for Pacifica in South Auckland. I ring her from time to time to remind her that she is not on her own. This community have borne the brunt of Covid 19 in Auckland. It is a real worry what the TV article on the attached link states. How hard it was … [Read more...]

The pandemic is a moral emergency! Dear President Dawson, Interim Provost Lindquist, Dean Lane, and Department Chair Jones: In previous correspondence I sketched some concerns I have about the adequacy of our university’s COVID-19 safety plan. This being our final opportunity to modify that … [Read more...]

I was listening to Kim Hill on Saturday morning interviewing Dr Chris Smith on covid 19. It’s an interview that, in my opinion, everyone should listen to. Dr Smith could make even me understand covid.. Many old people living on their own would benefit from this, I have learnt over the years that … [Read more...]

It’s so easy for us to become complacent in our Island state, surrounded by water and isolated from the world. As a group of us celebrated a difficult year passing in a restaurant recently, we rejoiced that we could actually all be there together. This photo from New York taken recently reminds us … [Read more...]