I received this epistle from Eileen Hennessy who is an attendee at the Tuesday Club when they come to NZ each year. From the porch of a little wood house in the Tennessee, America- countryside. Met by an early am birdsong. I opened your letter and read David’s poem. How fitting after a night … [Read more...]
A sniper’s report from General Patterson:
John Patterson sent me this report from the trenches of Parklands: When I go out for a walk now everybody speaks to each other as they pass at the appropriate distance apart and people passing in a car wave, a police car passed me today and both the policemen waved. It’s like it was when we … [Read more...]
Supermarket Shopping
Tom McBrearty sent me this email which he sent to his local supermarket. I am appalled at how awful people are toward people who are providing an essential service. Good stuff Tom. It is important that we say “thank you” to those who are keeping our society functioning at this time. Thank … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 7 April 2020
Some great Covid-19 videos … [Read more...]
This week and last week on Zoom:
We had a good turnout for the Zoom call last week. It’s really important to keep in touch with each other. It really is easy to do. Rosemary will repeat her lesson from last week on how to do it. 5pm Tuesday night join David Bennett at Tuesday Clubthis week on Zoom link … [Read more...]
It’s time to challenge the banks:
This week the Minister of Finance announced that the Banks had agreed to a 6-month holiday period for capital and interest payments. I thought back to the anger of people after the earthquakes, who took the holiday period for mortgage repayments finding that their mortgages were higher than what … [Read more...]
Covid-19
What is causing virus’ is something which suddenly is in the front of our thinking. In this article the author argues that Viruses such as Covid-19 wouldn’t emerge in food markets if it wasn’t for factory farming, globalised industry and rapid urbanisation. Here’s the article: Don’t say I never … [Read more...]
Letter from America
Our annual visitor from USA, Mark Hostetler, and class are not coming this year: I received this note from Mark this week: Hello Garry. Unfortunately, because of the coronavirus pandemic, my University has cancelled the study abroad class and we will not be coming over this year. We are … [Read more...]
Business
It’s time to think about how exactly we could rebuild our economy, post this lockdown. There has been considerable support from the Government for business, and that is to be applauded. I am delighted to see that the Government has appointed an extraordinarily talented businessperson, Rob Fyfe, to … [Read more...]
Our media:
On RNZ this week Andrew Holden a former editor of the Press pointed out that it is essential that we pay for our media. Or we will lose it. I want to make a person push for Newsroom. This amazing publication has led so many of the proper stories in our media in the past few years. They will be … [Read more...]
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