Welcome back. Another February. Another start to the Tuesday Club. I trust you are all in good spirits. During the break I read a number of books. One book in particular caused me to sit up and think hard about the journeys some refugees took to get to the place we take for granted, New Zealand. … [Read more...]
Let us have an immigration debate which is sensible and sensitive:
Every single one of us in New Zealand is a descendant of, or an actual immigrant. I despair when people start scrapping about whether or not we should accept immigrants and refugees. They display no knowledge of their own ancestry. The debate on immigration is one of the most transparent displays of … [Read more...]
The world’s refugee issue hasn’t gone away
We are all preoccupied with being “locked down”. For millions of people around the world the luxury of being locked down the way we are would be beyond their wildest dreams. Our borders are closed right now but that won’t be forever. We must remember at some stage we will have to get our heads … [Read more...]