We wish you a Happy Solstice, with a colour-full covid-free summer if you are in Aotearoa or the Pacific… …and if you are in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a Covid-infected area, and dealing with lockdowns and deaths, please take care, and know that we are sending our love to you, with our hopes […]
Stuff, and Ihumatao…
December 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Congratulations to NZ Stuff Media for their courage in taking responsibility for their long history of institutional racism, and making a commitment to change. This is the first time a major media group has acknowledged its bias, with examples, and taken responsibility for the change that is needed – throughout almost all media and other […]
Elections 2020 in Aotearoa
October 19, 2020 by 1 Comment
Sunday 18 October – the day after our elections How lucky we are to live in a country where a warm, eloquent and truthful woman Prime Minister has been able to hold our nation together during the difficult times of the last three years. We hoped that Jacinda Ardern and the Labour-led […]
August News and Views..
August 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This month we’ve experienced an Auckland Lockdown, pre-Election Politics, a Climate Change event, some Celebrations…and Spring is on its way here with Tanya’s photos of a burst of magnolia blooms in Grey Lynn… and a celebratory bike ride by Tanya into the West… (past Western Springs, through the Te Atatu Bike tunnel, to […]
Lockdown/Rahui again…
August 19, 2020 by 1 Comment
We’re in Level 3 for 12 days because of a new cluster of Coronavirus cases detected in Auckland City, and since a few cases in Tokoroa and Rotorua. The whole country has been put into Level 2: https://covid19.govt.nz/covid-19/alert-system/alert-level-2 Here in Auckland, we feel for the smaller shops and cafes that can’t afford to become delivery […]
De-Carbonise Auckland by 2030!!
August 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
( please consider signing the open letter on their website) On Monday 10 August We went to an excellent meeting at The Grid in downtown Auckland, organised by Bike Auckland and Generation Zero and chaired by Lucy Lawless. The purpose of the meeting was to publicise the campaign, “The Race to Decarbonise Auckland Transport”: https://www.generationzero.org/decarbonise_transport_2030?mc_cid=58df924e64&mc_eid=264f2bbd2d […]
2. In the south: Mohua-Golden Bay
July 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
After our stop at Mapua we drove over Tākaka Hill to Tākaka township, which still has a distinctively ‘alternative’ atmosphere, with its gentle pace, organic shops and old-style hippy culture. Tākaka obviously also continues to have a strong community focus, and a more modern political focus too – a clear Black Lives Matter statement on […]
Don’t Dump in Dome Valley, Auckland Council !!!!
July 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
On Friday 17 July we joined a hikoi from Albert Park to Aotea Square to protest against the possibility of Dome Valley – Te Whārua o Waiwhiu – north of Warkworth, becoming a major dump site for Auckland City’s rubbish collected by Waste Management Services. Like Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara, who organised the march […]
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