The 4-Day Work Week
So what’s the next step in this progression? As far back as the Roman slave revolts led by Spartacus, to the mediaeval peasant rebellions wanting protection from their kings, to the factory workers uniting in the Industrial Revolution to stop child labour and gain a 10-hour work day, to the union organisers of last century […]
Born & Raised – Huia Martin
My family links to Mercury Bay are my grandparents, Kevin Brown, long-time resident and ex-commercial fisherman from Kūaotunu, and Christine Carter, who had the Civic Video store for 20+ years. My twin brother and I grew up in Kūaotunu.
Unexplainable Happenings – Part 2
Ross Liggins is back with more anecdotes and insights My most memorable strange experience occurred in my early thirties. I had been attending parapsychology classes over the previous months, where we learned about auras, spirits and lots of other esoteric things. One of them was called ‘transfiguration’, when a person or thing changes its […]
Local Action – Finn Molloy – Kitesurfer
My favourite trick is called the woost, which can be learnt after mastering jumps over 4 metres. To do a woost, you must send the kite to 12 o’clock and sheet in the bar. Then once you have taken off, you flick the board up above your head until it is almost resting on the lines. Then you flick the board back down and spot your landing.
Where do the Earth’s and our human needs intersect?
Living sustainably on Earth as humans is an idea that seems to have been somewhat greenwashed lately. While there are excellent initiatives out there addressing several issues that humankind has created on Earth, we need a more hands-on approach not only to deal with them but to live with them in the foreseeable future.