Rock – The Weight of Memory

The rock lay at the top of the bush, at the eastern end of the farm. Nick and I found it one day, though we had not been searching for it.
What’s With All The Noise? Here Comes Corrosive Moses!

Listen: punk rock agitates, but it always has something to say. Ever since it cursed and spat its way into the beige and regimented mindset of the mid-70s, it’s been loud in calling out the bullshit and challenging the rules.
Two Linguistic Perspectives that Can Change How You See the World

During my linguistics and language studies, there turned out to be several surprising crossovers between how you approach language and how you can approach life and the people around you.
What New Zealand Can Learn from Japan’s Waste and Community Systems

A while ago I was very fortunate to be selected to travel to Japan, representing New
Zealand, at the Local Government Exchange and Cooperation Seminar, in Kōhoku, a town in Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
Silly Seal Season – NZ fur seals return to the Coromandel this winter – Brought to You by DOC

As the water temperature cools down over winter, you may notice New Zealand fur seals, or kekeno, returning to the rocky shores around the Coromandel Peninsula.