Tag: Liz Waters Editorial
Life’s rich pageant
‘How many years does it take to become a Waihekean?’ has always been a wistful question frequently asked by relative newcomers. It’s unanswerable but...
History in the taking
“First time on the market in 22 years!” the listing screams.
“A rare gem…spectacular views…”
So far, so normal for a Christmas season TradeMe property listing...
Now for the mahi
The Overton window is the range of ideas the public is willing to consider and accept — ideas a politician could successfully campaign on....
Buoy, oh buoy
Towering over the clipped entrance to the museum at Claris on Aotea/Great Barrier Island is the rather wonderful Tiri buoy.
Once the mooring for the...
A future in the making
Clearly, we are at a watershed point in human civilisation.
I’d like to think that, standing on a fairer, more inclusive and generous planet 30...
Consider me rarked up
Sometimes, reporting on Auckland Council’s relationship with its least-favoured island is like watching a birthday party game of whack-a-mole – a frenzied seethe of...
Transformation, by inclusion, out of collaboration
Austerity – as in “difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce public expenditure” – arrived in New Zealand in the 1980s. It...
Rise up and be powerful
When one of the more politically minded folk you know tells you they are seriously considering spoiling their ballot this year, you know that...
No limits to political imagination
The trouble with the celebrity culture we’ve stumbled into this past few decades is that it’s a passive spectator sport. Sound and fury that...
A managerialist world
Talking to a Wellington colleague wise in the ways of sclerotic bureaucratic practices, I recently outlined the perfunctory and displeasingly short opportunity for the...
