THE U.S.A. gross domestic debt is 134 % in relation to its GDP. France comes in with 115% and the UK with 95%. By comparison Australia’s is a modest 42% and New Zealand even better at 32% (All 2021 numbers)
“WE DID NOT realise that Putin had spun himself into a historical mythology and was thinking in categories of a 1,000 year empire. You cannot deter someone like that with sanctions” German senior diplomat Thomas Bagger … Continue Reading
With a line-up of more than one hundred presenters and fifty events, Featherston, New Zealand’s only Booktown, is getting ready to welcome over 7,000 visitors to the Wairarapa for another outstanding literary weekend over 8-12 June.
The seventh Featherston Booktown Karukatea 2022 Festival kicks off on Friday 10 June with the now famous Fish’n’Chip supper – with guest speaker the acclaimed writer, Witi Ihimaera. The rest of the weekend will be filled with stellar writers and literary entertainment, starting with Late Nite Lit’s singing sensation Moana Leota and her band putting poetry to music. … Continue Reading
After several years of trying to produce respectable kumaras we have finally succeeded!
Well, perhaps the “we” is a bit of an exaggeration …we have been most ably assisted by Roberta, The Kumara Queen. The secret is definitely in the build up of the plot, and freshly grown kumara tipu: these are the shoots grown from a ‘mother’ kumara that has been placed in a box of sawdust and fine topsoil and kept warm and damp to encourage shooting, through the winter months. The shoots then planted in a well-prepared plot and nurtured with warmth and water.(Aided with the excitement and encouragement that only gardeners can provide). … Continue Reading
The Waiohine River Plan is a document that should draw the attention of anyone that has even a slight interest in local government wherever their location.
Recently adopted by Greater Wellington Regional Council on 7 April, this plan has its roots back in the late 1990s when investigations on the Waiohine flood hazard first began.
It is however, not its long gestation period that makes it special nor is it the format, designed to be read on-line with links to other relevant documents and easy to update as the Plan evolves. What makes this plan unique is how it was written and how this might apply to other community projects. … Continue Reading
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