Liar, liar, pants on fire! English just makes up a new reason why we sold our electricity companies

With the Paris Climate Change Conference beginning today and the public memorial service for Jonah Lomu, you may have missed the news that “tens of thousands” of investors who bought shares in the sell off of Genesis and Meridian Energy in 2013/14 have in turn sold off those shares which has seen an increase in,… Read More Liar, liar, pants on fire! English just makes up a new reason why we sold our electricity companies

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 grahamcameron

My (over-priced) house, my castle? Tauranga’s catching Auckland’s housing fever

Tauranga City Council has just completed its latest housing valuations from which it will determine the rates we pay for the next few years. Our personal house and property value jumped a massive 22 percent from the previous valuation. Only 28 percent of that increase was improvements to the house; the majority can really only… Read More My (over-priced) house, my castle? Tauranga’s catching Auckland’s housing fever

November 23, 2015 grahamcameron

Tuawaru o Noema: celebrating the founding of the Ratana faith

On the 8th of November 1918, the Tuawaru o Noema, Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, a local farmer, was on the porch of his house on the exposed and lonely plains south of Whanganui when a cloud came from the coast: Wiremu noticed a cloud formation hovering and moving above the sea heading in his direction. It… Read More Tuawaru o Noema: celebrating the founding of the Ratana faith

November 9, 2015November 9, 2015 grahamcameron