Much of my work in volcanology is around the intersection of communities and volcanoes. I have been spending a couple of weeks here in Tenerife leading a group of university students through an exercise that…
Much of my work in volcanology is around the intersection of communities and volcanoes. I have been spending a couple of weeks here in Tenerife leading a group of university students through an exercise that…
Initially I was going to write about anthems – or to be more focussed, anthems declared by countries as national. National anthems are written and ‘performed’ as either (Collins) ‘rousing or uplifting songs identified with…
Recently I spoke at a gathering on the topic of ‘offences’. The feedback suggested this was a very relatable issue for many. Being human and just interacting normally with others in the course of life,…
As the Cambridge Community Board reaches the halfway point of our three-year term, we are proud of the progress we have made in diligently advocating for our residents. The board’s role is to be the…
Greetings, I hope the start to term three is going well. I know you will be paying extra attention on the roads now that our school aged pedestrians and cyclists are increasingly around as they…
Swimming in the warm ocean, I was looking across large and very busy tourist facilities on the southern flanks of Tenerife. The swimmers around me were laughing and posing for photos, I was looking above…
The discharge of contaminants to waterways is something that Waikato Regional Council (WRC) is charged with monitoring and preventing. Recently, a prominent Waikato farming company was fined for discharging “a large volume of dairy effluent…
Losing something is upsetting, irrespective of its value. It’s also inconvenient as it’s a time-waster re-tracing your steps trying to find where the lost item might be. A couple of weeks ago I found a…
Right now on dairy farms around the country the first calves are being born, generally in the middle of the night. Farmers are managing crop rotations, wintering and new season budgets. They’re having conversations with…
I’m currently on holiday in Europe. During our stay there have been two major elections in the United Kingdom and France. While both countries are democracies, their voting systems are very different – and so…
