Posts by Rob Stowell
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Great writing, Greg. It's the grit that gets into the everyday which starts to wear and nag like sand in an engine. Don't want to go into our own experience with EQR/EQC - but it's evident that easy stuff, with clear lines of profit (plaster and paint jobs) are easy to get done. But they have little effect on peace of mind or quality of life. Faced with a hard job - everyone runs a mile.
We've got a long way to go. So it's especially disturbing to feel we're not on the right road.
PS - Stephen Judd would be an asset to anywhere on the planet. But there are plenty of folks - well-meaning and not - here making big $ 'helping out'. Many stories, rumours and slander in the air. Hope some of the dirtier dirt (if indeed it's not all just idle scuttlebutt) makes it out into the sunlight. -
Sounds great - will definitely try to catch this. Being in Chch through these times, even with eyes and ears half-shut, was a blast.
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I hope Ms Spong, in the odd break between bursts of her vital parliamentary stenography, takes the time to write her own life story. Blood needs to be curdled; hackles, raised; spines tingled. It's her patriotic duty!
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Hard News: CWC 2015: Contains graphic horror, in reply to hamishm,
they only work for the betterment of all mankind
And all for the minimum wage without any footware allowance :(
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The NZ cricket broadcasting teams are bloody good, and clearly have been sidelined. 'Star' bringing in most of the crew (and gear) leaves NZ freelancers in the lurch. There was a time when NZ (and Nzers) wouldn't have allowed it. I'm wondering if the 'Hobbit Laws' have any bearing on this?
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Flying Out are offering as a free download The Others Way - a compilation of 30 songs from the eponymous gigs. (Worth subscribing for occasional news, even without this :)
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Smart and eloquent-thanks Rhys. Pohutukawa make a fine symbol.
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Speaker: Once in a Lifetime: Unofficial versions, in reply to Hebe,
Thanks Barnaby et al. It's a very thought-provoking piece.
For some of us, almost every facet of our lives has changed, in ways we never could have imagined.
Very much still coming to terms with things - perhaps the most profound being a struggle to connect with
whether and how to re-assert our old values and choices or take time to flirt with rare new possibilities
For me, it's been disturbing to be confronted with a dominant set of values (the values of business) I only partially understand and sympathise with, and which seem all-too-often to prioritise profit over people.
This has been the main result of the government takeover of the rebuild - it's felt driven by the values of the National government, rather than those expressed by Chch people at large in eg 'Share an Idea'.
But even though the govt's values are at best endorsed by 50% of the population, they've won three elections -and increased their Chch vote beyond anything I can remember. So perhaps 'business first' is what NZ and Chch DO value.
And that's a tough idea for me to swallow. -
Waewaetorea island.
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Jump cuts are ok with me - that's how nga tamariki roll these days :)
Table or standard lamp or some-such pointing back (from the darker side) would be nice- would get some reflections in glasses, but also an 'eye/catch light - worth trying.
There are lots of mic options these days, from cheap to very expensive, and depending what it's recorded on (I'm picking it's a laptop?) I've never used a usb mic, but I guess there's the advantage it can be powered so no batteries.
