Social media full of crazy but plausible lies
Seventy years ago (give or take), my mum and her sister walked into the kitchen for breakfast to find the radio blasting and their...
Chance to rebirth common sense
My bubble is about to burst!
Not the old bubble that I've been in for the past almost 50 years. It's this isolation bubble that...
People detox not all bad
The last time I spent this much time at home in the space of a month I was tripping on methadone after back surgery.
I...
We all have a role to play in rebuilding our ‘new’...
As I sat writing my speech ahead of Anzac Day, it brought home to me just how unreal these times upon us are.
Instead of...
What can you do for your farm and for others?
While we are sick of the use of the word now, we are certainly living in unprecedented times.
The rapidly changing environment brought about by...
In times of change, we must invest in the future
Through great change comes great opportunity, and choosing to focus attention on the potential gives a sense of positivity in such a chaotic and...
District doing quite well for virus tests
Hello again Waitaki!
It's fantastic to be writing another column for the Oamaru Mail after the past few weeks of not having the paper. I...
Standing together as we face a new future
Thank you for welcoming us into your bubble.
Next week we will go from Covid-19 Alert Level 4 to Level 3 and with that our...
How Waitaki coped with the influenza pandemic of 1918
The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed 9000 people in New Zealand. At least 83 of those deaths were in what is now the Waitaki...
Stay home and save lives
Can you remember what you were doing a couple of weeks ago? You know the day - Friday the 13th, unlucky for some... though...
Ready to help while we weather storm
The past weeks have seen our lives change in an unprecedented way as the world does its best to contain Covid-19.
Being innately social creatures,...
Community approach to Covid-19
Covid-19 has entered our country and one of the best decisions made by our Prime Minister was to close our borders to give our...
We as community will get through
Community.
If there is a word that sums up what is important right now it is community.
We are in this together and we will get...
Garden a good place to be during lockdown
This April will be like no other we have ever known, and gardening will be a productive home activity for all ages.
Let's get our...
Sacrificing Gregs so Gregs may live
I kill babies! It's a necessary evil, or they all die from starvation.
I'm talking about monarch caterpillars, of course. Farming them is quite stressful,...