October 4, 2021

We’ve done it again

Welcome everyone to the October issue – and we’ve done it again. The last time we had a nationwide level 4 lockdown, we ran Mark Amer’s Mack Super- Liner on the cover as a marker of a world gone…

The pragmatist, the realist and the optimist

by Gavin Myers

February 11, 2022

I try to avoid the topic of Covid-19 as much as possible. That’s not to say I sit with my head in the sand; I just no longer consider it engaging conversation.…

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Remember the Welsh

by Dave McCoid

February 4, 2022

Late last week, the Ministry of Transport dropped the discussion document Te huringa taraiwa: Te arotake I te pūnaha utu kaiwhakamahi rori |Driving Change:…

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Tick Tock

by Gavin Myers

January 28, 2022

Here’s an admission; I don’t have much enthusiasm for social media when I’m not working. Sure, I have the relevant accounts, and I’ll have a quick scroll…

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Grubbing around in the undergrowth

by Dave McCoid

January 21, 2022

A few years back, I wrote a piece where I lamented the fact that rather than adopting the Haast’s eagle as our national symbol, instead, we settled on a small,…

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