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INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS IN NEW ZEALAND

Listener: 17 September, 2011.
Keywords: Environment & Resources;  Governance;
The cinema may give a good idea about the sewers of Paris and Vienna, but I have little idea what goes on underneath the city in which I live. I just pull the plug or chain and the waste magically disappears.
For the citizens of Christchurch, it did that [...]

17th September 2011 | Comments Closed

MY (ALMOST) CHEMISTRY CAREER

Thiis was prepared for an essay competition on Chemistry, However it did not meet the competition rules. The ‘Listener’ column it refers to is ‘My Chemical Romance’ at http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=934
Keywords: Miscellaneous;
The Listener economics column which follows this introduction was published in a January when I write columns which, while covering an economic topic, are more general [...]

12th September 2011 | Comments Closed

NOT BLACK AND WHITE

Letter to Herald on Sunday, published 4 September 2011
Keywords:  Political Economy & History;
Debrioh Coddington said I blamed ‘Rogernomics for Pike River’s 29 miner deaths’. (Herald on Sunday, 28 August) I did not and have not. I await the outcome of the Royal Commission which is far more expert and informed than I am. It may [...]

4th September 2011 | Comments Closed

DO WE DESERVE TO HOST THE RWC?

Listener: 3 September, 2011.
Keywords: Growth & Innovation;
Does New Zealand deserve the Rugby World Cup? No, I am not concerned about who wins it; I hope the best team wins, and you know who that is. But do we deserve to be hosts?
Compare our feeble efforts with other big tournaments whose hosts deliberately use it to [...]

3rd September 2011 | Comments Closed