Archive for 2020

Caption contest

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 12:31 pm, March 30th, 2020 - 22 comments

In the interests of Covid-19 bi partisanship keep it especially seemly.

New Zealand Tourism after 2020

Written By: advantage - Date published: 7:30 am, March 30th, 2020 - 48 comments

Post Covid-2019 what is going to happen to New Zealand’s tourism market?

Please don’t have to bring out your dead.

Written By: lprent - Date published: 12:27 pm, March 29th, 2020 - 45 comments

Anyone who has read even briefly into written human history is going to be aware that it is as much defined by our epidemics and pandemics as by any of our technical and societal achievements. This post is essentially a quick range over the history of pandemics and epidemics with links and some focus on COVID-19.

Open mike 29/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:00 am, March 29th, 2020 - 181 comments

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

Open mike 28/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:00 am, March 28th, 2020 - 130 comments

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The Big Chill

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:05 am, March 27th, 2020 - 56 comments

A post for the duration: what’s inspiring us or helping us get through? Music, film, books, games, or just sharing what’s keeping us occupied as we hunker down.

No politics, no aggro, no politics.

We are all socialists now

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 1:38 pm, March 26th, 2020 - 131 comments

It seems that the pure free market approach is ill equipped to provide the world with the leadership and guidance it requires.

That eerie silence

Written By: lprent - Date published: 8:29 am, March 26th, 2020 - 69 comments

Waking up this morning was a bit of an eerie feeling. The alarm went off as usual at 0700 (and the 0880 one just clicked over). Very little traffic noise. The quiet sound of the workstation and server fans was louder than the the remaining white noise from the traffic.

This post is here for you to share your first day under lock-down.

Bullet Train Wreck

Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 10:21 pm, March 25th, 2020 - 23 comments

New York Governor Cuomo was told CoVid-19 was like an approaching freight train. More like a bullet train was his response. Watching the White House daily briefing with Trump dominant it looks like a massive train wreck is on the way in the US.

Bye bye parliament for a while.

Written By: lprent - Date published: 3:56 pm, March 25th, 2020 - 10 comments

Gotta love parliament – James Shaw “there are no fiscal conservatives in a foxhole”.

Anyway, parliament in the chamber will be going dark for a few months. So will parliamentary TV (but you can still get that live).

Have a look at the archives from today- there are some politicians who are on form..

Generational astrology

Written By: weka - Date published: 10:00 am, March 25th, 2020 - 25 comments

In the time of coronavirus, we can move from blame to connection.

Open mike 25/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:00 am, March 25th, 2020 - 155 comments

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Open mike 24/03/2020

Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:00 am, March 24th, 2020 - 131 comments

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Phasing into phase 4

Written By: lprent - Date published: 2:50 pm, March 23rd, 2020 - 147 comments

Heading into phase three, moving into phase four 48 hours later. Here is the video briefing and the quick analysis.