FROM THE RIDGE: City folk must live like farmers
27 April 2020
What comes after covid-19?
It is going to be different.
Drastically so for those places that have come to rely heavily on international tourism.
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FROM THE RIDGE: Daily survival trumps activists’ doings
20 April 2020
I'm looking forward to level three primarily because I was so frantic during the two days when it last happened I completely missed it.
I’m glad I’m not the one in charge of making the decision to relax the restrictions. Go too early and undo all the good work of recent weeks and, even worse, the pain and ruinous economic impact were for nothing.
FROM THE RIDGE: Let’s learn from the history we are making
13 April 2020
Halfway through the designated month-long lockdown and indications are that as far as controlling the spread of the virus things are going as well as could be hoped for.
Just one death from 1200 cases is great but has brought up questions whether the cure is worse than the disease.
FROM THE RIDGE: Jane says it’s not a pretty sight
6 April 2020
I finished writing last week’s column late on the Wednesday night, right on deadline as usual and thought I might as well stay up another half hour to see the clock roll over into New Zealand’s first ever complete lockdown.
It was a somewhat unsatisfactory experience, much like Y2K or any New Year’s Eve. One minute after midnight felt very much like the minute before.
FROM THE RIDGE: Diary of a panicking survivalist
23 March 2020
June 2020.
Dear diary. How are you? That’s silly, you are an inanimate object. I’ve just got into the habit of asking everyone how they are before going anywhere near them. Not that I’ve seen anyone for weeks. But I have decided to jot down a few thoughts should anyone read this in the future. It might be helpful.
I can’t believe I now think of myself as a survivalist.
FROM THE RIDGE: Death could be a devastating experience
16 March 2020
Last week the World Health Organisation officially announced coronavirus is a worldwide pandemic.
Through good management and luck New Zealand has just five cases at the time of writing, all back at home, and no deaths yet.
FROM THE RIDGE: Death could be a devastating experience
16 March 2020
Last week the World Health Organisation officially announced coronavirus is a worldwide pandemic.
Through good management and luck New Zealand has just five cases at the time of writing, all back at home, and no deaths yet.
FROM THE RIDGE: How to convince an unenthusiastic wife
9 March 2020
“Every Kiwi should walk the Tongariro Alpine Crossing at least once in their lives,” I pronounced.
Jane gazed at me and looked unconvinced.
We had a wedding coming up in Turangi and I thought if there was a suitable weather window we should take an extra day and walk it.
FROM THE RIDGE: Our farms are already regenerative
2 March 2020
There is a bit of wheel reinvention going on.
No, that’s not quite the metaphor that I’m looking for. How about teaching granny to suck eggs? Something like that.
Regenerative agriculture is all the rage, the answer to all our ills.
Really?
FROM THE RIDGE: Website wrinkle trips up technophobic boomer
17 February 2020
I am, of course, a baby boomer, somewhat out of fashion now.
The boomers and millennials are looking over the heads of the intervening generation, Generation X, and having a good go at each other.
