2006 School Terms and Holidays
Thursday, November 17th, 2005Straight from the Ministry of Education comes 2006 Term and Holiday Dates.
Archive for November, 2005
Straight from the Ministry of Education comes 2006 Term and Holiday Dates.
Public Funding of Science a Shambles in NZ
Thursday, November 17th, 2005Great guest rant on Public Address by a CRI (formerly DSIR, government scientific research org) talking about insanity of current contestable funding mechanisms. "A staggering amount of a scientist's time is now spent writing funding proposals rather than doing science. The red tape is almost unimaginable. On some occasions it has been necessary for our ...
Day 0
Thursday, November 17th, 2005Flight summary follows. Qantas: very good. Kids: great. Sleep: taken where it could be got. Customs failed to care about our coffee: Customs: What are you declaring? Us: Coffee. Customs: Any honey or fruit juice? Us: No, it's coffee. Customs: Ok, through you go. I swear, you could be declaring the bloody Hope ...
Interview with Pita Sharples
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005I was prepared to think of the questioning of Maori rituals as more political bizarrity, until I read this eloquent explanation from Pita Sharples in Public Address. Now it makes perfect sense.