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Month: January 2022

Walking the long way round in pictures

On January 30, 2022 By Katrina14 Comments

As I've mentioned before, I live close to a 'red zone' in Christchurch. A red zone is an area that got totally munted in the earthquake of 2011, and the land was deemed uneconomic to remediate and rebuild on, so all the homes there got demolished and removed. Much of the red zone is by …

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How much should we tolerate in the cause of free speech?

On January 16, 2022January 16, 2022 By Katrina12 Comments

A wee while ago I wrote that I had joined the Free Speech Union of New Zealand¹. Like many others, I’m fed up with ‘cancel culture’, and the wokies who pay homage to it. They want to turn the world into a big bland tin of safe grey paint, and it’s boring the tits off …

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Elliot’s amazing world of vacuum cleaners

On January 5, 2022 By Katrina8 Comments

I had the great pleasure of meeting Elliot the other day. Elliot is the seven year old son of the nephew’s friend, whom I had already heard much about and his amazing world of vacuum cleaners. So when the nephew brought a boy with a big smile into my flat, I was charmed to finally …

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Happy New Year!

On January 1, 2022January 1, 2022 By Katrina7 Comments

Happy New Year! I followed the same tradition last night that I have maintained for many years now, and did nothing. Being only a ‘mildly social’ person, I’m happy in my mildly curmudgeonly ways, which I don and discard in no particular order, and at will, according to the occasion. What can I say? I’m …

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