Tag: Liz Waters Editorial
Not on our watch
Public scrutiny of a proposal which would (among other worrying changes) increase the speed limit on Auckland’s inner harbour from 12 to 18 knots...
Quarantine means quarantine
As a yachtie, I raised and lowered quarantine flags punctiliously in new ports for years and woe betide any of us on the ocean...
A place to bury differences
The America’s Cup is a strange beast.
As ghastly as the egos of some of the millionaire and billionaire syndicate bosses are as they wave...
High stakes: ‘We will require wisdom’
About the time a bellicose Donald Trump was lighting a bonfire under the mob that rioted into the inner sanctums of the US Capitol,...
Life’s rich pageant
‘How many years does it take to become a Waihekean?’ has always been a wistful question frequently asked by relative newcomers. It’s unanswerable but...
History in the taking
“First time on the market in 22 years!” the listing screams.
“A rare gem…spectacular views…”
So far, so normal for a Christmas season TradeMe property listing...
Now for the mahi
The Overton window is the range of ideas the public is willing to consider and accept — ideas a politician could successfully campaign on....
Buoy, oh buoy
Towering over the clipped entrance to the museum at Claris on Aotea/Great Barrier Island is the rather wonderful Tiri buoy.
Once the mooring for the...
A future in the making
Clearly, we are at a watershed point in human civilisation.
I’d like to think that, standing on a fairer, more inclusive and generous planet 30...
Consider me rarked up
Sometimes, reporting on Auckland Council’s relationship with its least-favoured island is like watching a birthday party game of whack-a-mole – a frenzied seethe of...