Category Archives: This is New Zealand

Rainbow across my electorate

Posted on 24 April, 2013 by jb

Maurice Williamson, an MP in New Zealand’s Parliament, speaking during the reading of the Marriage Equality Bill legalising gay marriage. More here: http://www.3news.co.nz/Maurice-Williamson-An-unlikely-gay-icon/tabid/370/articleID/294855/Default.aspx

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As expected….

Posted on 1 April, 2013 by jb

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“It’s not normal to feel your pelvis break. It’s not normal to be crushed smaller, smaller, smaller, until you can shrink no smaller. It’s not normal to feel kilo after kilo, tonne after tonne land on your left hip and … Continue reading →

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If Obama wins I’m moving to New Zealand

Posted on 7 November, 2012 by jb

Twitter / Search – if obama wins new zealand: Er, it’s not as if you can just TURN UP at the border and we’ll let you in just because you don’t feel like accepting the results of a (lower-case) democratic … Continue reading →

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Bullshit bingo to the power of ten

Posted on 29 October, 2012 by jb

A tree felled by a forestry company in New Zealand later rolls down a hill, onto a main road and just misses killing a couple in a car. This is Nelson Forest’s abominable management-speak response: “We work diligently with all … Continue reading →

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The New Zealand pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Posted on 10 October, 2012 by jb

Stunning.

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Auckland Council’s “24 transformation opportunities.”

Posted on 5 September, 2012 by jb

Now, if this is isn’t enough to win the World Bullshit Bingo championships, I don’t know what is… Embed customer-centric design into our services & processes Increase the level of self service for our customers React with more agility to … Continue reading →

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Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Posted on 28 August, 2012 by jb

New Zealand is a small nation. The 6 degrees of separation that apply to the rest of the world are reduced to 2 here. I was talking to a friend last week and we agreed that probably everyone in the … Continue reading →

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