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As we contemplate what kind of society we want New Zealand to be in the post-pandemic era, Yunus challenges us with the question – What is the purpose of doing business anyway?
When are we going to learn that foreign capital doesn’t give a damn about us?
I recently I blogged; POLICE BREACH PROTOCOLS. Photographic evidence was provided to show the RULE OF LAW being superseded by…
In 1989 the 4th Labour Government 1989 sold off Air New Zealand.
There’s a 60minute (Channel 9 Aussie TV) going around which dramatically condemns China for being the start point of coronavirus, as a result of eating disgusting things like well fried bat’s wings and many other ‘China exotic’ dishes that Western’s find repulsive.
Did you know that nitrates in our ground water may be linked to a rise in bowel and colon cancers or that some NZ Farmers are being paid millions of dollars by our government NOT to farm in order to preserve two of our largest lakes ?
These are responses I’ve had from high-profile well-respected former politicians – with whom I associate.
Martin and I visited the West Bank and Israel 4 times, in 4 consecutive years starting in 2009 , taking part in ‘alternative tours’, run by the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and by Joint Advocacy Initiative (JAI). It feels like a long time ago. The present situation is so very much worse.
When times are tough, as they are now, people are more open to sharing and working towards the common good.
Today I look back to the Great Depression of the 1930’s to see what lessons can be learned to get our economy working after the pandemic is under control.