I see…

I haven’t kept abreast of our DBH politics, I fight other fights, so all I know about the state of our health system is what hits me personally, and frankly it ain’t flash. 
However when our normally benign newspaper is alight with admonishment & it’s aimed at this government (if you can call them that) I take [...]

It’s Art Deco Weekend

Every yea thousands of fun-loving people descend upon HB to enjoy all that we have to offer.  This year we have the added bonus of the Queen Victoria visiting; that’s an extra 4000 or so people.
Here are some rules for Art Deco weekend. 

Watch out for people on the Art Deco Tours.  You will see them standing, [...]

Why so paranoid?

I was out with my camera looking at property this morning (someone said it was going to be a buyers market soon) and came across these two pearlers

The owner of the house came out and asked if he could help, I said I was just taking a photo of the house (the one on the advertising [...]

Did someone mention drought?

This wee forecost should please the farmers in Waikato…here’s hoping happens
http://www.metvuw.com/forecast/forecast.php?type=rain&region=nz

What did they have to lose..

I had an interesting conversation with a friend the other day over the whole sub-prime thing.  It was made up of an analysis of “what did these borrowers have to lose”, and the outcome? Absolutely nothing.
The people who have no job, and no assets,  and where given a mortagage, and have lost their house, have [...]

Barista Needed

OK this is a situations vacant post but when I arrived at Napier’s best coffee shop this morning – Ujazi – I was asked if I could ‘magic up’ a barista and a cafe assistant.  I said I would give it a go…
 Situation Vacant…
Urgently required 1 experienced Barista to work in Napier’s grooviest cafe.  Must [...]

Cullen out of touch!!!

You live round the corner from me, how can you be so out of touch.  Have you not seen what I have seen?  You say…
“New Zealand business has got a responsibility for investing more in productivity.”
“Business has got to come to the view that it has to invest more and not just seek cheap labour [...]

$US and carry trades cont’d

www.interest.co.nz has analysts predicting the dollar going up to US$89. Watch the fall out then. Is there no other way of controlling inflation?

Mother of all carry trades

I am NOT an economist, I do however have some dealings with foreign exchange, I export – apples.
I, like many other people, have been trying to figure out just how high this dollar is going to go, at its present rate business is not sustainable, that’s all there is to it. So in my search [...]

Sail away with me honey….

I cannot say I am surprised at the latest statistics out regarding migration.  We are setting yet more records that we cannot be proud of and the response from the incumbent government is , well, astonishing..
No, they don’t blame the sun or the moon, nor do the call it a blip, apparently it is ‘luck’ [...]