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Heading off a conflict of interest

Heading off a conflict of interest

My first action was to seek advice. I was considering standing for Rodney District Council, and sought the counsel of Graham Nielson who was my supervisor when I was employed by the council to computer-model Helensville’s water reticulation—the good old days when the...
Soon-to-be 175-year search for an indigenous flag

Soon-to-be 175-year search for an indigenous flag

Failure to embrace a new flag in the past bought Aotearoa a power of trouble. When the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, by default the national flag became the Union Jack. Eight years earlier, in 1832, the group of northern tribes that became known as the United Tribes...