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There’s one night left until the big day…..that is Election Day – and of course the launch of new premises for Hale Compound Conditioning.   But first things first….only two things to remember. Enrol Vote   It’s not that hard….

  I love this time of year.  The opening up of tulips, resplendent in their springtime colour, brings a splash of vitality into our world which reminds me of the time I was carrying our baby, waiting for her to…

“Each moment is just what it is.   It might be the only moment in our life; it might be the only strawberry we’ll ever eat.   We could get depressed about it or we could finally appreciate it and delight in…

1st September.   Spring is here.   Springtime is lovetime.   Time to be rejuvenated by the new life all around us – the warming sun that touches the morning, the fluffy puffs of blossom,  flowers in every vivid shade of colour emerging…

Leading by Example.   That’s the statement of affirmation one of our banners displayed at the Ka Toi Maori o Aoraki, held in Timaru at the end of last week.   It was a fabulous metaphor, as it turned out, for the…

Hikoi Waewae What do you do when your initiative is focused on the outdoors and it rains for months?  You use your initiative and find day walks to go on which won’t become treacherous if the weather turns. Such was…

Last weekend, our leaders-in-training stood in wonder, as the rays of the sun splintered the deep puffs of cloud sitting above Takapūneke, in the land of Onuku.      Takapūneke was the home of the Ngāi Tahu Upoko Ariki; Te…

The earth laughs in flowers.  It leaps with joy in perky daffodils, haughty tulips look out over the world in splendid shades of red; exquisite orchids demonstrate perfection in every aspect of their design.   Separately they have a beauty in…

Haramai te kōnehunehu! Haramai te hāuaua, Haramai te tarahī! Haramai te patapataiāwhā! Takataka mai i te kōmanawa o te hei tapu, whāinumia e koe e Waipuna-ā-rangi ka tupu te whenua, ka tupu te tangata! Welcome the misty rain! Welcome the…

Rēkohu.  Wharekauri.  Chathams Islands.   A land of exquisite beauty, where the dawn rises from behind the shore and sets the world alight.    And in the stillness of its silhouette on the waters, just as suddenly the sun appears to dazzle…