2017
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Now leaving the milky way
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3 min read
Thought with some distance, it was the right time to wrap up two years at Fonterra. Previously: Leaving Telecom / Dawdling to the pavilion. My two years at Fonterra was a real game of two halves. The first year was when the milk price was down, the farmers were hurting and getting things out the…
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A couple of years ago while messing around with the kids at the Hairy McLary park on Tauranga Waterfront, we saw a stingray lazily cruising along the rocks at low tide. He did several laps and didn’t seem to be in a hurry to get anywhere. Now we live here, and every time I park…
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Batavus Criterium restoration
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2 min read
Moving to Tauranga, we now live an easy ten minutes or so on the bike from the office. I wanted a flat pedal bike that’s more upright than the road bike, and that wouldn’t be out of place on the light gravel paths around here. Luckily I had this – my father’s old Batavus Criterium.…
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Just heaps of dolphins
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1 min read
This was on the return from a trip to Astrolabe Reef to scatter my uncle’s ashes. It was an emotional and fascinating day. He was a mad keen diver from the days where you wore a rugby jersey rather than a wet suit and saying goodbye in such a beautiful spot with perfect seas and…