A good friend of mine suffers terribly from coeliac disease. It’s a debilitating condition that mandates constant dietary vigilance. But coeliac is not to be confused with “gluten intolerance”. One is a very real condition; the other is an attention-seeking fancy, cooked up in the hypochondriac cornucopia of
lens.monash.edu In this episode of A Different Lens, we ask experts from fields including science, business, arts, design, medicine and health, and engineering what they think the future of travel looks like – from driverless cars, personalised public transport and flying taxis, to SpaceX travel. We also ask, why
When the Prime Minister closed down New Zealand’s oil and gas industry in order to signal her environmentalist credentials and prove commitment to her comrades at the Socialist International, she did so against murmurs of discontent which eventually came to nothing. When she did the same thing to tourism
David Jarratt University of Central Lancashire During the first UK lockdown I received an email from my son’s primary school with a list of webcams we might enjoy having a look at. We particularly enjoyed watching and identifying the animals at a particular African watering hole that we could
It sounds like one of those pestilential clickbait ads on social media: One easy trick guaranteed to keep kiwis out of quarantine! In this case, though, knowing about an obscure bit of fine print in Queensland’s “travel bubble” with New Zealand can save Aussie-bound Kiwis, not just a
We heard this week that the Labour government is going to sort out the problem of New Zealand having no labourers to pick the fruit and veg this upcoming season. Their response is too little and too late, unfortunately, and fully intertwined with their urgent desire to control businesses by
The Labour Party may be useless at most things they do but one thing they are excellent at is acting like arrogant third-termers. It’s kind of weird to see people like Woods, Twyford et al behaving like entitled prats from just their first few days in the job.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison seems to be talking the right talk when it comes to potentially opening up some areas of New Zealand with some Australian regions. Morrison made the announcement following a series of meetings on Thursday and Friday last week. “ScoMo” said the issue came up on
Eleanor Wenman asiamediacentre.org.nz How are people feeling about travel in a post-COVID world? A new report examines travel confidence, a changing travel industry, and top destinations for more than 10,000 people surveyed across 17 countries. It will come as no surprise that globally, people’s confidence
So we’ve done it. We have got COVID under control. We have no community transmission and only 18 active cases, all in quarantine, caught at the border. We have done what very few other countries have managed to do. We can truly describe New Zealand as COVID free. This
Rob pursuingoutdoors.com The Bay of Islands is sublime. Crystal clear water. Great species of sea-life that are both a challenge to catch and great to eat. Moderate weather all year round and history, geography and beauty that makes it a dream place to live or holiday in New
Press Release: ACT Party “Advertising by Tourism South Australia on New Zealand television shows the gulf in proactiveness between New Zealand and Australia when it comes to getting the economy restarted,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “While Tourism New Zealand cries ‘do something, New Zealand,’ and says it is
We hear a lot about the abysmal standards of the legacy media. One sided opinion articles pretending to be factual commentaries abound. Silly little so-called ‘journalists’, whining about how racist their last latte was or manufacturing angst about imaginary slights; all designed to rark up the offenderatti and generate
As we are all confined to barracks, it is a great opportunity to try new things. How about a virtual tour of a world famous museum or art gallery? Today’s tour is of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Wikipedia tells us: The J. Paul Getty Museum, commonly
As we are all confined to barracks, it is a great opportunity to try new things. How about a virtual tour of a world famous museum or art gallery? Or perhaps a tomb? This one also has lots of art on the walls. Today’s tour is of the Tomb
As we are all confined to barracks, it is a great opportunity to try new things. How about a virtual tour of a world famous museum or art gallery? Since we were in Amsterdam yesterday, let’s pop along the road to the Van Gogh Museum. Wikipedia tells us: The
