Tag: Ruminations
Our Parliament’s library
It provides the research hub for our MPs and their staff, with its thousands of books, vast stacks of newspapers and more documents relevant...
Auckland’s aging coathanger
When I first came to Auckland some 50 years back, the only way to take a vehicle to the North Shore was to trundle...
Broken but not subdued
For generations Christchurch’s cathedral has been the city’s symbol, its focal point and, in many ways, its very identity. Of all New Zealand...
The Baroque glories of Schloss Eggenberg
Europe has more magnificent castles than you can shake a stick at. Few, however, match the glories of Austria’s Schloss Eggenberg. Apart from...
Seeing stars in Sydney
Visitors to Sydney who take time to explore the slopes above The Rocks may wish to direct their steps up Observatory Hill. At...
Events centre — well utilised and much appreciated
Back in April 2005, the Counties Manukau Pacific Trust unveiled its TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre. Remarkably, the building opened debt-free. Since its opening,...
Eyeing you up
They do things differently in England’s north. Up in Newcastle-on-Tyne they have a plethora of bridges crossing the river on which the city is...
Hadrian’s defining wall
The recent celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall recall that using physical barriers to mark political borders ain’t...
Auckland’s big little new Eden
Eden Park has been a sports ground since 1900. It became home to Auckland Cricket in 1910 and to the Auckland Rugby Union in...
Christchurch salutes the Deans
AMI Stadium is the latest incarnation of what was once Lancaster Park that began life in 1880 under the auspices of the Canterbury Cricket...