The Broadcasting Standards Authority is being abolished. What will come next? (B.S.A.) The Government is waging a war on New Zealand media. In a week where Reporters sans Frontieres announced that New Zealand media freedom had dropped 17 places in 12 months on its global scale, two very disturbing events nearer to home, should be … Continue reading The Government offensive against New Zealand media
My exploration of A.I. using Chat G.P.T.
A Chat G.P.T. rendering of a turbine in a hydro-electric power station (Chat G.P.T.). The case for I used Chat G.P.T. to draw the above image. The instructions were very straight forward, and the image output astonishing - with a few exceptions, it just about completely matched the image I had in mind of a … Continue reading My exploration of A.I. using Chat G.P.T.
Where does Civics sit in the New Zealand curriculum?
Is it time for the New Zealand teaching curriculum to include Civics? (Min. Education) Introducing Civics to New Zealand education is controversial. My musings were further fuelled by watching an American judge, Raquel West dealing with defendants in her Texas court room, and being amazed at how many needed to be nannied like children in … Continue reading Where does Civics sit in the New Zealand curriculum?
Past thoughts of being a political leader in New Zealand
Forming a political party was not quite a Eureka moment for the author (Chat GPT). I once had an idea for a political party many moons ago. It was a time when I was starting to find out the limitations of the big parties in Parliament, the realisation that the glacial pace of change for … Continue reading Past thoughts of being a political leader in New Zealand
Lest we forget the price of New Zealand at war
Remembering the price of war: crosses for fallen N.Z. personnel (R. Glennie) In 2018, I stood in W.W.1 trenches in near the Belgian town of Ypres, a town outside of which five significant battles were fought in W.W.1. The worst was Third Ypres (Passchendaele), with about 550,000 Allied and German soldiers killed. Third Ypres was … Continue reading Lest we forget the price of New Zealand at war