Posts by Hilary Stace
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I have just written a letter to the Dom Post, something I do a couple of times a year. I am not a diagnosed mental patient, but if so, so what, isn't that comment a little prejudiced. And I have discovered the blogosphere.
My letter was on two of my favourite subjects, autism, and Thorkil Sonne, a Danish employment advocate for autistic people. It was in response to a very ill-informed column earlier in the week, on both those topics. I don't expect it to be published, but I feel better for putting my annoyance into words.
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New article by ethicists Martin Tolich and Paul Flanagan
'New Zealanders can learn about themselves
when comparing the “Unfortunate Experiment”
with both the Tuskegee Syphilis Trial and the
Nuremberg Code' in the latest issue of the Health Research Council's
Ethics Notes, p 6-7 -
Bought the last copy at my local book shop this morning. Assistant had to ring up to see if she was allowed to sell it but all OK. Will be my Christmas treat reading.
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Why have men's soccer shorts got longer over the last three decades, while women's netball and tennis skirts have got skimpier?
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Are any others a little concerned about a team called the All Whites going to South Africa? Perhaps they could use a te reo version.
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The more bee stings you get the less likely you are to get arthritis - so I've heard.
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Sayana, as I remember they researched in various institutions for several months (the winter?) and went travelling (summer?) The resources they used were things like the detailed card indexes of New Zealand place names compiled by earlyTurnbull Librarian Johannes Anderson, and the NZ foot traveller AH Reed, and every little school or church that had ever published a history. They were also innovative in bringing pre-pakeha history and geography into the mainstream.
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The Mobil guides were by Diana and Jeremy Pope. They researched them in the Turnbull Library when I worked there and every liberal home had copies. Probably many still have.
Jeremy Pope is an anti-corruption crusader and travel writer and is an officer of the NZ Order of Merit -
Robyn, that concrete ramp is great for wheelchair users - wide and with careful gradient. So often with council developments accessibility issues are an add-on (or with the private sector ignored ). Possibly having Graham Condon on the council at the time helped.
We also went to Governors Bay (Shechocolate worth visiting) and Akaroa. Very pretty but not wheelchair friendly places.
Interesting hearing all these opinions of Christchurch as we were brought up with my mother's stories of her grandparents - one set on the hill and the other on the flat - and the underlying class issues.
Final comment - the Dux DeLux must be one of the best restaurants for vegetarians in the country - never disappoints.
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By sheer coincidence I was in New Brighton last Sunday having never been there before. Had no preconceived notions. I saw a huge fabulous beach (white sand, aqua sea) with cared-for dunes and pathways. People surfing and kids playing. Even people flying overhead like human seagulls. I noted a frequent bus service (even on a Sunday), and a modern well used (and open on Sunday) library with free wi-fi, in prime position overlooking the beach adjoining an accessible cafe and restaurant, A busy pier which was obviously a product of long time community fundraising. At the end of which several people were catching reasonable-sized fish. Suburb-wise it reminded me a bit of Lyall Bay, a bit sandy and rugged. Stunned the next day to read of the white supremacists patrol. I don't get Christchurch.