Posted: September 26, 2025
Pursuing place, not things
Thank you to the Exchange Cafe↗ and Rāngai↗ for collecting candidate thoughts on climate change↗ at the time of our council candidate videos.
I do bang on about place, not things, and that might sound disconcerting for local retailers... but I love local retail.
This latest, beautiful example is what I believe the future of retail+value-added service↗ looks like in a provincial resilient, sustainable, resourceful future place:
We can be the little resilient beacon of hope on the Coast.
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- Final call: Vote like you mean it!
- Asked about the kiwifruit industry
- On household incomes and wealth
- On council waste
- My council candidate video
- That not being on social media thing
- Podcast with Jack Marshall - Now That's an Idea
- TL;DR? Here's the 1 minute pitch
- How to vote
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- A good overview of my, and your other fave's, policy positions
- Bringing education, research, trusts, and industry together; and the problem with Joint Ventures
- A bit of motivation to make a start
- The homeless - what to do?
- Māori Wards - a union of Te Ao Māori and a struggling western democratic capitalism
- Insulation - a personal reflection on the Trust Tairāwhiti AGM