Posted: September 11, 2025
Now That's an Idea — Cut Waste, Cut Costs!
Journalist Jack Marshall recently graciously hosted me on his new podcast Now That's an Idea↗.
I eventually get to the tangible idea, but you first need to wade through my background and how that informs my decision-making, and my big picture worry about our political economy.
I've come to realise that sitting at the decision-making table is my professional happy place. Where my reading, listening, and reasoning skills have been valued. It's certainly not all this talking about myself that's been going on lately!
As they say:
No one ever learned anything with their mouth open!
Other diary entries
- Thank you for believing in me!
- Final call: Vote like you mean it!
- Asked about the kiwifruit industry
- On household incomes and wealth
- Briefly on climate change, and retail
- On council waste
- My council candidate video
- That not being on social media thing
- TL;DR? Here's the 1 minute pitch
- How to vote
- Ways to support horticulture without a background in horticulture
- 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