I’ve been in New Zealand for just under 3 years now and, during this time, I’ve spent more time on beaches than I probably have in the previous 52 years combined. To be honest, I’d always been more of a fan of hills and mountains than beaches. But I’ve discovered that relaxing on a beach […]
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Don’t get me wrong, I like sugary foods. We all do, it’s one of the things that the body seems to crave. However, New Zealand seems to have taken this to an interesting level. And the reason I say this is because they seem to have added sugar in loads of foods where these things
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The price of cucumbers seems to be a bit of a national obsession in New Zealand. Here’s why.
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Have to admit that one of the key things I like about New Zealand, thus far, is that loads of folks enjoy being outside. I mean, lots of people. This last weekend there was Auckland Day (kinda like a birthday for the city) and there were events on around the city (including a Buskers Festival).
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Well, the first impression of New Zealand has to do with the people: they’re all so darned congenial. Several times at the airport someone said “Welcome to New Zealand”. I think I was kind of expecting us to be treated a bit like lepers since we were arriving from Covid-Island (the UK) but the reality
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OK, so being in Covid quarantine in New Zealand is a little odd. We all kinda dream of living in a hotel with food on tap and never having to do housework. But the reality is somewhat different. Well, the quarantine version is different anyway. First off, we’re not allowed out of the room except
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So, it all started with a message from a friend through linkedin in the middle of 2019 to my other half, Emma, that went something like this “fancy working in New Zealand”. Not saying it was a total coincidence (largely because lots of “coincidences” have happened in my life) but it did take us by
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A friend of mine recently asked on LinkedIn about whether to buy Apple or Windows for his company’s new computers. Sadly LinkedIn didn’t allow me the opportunity to write this full response but I felt that I ought to just share it here since I know it’ll likely upset the Apple cart: “The problem with
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It would be nice to have a Crystal Ball where one could see into the future, but sadly we all have to work with what we see and making workplace technology predictions is often just guesswork based on the the evidence around us. However, I’m going to give this a whirl with my thoughts on
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You might call me old fashioned but there are some things that really ought to be banned in today’s connected society. Especially around the use of mobile phones when in meetings. My frustration comes about from 2 separate events. The first of which was a political party’s ‘Listening to Business’ event where this party invited
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We all have habits. These are the things we do very regularly without even thinking about them, such as getting up and putting the kettle on before you do anything else. You just do them without even knowing that they’re habits. Work habits are just the same, you get to your desk and without even
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In today’s fast moving work environment there can be no standing still with your skills and knowledge. But if you really want to get ahead then you need to be willing to go beyond what most people will do, which is normally just enough to stay where they are. Even those in the professions (lawyers
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