Category Archives: Culture and Society
Apathy
Life is a beautiful thing. I plan to propose to the love of my life in the spring, the season of hope. My uncle, who owns the local plantations, has agreed to take me in as a tutor to his children. My older sister is about to have her first child. Continue reading
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Goodbye Letter to Christchurch
AHD’s Goodbye Letter to Christchurch. Continue reading
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Let me stew: I’m a doctor
A few thoughts on the doing of a PhD. Continue reading
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Self-indulgence
Rhodes Scholarships come and go, but tons are forever. Continue reading
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Thou shalt have no other gods before me
When the University of Canterbury decided they wanted some promotional material, they produced this, a profile of alumna Joanna Nicholls-Parker. It’s really all highlights, but I’ve produced a very short highlights package for you. One important insight: This is the environment in … Continue reading
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Press Release: Ruth Richardson Receives Honorary Doctorate
Press Release: Ruth Richardson receives Honorary Doctorate. Continue reading
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Bombs away
Back when I was a child, I was briefly involved in some very typical student controversy that made the news for a couple of days. It was all fairly ridiculous, but I guess it seemed like a big deal at … Continue reading
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A Happy Announcement
I’m sure he won’t mind me saying. Kea & Cattle founder and main writer, the redoubtable Andrew Dean, has become Ashburton’s latest Rhodes Scholar. Asked his feelings on receiving the news, Dean was reticent. “Yeah mate, I’m stoked”–before turning back … Continue reading
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From a seat in the crowd
Beginning my day in the usual way, titillating myself with a quick run-through of my favourite celebrity gossip site, catching up on Courtney Love’s honorary patronage of the Trinity College Philosophical Society, George Clooney’s slide into painful self-parody, and Lindsay Lohan’s … Continue reading
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