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Diana Wichtel: Prince Philip s funeral like a scene from Game of Thrones 30 Apr, 2021 04:00 AM 4 minutes to read There was the small figure of the Queen , suffering stoically. Photo / AP These days we resent having to wait for the next episode of a new television series instead of bingeing until our eyes fall out. Imagine how fans of Charles Dickens felt in New York in 1841, forced to wait on the wharf for the final instalment of The Old Curiosity Shop to chug across the Atlantic so they could discover the fate of the freakishly virtuous Little Nell. Reader, she didn t make it. Even her creator was in bits. Old wounds bleed afresh when I think of this sad story, wrote Dickens. Oscar Wilde, on the other hand: One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell without laughing. ....
Opinion: Three cheers for Andrew Little s health reforms 27 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read Health Minister Andrew Little announcing the Government s health reforms at Parliament. Photo / NZME Northern Advocate By: Wayne Brown Three cheers for Andrew Little, a government minister who has actually decided to govern as if they do have a big majority. Let s hope he sparks a flurry of activity from his fellow cabinet ministers in other areas needing bold moves, and there are plenty of candidates, Transport, Housing, Electricity, MBIE and the SOEs to start with. I ve had plenty of experience with health bureaucracies having been parachuted in to fix Northland Health, get Auckland City Hospital up and running and as a commissioner to fix Tairāwhiti DHB in Gisborne, so I ve experienced appointed boards, elected boards and no boards and I can tell you that no boards works best. ....
The insider s guide to Ōhakune, New Zealand 25 Apr, 2021 02:00 AM 3 minutes to read A change of seasons in Ohakune. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald Isobel Hana Lee May shares a few of her favourite places to eat, drink and be merry in the best little mountain town that could. Of all the places I ve travelled to, whenever I come over the hill and the peaks of Mt Ruapehu first come to sight, that will forever mean home to me. I was 12 years old when my family moved to Ruatiti Valley in 2012 on a deer hunting block. This was my classroom and playground growing up, where Mum and Dad taught me life skills I would never have learned in public school. Looking back, I can t help but admire and thank my parents for what I have gained from this incredible way of life and where it has brought me to today. ....