Been thinking about the leaving speech…
Well being a digital native it is natural that I should record my leaving speech in the ether. Actually I have three leaving speeches to make. The first in Wellington, the second to my lovely staff in Auckland and the last to my wonderful team in Christchurch. All over the next few weeks. How does [...]
Of Hanmer I shall never tire
I’ve never had a bad holiday in Hanmer. It’s both a fact and a wee adage I have. I think it would not be too much of an exaggeration to say that Hanmer is one of my favourite places on planet earth. I am there now and on my walk this morning thought I might [...]
All good things must come to an end…
Well after a mere 26 years, 7 months, and 12 days (or 9,720 days or 233,280 hours) of working for the New Zealand Companies Office I have decided that it is time for a change. I tendered my resignation this past week and my last day with the Ministry will be Friday 2 September 2011. [...]
From the air above Australia
Well hello blogosphere. I haven’t really had much of an opportunity to scribble (type) recently. I have a few hours to kill on this flight to Singapore (en route to KL) so here’s an update…. Life is beginning to get back to normal after our devastating earthquake on 22 February. Katherine, Molly and Katie have [...]
Why does everything simple have to be so damn hard?
I am in the midst of assisting my lovely mum relocate into a Retirement Village. After her stroke last year she has decided it might be a good idea to live in closer community with others. I think it’s a great idea as I have lived with the constant nagging worry of her having a [...]
Emptying of the Head
On board flight NZ506 to Auckland on a lovely autumn morning, provides an opportunity for a wee blog entry. Not a lot of structure to the entry but more a collection of random comments. Incredibly busy time at the moment; I have three significant software releases in the works (all of which are public facing [...]
The resilience of mothers.
This little entry is to record the resilience of my dear old mum. Mum had a stroke on 21 December 2009 and is currently making remarkable progress in her recovery. The last few years have been something of a medical adventure for mum who has suffered from high blood pressure for many years. She had [...]
The Don and his family
Originally uploaded by Justin Hygate It is a fact that I have three lovely daughters. It is also the case that I have three god sons. The oldest is Nick Robertson. Nick is the son of (Professor) Stephen Robertson and Bob (Robyn) Blake. My nephew Reuben Wehi is next and then comes Harry Bruce, son [...]
It’s Christmas time all over the world…
As the song goes… so a little Christmas message to all our readers (both of you – “Hi Mum”). 2009 has galloped past at a fare old pace. As is often the case at this time of the year one looks back and attempts to judge whether enough was achieved. On the family front Annie [...]
Here we go then…
Welcome dear internet traveler to this my first ‘blog’. I have been playing on Twitter for some time and have enjoyed the opportunity to have my say on all sorts of things. I thought I’d create a little corner of the web (it is angular is it not?) where I might be able to record [...]
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