Jim visited Bolivia last month. He snapped the beautifully adorned buses for the Bus and Coach Association’s Circular magazine, but avoided travelling on them.
A bus in Bolivia
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Richard went to see some shows at the New Zealand International Arts Festival for scoop.co.nz:
Another book review – this time of Going Bush by Kirsty Ross:
‘Against the socially and culturally conservative conservationists, those with “a proper sense of nature”, she sets “mischiefmakers” and “delinquents”.’
Read the whole review on the Scoop Review of Books.
Going Bush is published by Auckland University Press.
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Richard writes an occasional column. His latest asks whether our government is following the lead of others, such as the US, China and South Korea, in funnelling “economic stimulus” money into energy efficiency and reducing our dependence on oil.
First thing in the morning I am leaving town for two weeks. For the first week I’ll be staying under a rock in Fiordland. You can see where here, at the top left of the photo:
Once I’m back in Wanaka, it’ll be Lewis’s fifth birthday, and then we’ll all make our way back up the Coast to Wellington.
Jim and Queenie are in Sri Lanka. Jim is visiting the country with the help of an Asia:NZ Media Travel Award, to carry out research for a future documentary. Read about their adventures here.
A review by Richard of Ann Brower’s book about the privatisation of the South Island high country is on the Scoop Review of Books. You can read it here.