This is the 400th episode of the AmeriNZ Podcast!!! Who’d ever have guessed I’d make it? It only took me 6,028 days… I talk about all that first, then what I’ve been up to since last week’s episode. This episode is also 18 weeks in a row, actually.
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Links for this episode
“Unusually busy me” – My blog post about my recent weekened
“A history of daylight saving in NZ” – ! News (TVNZ)
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The pool noodles are deployed! Some deep topics coming next week. In the meantime, Spring is on the way! Also, the pain I mentioned last week is gone.
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Links for this episode
”Fixing an unexpected problem” – My post on using the pool noodles
”Nigel would’ve been 59” – My post on Nigel’s birthday this year
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FOUR DAYS in a row with sunshine!!! However will I cope? Well, I mowed the lawns, for one thing. That led to a problem, and I discovered something I need to repair.
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Links for this episode
”Regular household duties” – My post on my mowing day
About the sciatic nerve
”Oblivious to a solution” – My 2022 post on the patio table cover
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Six weeks in a row—and one full month—without missing a week. Who am I?! I’ve been busy “adulting” over the past week, especially changing electricity suppliers, something that took a surprising amount of my own energy. I persevered. Then I talk about something I thought might have happened by today, but it didn’t, so I talk about the non-event and why it will be so important once it does happen. That’s it for June!
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It’s winter, and we have celebrations: The important one for me is that it was a brilliant sunny today day today. Also, this past weekend was the first King’s Birthday public holiday most New Zealanders will ever have known. I talk about all that first. The King’s Birthday Honours List was also released, and there were some surprises.
Then, I talk about my personal organisation system after using it for three months. Has it worked?
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Links for this episode
”New name, old holiday” – My blog post on the holiday weekend (with links to the stuff I talked about)
”Knights these days” – A 2009 blog post about some of the oddities of knighthood titles
”Success from understanding” – My look at my personal organisation system after using for three months
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It’s definitely Autumn in New Zealand: Days getting shorter, trees dropping their leaves—and more rain? We’ll know soon. Meanwhile, an important government review was released yesterday.
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Links for this episode
”IPCA release findings of review of the policing at Parliament protest and occupation” – Media Release from Independent Police Conduct Authority
”IPCA received 2000 complaints about police action at Parliament occupation, report debunks several online narratives” – RNZ
”A chaotic day in Wellington, a ‘distraction team’ equipped with safety goggles and ‘gardening gloves’” – Stuff
”Autumnal realities” – My blog post that I mentioned (with photos)
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This year isn’t very old, but so much has happened already! The prime minister resigned, we got a new one, and there have been a lot of bad storms. If I hadn’t already been taking a break, I’d need one now!
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Links for this episode
”Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces resignation” – NZ Government Media Release
“Sudden, unexpected change” – My blog post on the resignation
“The new team begins” – My blog post on the new Prime Minister
“Nine out of 10 hateful posts tracked in darkest corners of the internet targeted Ardern – new study” – Stuff
“Storms and storms to come” – My blog post on the January storms
“The big storm” – My blog post on Cyclone Gabrielle
“Cyclone Gabrielle Appeal Fund Launched” – NZ Government Media Release
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The weather has been shocking lately, and that’s interrupted my outside projects. I begin today’s episode talking about that, and a bit about the background to all the outside work. Then I move on to a completed project—yes, it happens sometimes. Even I’m surprised. After that, it’s a couple bits in the New Zealand news.
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Links for this episode
”Projected completion” – My blog post on the shelving project.
“Whether weather” – My blog post on weather and more.
“What a tangled web” – My blog post on the Hamilton West byelection.
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First episode of the year! The reasons it took so long to return aren’t much different than in the past, but it’s a good idea to start with talk about what’s changed since last time. Related, I was really glad to see the end of 2021.
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Links for this episode
All of my blog posts related to NZ’s Covid Lockdowns
All my blog posts on my projects
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Today was my last chance to do a podcast episode for April. I met the challenge! It was an unusually full month, even if there wasn’t all that much “big” stuff to talk about. Still, I find a few updates to pass along.
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Links for this episode
”The nice, long break” – My blog post on our ten-day holiday
”New Zealand Parliament Passes Assault Weapon Ban” – My blog post on the final passage
”They should have done better” – My blog post about NZ’s response to Brunei
”NZ’s Census disaster” – My blog post on the disappointing news
All of my April blog posts
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