Dignity
Measurement is the assignment of numbers to objects or events and it is a global obsession. I see people with little dinky things that measure how many steps they take and websites where the whole...
View ArticleHow will the greater Christchurch earthquake experience influence kids in 50...
How will our stories, images, achitecture and recovery vision influence future generations? I was raised in Napier fifty years after the 1931 earthquake ‘that wiped Napier town off the map’ and have...
View ArticleBump, Spark, and Swim Upstream
It ’s raining outside and I can see the venue from my hotel window. I make a dash for it – I find my boot is leaking and the green man at the crossing seems to be off on a coffee break. I wait,...
View ArticleCosmic Engineering
Photo by Maxwell Hamilton To be honest my former self would have thought that an ‘inspiring engineer’ was an oxymoron. It would seem that the universe has intervened on the behalf of the engineering...
View ArticleMy Valentine’s Day Disaster
It is a valentine’s day like no other and it starts early. I look out the jeep window, a little bleary eyed from the 4am start. Tacloban flashes past as we drive to a relief distribution. We slow a...
View ArticleNeurons of the Heart – the Art of Being Connected
A neuron is an excitable cell that processes and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals. These signals between neurons occur via synapses, specialized connections with other...
View ArticleRejuvenating eucalypts – an analogy for human recovery
Guest Blog by Jolie Wills No reading and research can ever prepare you for the real life and long term personal ramifications of a disaster. I have researched, read and heard a great deal about the...
View ArticlePurpose and pot plants
Guest Blog by Jolie Wills This last week I have been visiting tsunami affected communities in the Tohoku region in Japan and speaking with fabulous people walking alongside those impacted. Many of...
View ArticleFirst-time Parenthood?
Guest Blog by Jolie Wills Okay, this may sound a little odd, but it strikes me that working in recovery is a lot like first-time parenthood. How so? When you embark on the journey you know it will be...
View ArticleOur Only Line of Defence and Our Only Hope of Progress
It was a huge honour to deliver a graduant speech on behalf of my Leadership New Zealand 2014 class. Here is what I had to say to after the most amazing year with the most amazing people! I am sitting...
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