Jamie Steer • Dec 20, 2018 •
Here are more comments from my interview with Kim Hill: ‘…we do not have to accept a future that sees our ecosystems as homogeneous with everything else, comprised of international tramp species and the few natives that can persist with them’ ‘…there’s a tonne of [introduced] plants out there that if we let go they’ll change landscapes and there’ll be … Read More
Jamie Steer • Dec 18, 2018 •
We still very often retain this belief that we can put the bits of our fallen humpty dumpty back together again; that we can restore what we’ve lost. Nature, in this respect, is still often presented as this relatively static puzzle that is waiting for us to make it whole again. Unfortunately what the science of the last 30 … Read More
Jamie Steer • Mar 27, 2017 •
I was talking with a guy the other day about ducks and somehow got on to discussing favourites. His was the endangered New Zealand whio, or blue duck, because it’s on our $10 note. He said, “That’s a bird that knows how to sell itself.” “Maybe that’s true,” I said, “but I haven’t seen many around recently so I … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Oct 03, 2011 •
We’ve seen them around. We know they’re some kind of (some might say) unholy mix between standard internal combustion engines and electric motors. If one lives in cities like Wellington (NZ), you will have noticed a couple of the local taxi companies drive them. Hybrids: the Prius (top) and Insight (bottom) And that their dashboards … Read More
Peter Griffin • Dec 13, 2009 •
I thought I’d wait a couple of weeks before posting the final part of my TIVO review and I’m glad I did as the extended period of use has thrown up some interesting developments. CASPA gathers steam Early in December, TIVO improved the range of on-demand content available for download via the CASPA service available via the box. That was … Read More