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Propaganda and the Rhetoric of the Ruataniwha Dam

Posted on September 2, 2015 by

“Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” George Orwell I was taught propaganda at school. Our English master, Mr Brown, liked words. He had an inspirational … Continue reading →

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Some Water Myths – and a Few Science Myths as well

Posted on July 8, 2015 by

The following was published in the Hawke’s Bay Today 4th July 2015. I was surprised at the title of Dr Jacqueline Rowarth’s 30th June talk to an audience of the Hawke’s Bay Rural Business Network: “Water – urban myth and … Continue reading →

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Instead of Dam Thinking from the 50s, Look to the Landscape

Posted on September 22, 2013 by

In the lowlands of the Otago Peninsula, within the hill streams that flow into the harbour, there are water wheels.  They stand as monuments to what once was, to what ‘functions’ there once were within our society, and – vitally … Continue reading →

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