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Off-screen, on-screen - Out this morning to watch part of my grandson's soccer game (he scored a goal, obligingly, while I was watching) and to walk the dog from Chingford Park to...
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Literally - You literally use the word "literally" too much; and more importantly, you use it incorrectly.1 day ago
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Moving to Australia - Today’s ODT editorial discusses hopping across the ditch. The transtasman exodus The prospect of better pay rates, the dream of owning their own home and A...2 days ago
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Gigantic slug seen on surface of moon! - The Riverton RSA hall last week acted as a temporary laboratory for the study of fungi. read more3 days ago
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More details... - I have a grand daughter. She is well and apparently feeding well. She is my son Phil and his wife Natashas' baby they have named Edith. He let us know by t...
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Memorial - 7 years of Fugly Love - My beloved Fugly passed away last weekend after almost 7 years with us.
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‘Otago Peninsula’, by Brian Turner - There, beneath a portcullis of rain lie the bones of time-rent men and women. They lie awash in the slush … Continue reading »5 days ago
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Facebook's Glancee buy 'serendipity supercharged' - It is becoming increasingly clear that I am a social misfit. Some will say that I already am, but I digress. read more5 days ago
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Nelson is for Good Friends - Dunedin is for lovers. Nelson is for good friends. We road-tripped up to Nelson for the last days of sticky, warm summer in April. The land of sunshine...
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Time For Resignations - The financial results of building the Stadium have now come in. The opponents of the Stadium have been proved correct, and can say : “I told you so!”. De...6 days ago
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Untitled - Neither the ODT or Dscene want to print my opinion as below. *From: *Lee Vandervis *Date: *Sun, 06 May 2012 08:57:22 +1200 *To: ...1 week ago
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Write On Radio Show today - It's Write On Radio Show day and the show I produce and host for the Otago Southland Branch of the NZSA airs on Otago Access Radio today (Wednesday) from n...
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Gingerbread – winning warming flavour - A big slice of this is currently waiting on a plate beside me as I type. It’s great stuff, the spicy flavour is just what you need on a wintery night. I ...1 week ago
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Sunrise in Dunedin (test) - Here’s a sunrise in Dunedin. From Mann (2011). Participation is fundamental in sustainability (Arnstein’s ladder of participation, 1969). This can be seen ...2 weeks ago
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What Are You Doing Here? - It was snowing on the Kilmog when I drove North last Monday, but by the time I reached Oamaru the sky was clearing and the temperatures were rising. By th...
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Nature the Best Architect - Nature is the best architect and I don't rate at all. I planted this climbing rose ('Lady Barbara') and the Virginia Creeper in early Spring with the pur...
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Separating young male and female chickens - Raising our chickens from eggs has been a long, interesting, wonderful and sometimes devastating experience. I want to share what I've learned.Along the way,...
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Donate your Desktop - Here's an interesting idea: advertising on your computer that doesn't cost you anything, but still contributes income to four different charities. A new si...5 weeks ago
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Inquiry learning: from knowledge to understanding - This video is from NZC Online How do you use inquiry learning to move from knowledge to understanding? Vic Hygate, from Windsor School in Christchurch...2 months ago
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The Phantom 51: You need a new bouncer. - It goes without saying that if young girls and their grandfathers get picked on in the Phantom's realm, someone is going to get a walloping. But this pos...
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The New Constitution - As a result of a democratic decision – albeit with a very narrow margin of five votes – by the membership at the recent special general meeting, the Otago ...9 months ago
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New composition blog - *I've been busy over the last few days, putting together a new, more professional-looking composition website.* For a while now, I've been splitting inform...9 months ago
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Dunedin's Renaissance Man - Jonathon features in the Otago Daily Times: http://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/arts/164948/renaissance-man-relishes-dunedin11 months ago
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New website design! - I have finally updated my website design! I’ve exported this blog to the website, so please update your bookmarks/RSS etc to http://markleggett.co.nz/blog/...1 year ago
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Ratepayers Association Questionnaire - * The Greater Dunedin Team Answers Ratepayers * *Association Questions.* Greater Dunedin candidates d...1 year ago
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RIP longflatwhite.ning hello landofthelongflatwhite.com - Hey guys with Ning going to a paid service (even as small as it is going to be) this is the push I needed to do something more meaningful with this concept...1 year ago
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Welcome - Hallo there. I’m a practice manager, social scientist/researcher, mother, grandmum, wife and a Dunedin City Council Councillor. My aim of this blog is to...1 year ago
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Proof the South Island can produce a good Bordeaux-style red - Inadvertently, a few weeks back, I stumbled across the answer to a question I hadn't really intended asking, but which had often flitted perfidiously ac...2 years ago
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