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Wartime heroine was treasured

March 8, 2024 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

Helene (Mimi) Hotte Marple: B Amsterdam, February 3, 1912; m (1) 1937 Wim Hotte : (dec 1945) 1s, (2) 1966 Rex Marple; d Nelson, May 12, 2001. [Article about my dear godmother, by Peter Kitchin and originally published in The Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand, May 24, 2001] Helene Marple, an unlikely treasure of New […]

Filed Under: Random Rants

Isolationist policies start to catch NZ up

March 8, 2024 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

On the eve of Prime Minister Helen Clark’s meeting with United States President George W. Bush, and other officials, it is not just the US in Anzus that New Zealand should be concerned about, writes NICHOLAS KERR. Closer to home, our relationship with Australia is not what it used to be either. [This op-ed originally […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: Anzus, australia, brian mulroney, Canada, george w bush, helen clark, new zealand, united states

Loving Uncle Sam

March 8, 2024 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

This country’s education system has failed for decades to provide young New Zealanders with any context of the world’s only superpower and its people. There was virtually no mention of America during my own schooling; the only foreign country we studied was the global nonentity Fiji.

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: david lange, helen clark, new zealand, united states

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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