Gfather, rtd, science teacher/Counsellor/CEO/Principal, reader, birder, sailor, gardener, watercolours, photos, idler, descendant of Missionary/ToW signatory
Pito-one, Aotearoa
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Our middle daughter used to accompany us when I dropped the eldest off to school and picked her up. She befriended the caretaker and later, when she started at the school herself, told me “Dad, do you know, Horace doesn’t own the school?”
He makes a good case
I Teach at a Business School. It’s Time to Shut Them Down. nytimes.com/2026/10/18/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Charles Darwin, on leaving New Zealand recorded this verdict: … I believe we were all glad to leave New Zealand. It is not a pleasant place. I look back but to one bright spot, and that is Waimate.
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NOW AVAILABLE: Book 8 of my series Puckey/Davis Chronicles
WG & M Puckey: Collected Letters & Journals payhip.com/b/CWzar
Excellent insight into northern history - Flaxroots Productions flaxroots.com/2/post/2026/06…
A well balanced review of my first book, and an encouraging nudge to keep working on the rest of the series…
The Losing strategy of the Iran war: the US and UK cannot afford to shoot down ALL the Iranian drones, and yet they can’t afford not to…
youtu.be/pVyAiZnvQhE?si=TDMF…
Conversation between British missionaries and Ngāpuhi rangatira to be re-enacted rnz.co.nz/news/national/5788…
Book review: Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship by Grant Hodgson rnz.co.nz/national/programme…
Looking forward to this Lunchtime event with Professor Tony Ballantyne and Assoc Prof John Stenhouse...Nov 20 at UBS Dunedin
Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship: Conversation about 'A conversation in 1825' addevent.com/event/584bbq2w9… via @AddEvent
Kia Ora tatou,
Thanks to all that were able to attend any of the three events celebrating the release of my book, “Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship”, (gentlemanship.net) I hope to be able to post video of the speeches from the events soon, in sum here are some observations
b. I mean to continue work on the rest of the ‘Puckey/ Davis Chronicles’ series, as it seems there is an audience for work that has this focus on this time
c. I am interested to pursue my investigation of what the concept of ‘rangatira’ signifies, in the past, and in our future
My suggestion for the proper employment of ‘Aged Intelligence ‘
gentlemanship.net/blog/ranga…
