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I am really enjoying my monthly constituent clinics in the settlers hall.  Increasingly the full three hours from 9 am to midday is being used by locals who want to chat about direction of the government or local community.  One of the issues that you have raised is the importance of health spending and improved access for our increasi

Last week I had the occasion to participate at a MYOB Fieldays function where I reflected on the value of data for farmers and the insights that it can provide. 

At a conference in 1992 I met Dyfrig Ellis, a passionate Welshman and teacher who has become a dear friend over the years.  He is a school teacher in an all Welsh speaking school.  Dyfrig is a passionate advocate for the culture and language  of the Welsh and through the years has taught me of the great truism that only a culture

On Sunday afternoon last, I popped in to the almost completed Oropi Hall.  Richard Somerfield, one of the many extraordinary locals who has driven this project showed me around a series of warm rooms and large spaces that will underpin our Oropi community for the next two generations.  The passion and determination that has gone into t