by Heather Hastie | Nov 20, 2015 | Auē a Tau Kē, New Zealand
Worries and Winners of the Week (again!). You may remember I wanted to name this segment of my website in Māori in recognition that I’m a proud New Zealander. I came up with some words a few weeks ago, but wanted to check that I’d got it right before I...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 19, 2015 | Science & Nature
We have another great video via Amy Carparelli (@AmyAmylou1993) about the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission. It explains three of the things we’ve learnt from the mission so far, and three questions that have arisen from what has been learnt....
by Heather Hastie | Nov 16, 2015 | Great Britain & Europe, International Politics, Terrorism
Vox produced this video a few hours ago, explaining the reasons why DAESH would attack Paris. I agree with their reasoning so here it is:...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 15, 2015 | Auē a Tau Kē, Democracy, Great Britain & Europe, Religion, Terrorism
What else? France has experienced their 9/11. The Friday 13th myth originated in France, and DAESH has made it a reality. I was happily supermarket shopping on a beautiful sunny morning when the first of seven suicide bombers detonated his vest yesterday morning New...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 15, 2015 | Auē a Tau Kē, Science & Nature
These are the winning photos from Cambridge University’s 2015 Engineering photo competition. The annual competition is sponsored by Zeiss and always has many beautiful images. This year’s winner, by Rachel Garsed, is called Shot in the Dark. It’s of...
