30 Sep 2017: Daily Homily and Tweets

30 Sep 2017: Daily Homily and Tweets

The thing I’ve been keeping an eye on is the eruption of the volcano on Ambae Island in Vanuatu. (I’ve put in a few tweets about it below.) It was triggered by a 6.4 earthquake on 21 September. Initially 70% of the population was going to have to leave,...
29 Sep 2017: Daily Homily and Tweets

29 Sep 2017: Daily Homily and Tweets

The homily in today’s tweets post was going to be about the fate of New Zealand political party, the Maori party, in our recent election. However, as usual I went on a bit, and the homily became a “proper” post. So there’s not much here today....
The Loss of the Maori Party

The Loss of the Maori Party

I’m a bit late with the topic of the loss of the Maori Party from parliament but it’s one that’s important to me, so I want to get my thoughts on record. One of the biggest topics of discussion following our election on the weekend was how voters in...