Hey Douglas,
Nice to hear from you. Really interesting perspective and I appreciate
hearing about some of the 'on the ground' conditions in Wellington and
Christchurch.
I do agree that if the Springbok Tour of 1981 was one inflection point,
then Christchurch in 2019 is another. How do we rebound
On 26/03/19 9:44 AM, Luke Munn wrote:
> Sure, the Springbok protests were hugely formative, but I would say boiling
> anything down to one event is placing too much emphasis on it.
>
> With respect, dating the 'beginning' of inequalities and civil unrest back
> to 1981 is also a pretty Western/wh
Thank you, Luke. Furthermore, your country - I learnt this from two ‘Kiwi’
plumbers currently living in Brixton and with whom I occasionally carouse - is
impressively in the van with respect to counter-seismic building codes. As I
understand it, new and retrofitted houses in eg Christchurch, ly
Sure, the Springbok protests were hugely formative, but I would say boiling
anything down to one event is placing too much emphasis on it.
With respect, dating the 'beginning' of inequalities and civil unrest back
to 1981 is also a pretty Western/white perspective. Aotearoa has a long
history of c