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Project Manager Humour
I was in need of some humerous stuff about Project Management the other month – and found very little.  What this says about PM’s lacking a sense of humour I don’t know – however I did find this gem. A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height [...]

Are we a Menace to Society?
There are numerous exploitative activities that laws are there to protect us from.  Because sometimes you just can’t patch stupid.  Some laws result in a penalty of a slapped wrist and a pocket change fine.  Others lead to years in jail. The DIA  (Dept of Internal Affairs) have recently scored a success against a major menace [...]

Why is customer service getting so bad in New Zealand?
Just this last year – companies in New Zealand seen to have gone absolutely doolally with their customer service. As in there isn’t any. Its always been one of the things I really appreciated about life here – that customer service was generally top notch – so much so that it was really noticeable when [...]

Windy Wellington
We spotted this at the St James’s theatre the other day; Which of course should be compared with the wind during Toast Martinborough the other weekend, where honking big tractors were used as anchors for the marques;

The 2 year family sponsorship wait.
Finally – the fact that INZ are screwing thousands of people out of a $700 “application fee” and then sitting on their backsides for 2 years has made the news in New Zealand. The Herald’s Lincoln Tan has now written about this situation which is causing so much stress and grief for so many of [...]