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The importance — and hidden wisdom — of doing ...

The real turning point doesn’t come when you’re able to sit still for 10 or 15 minutes. It comes when you begin to enjoy and appreciate those minutes. That’s when the voice of nondoing has started to reach you.

The importance — and hidden wisdom — of doing nothing
Gerard Winter
Free Speech in Cuba… (Street)

These are unhappy times for those of us who believe in free speech. Bedraggled after years of wearying culture war battles and cancellation, we now confront strange new threats on every side. Just last month, UK police raided a Quaker meeting house to arrest six women who had gathered to eat hummus and “discuss climate change and Gaza”.

Free Speech in Cuba… (Street)
Gerard Winter
Everyday joy of marriage is hard to beat

This has been an exhausting marriage month. Son number 3, Angus, was married to Hannah in the incredibly old St Patrick’s church at Mākara by retired judge Pat Grace. The blend of families gathered from afar turned out all right in the end.

Everyday joy of marriage is hard to beat
Gerard Winter
Ngāi Tahu Kaiwhakahaere Justin Tipa Hui Whakaū ...

As you know I keep a selection of words I wish I wrote. Always have done. Quirky some are, wise others, funny and irreverant many of them seem to be. There are words of comfort and commendment, words for weddings , funerals, naming ceremonies, words of blessing and greeting. Angry and hopeful words are gathered there too, as well as words to make you cry or laugh til your fit to burst. Words by family, friends and strangers, countrymen, and countrywomen, priests , gurus.

Ngāi Tahu Kaiwhakahaere Justin Tipa Hui Whakaū I Te Tiriti ki Ōnuku Waitangi Day 2025 Commemoration Speech
Gerard Winter
Youth, the hope of a Trumpian Age

Bob Dylan and Ernest Rutherford, Katherine Mansfield and Bill Gates showed that the world can be changed by daring twentysomethings — a lesson for the Trumpian age.

Youth, the hope of a Trumpian Age

The court of chatbot

The court of chatbot

In case you hadn’t noticed, everyone is talking about robots. Actually, one robot in particular. Last November, the public was introduced to ChatGPT, and we began to imagine a world in which we all have a brilliant personal assistant, able to write everything from computer code to condolence cards. And last week, experts said AI poses the same threat as nuclear wars and pandemics. Our Chief Justice, following wise advice, issued a cautionary interim guidance on AI platforms. JANZ dives into the world of generative AI and the law.

Pomp and glory land

Pomp and glory land

King Charles III was crowned at Westminster on Saturday in a service steeped in tradition and history, with modern touches reflecting the sovereign’s style. Just think, it was 70 years ago when the young Prince stood in the royal box at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953 – bored and unimpressed – watching his own mother’s, Queen Elizabeth II, coronation ceremonies. In the image above he’s shown flanked between Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother and Princess Margaret Rose. 

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