Summer has arrived this week, with 20+ temperatures in Auckland accompanied by the usual muggy humidity - always a sure sign that Christmas is approaching.  We hear it has even been warmish in Wellin

What a horrible end to the month of September. The news has been filled with tragedy upon tragedy from Indonesia to Samoa and Tonga.  Our thoughts are with the people and families of these countries.

Spring has sprung, the grass has ris, I wonder where the birdie is? While I am of the opinion that seasons begin and end at either a solstice or an equinox, and not some tidy first-day-of-the-month da

Stay indoors, or get out and make the world better? The wintry weather in July has kept most of us indoors, but the CIOs of Rank Group and Carter Holt Harvey have been getting into the outdoors with

May in NZ It is hard to decide what has defined May in New Zealand.  Certainly the weather has played a part.  I wanted to use the phrase super city super fast, but while that was what was attempte

This post provides a summary of the blogs posted in April 2009. To paraphrase a well known Chinese proverb, we live in exciting times.  The economy still continues to be “exciting”, and this mon

This post provides a summary of the blogs posted in March 2009. We "went live" with the blog this month - there's now a link from the main Fronde website, and we're starting to get comments (both on

This post provides a summary of the blogs posted between February and 6 March 2009. Where did summer go? The end of February and the beginning of March 2009 may be remembered for ending our summer pr