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Forget the back-to-work blues and be grateful for the gift of a New Year
After over a week of being back in the routine of 5.30am alarm clock starts, commutes into work and work itself, the holiday break is all but a happy memory.…
by JonnyJan 20 No comments -
Farewell to 2023, lets reflect on a year that unfolded with challenges and triumphs
As we bid farewell to 2023, let’s reflect on a year that unfolded with unprecedented challenges, unexpected triumphs, and the resilience that defined our collective journey through a “Different Light”…
by JonnyDec 9 No comments -
Infamous examples of mistakes been made more than once
I have been conducting my own water sports lately and they have not been fun. In the middle of the night, I went to look at the time on my…
by JonnyNov 11 No comments -
It’s Halloween – What kind of Scary Political line up will be delivered
Boo! The scary season is upon us again. Halloween is here to stay in Aotearoa, well…if the extensive displays in Arthur’s are anything to go by! In the United States…
by JonnyOct 28 No comments -
The long and Winding Road to the Hokianga
A Different Light – 14 October 2023 – A Long and Winding Road to Hokianga As occasional, but dedicated, holiday makers my wife Sally and I, often embark on trips…
by JonnyOct 14 No comments -
Art is a great way to express yourself
Downloadable PDF: A Different Light – 16th September 2023 – Art is a great way to express yourself I’ve always been around Art thank goodness. My late Mother was the…
by JonnySep 16 No comments -
Election 2023 – What has been absent so far is any announcements of disability policy
Election fever has been feverish. Policies have been coming thick and fast. GST off our 5 + a day fruit and vege is dangled in front of us beguilingly. On…
by JonnyAug 19 No comments -
Basking from the sidelines in the sporting glory of my whanau
A Different Light – 5 August 2023 – Basking from the sidelines in the sporting glory of my whanau We’ve all gone sports mad lately! The All Blacks, the Silver…
by JonnyAug 5 No comments -
Scammers pursue even the disabled
A Different Light – 22 July 2023 – Scammers pursue even the disabled Conned, tricked, spammed, slammed and scammed! Apparently, we are getting ripped off more and more. It is…
by JonnyJul 22 No comments -
Ministry’s gift of name a sign of the times – at last
Hold one hand in a “stop” sign. Now turn the palm to face you , as you bring it upwards. No, it’s not creative dance. It’s not yoga. It’s the…
by JonnyJul 8 No comments -
People look at the person within, not what they are wearing
It’s been one of those times when you think. “Hell’s teeth- what is going to happen next?!” I used to think that gout was the jokey punishment for aging aristocrats…
by JonnyJun 24 No comments -
So what is in this year’s budget for Disabled people
Due to the extortionist increase in food prices and the insidious creep of mortgage interest rates ‘budgets’ have become the buzz. The big Budget came out the other day and,…
by JonnyMay 27 No comments
