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Sold for a Song
A Different Light – 7 November 2020 Sold for a Song We will be selling our house in the not too distant future. It’s a process that I don’t particularly…
by JonnyNov 7 No comments -
Election 2020 results good for Diversity but Disability voice missing
A Different Light – 24 October 2020 – Election 2020 results good for Diversity but Disability voice missing Last Saturday was what most of us expected- but a bit more…
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When Good Times Go Bad
A Different Light – 10 October 2020 Last week it was the school holidays and time to take our mokopuna away on a trip. Last holidays we went to Rotorua,…
by JonnyOct 20 No comments -
Pays to Listen to wife’s advice when it comes to hairstyle
A Different Light – 26 September 2020 Sometimes you need to listen to people around you. Sometimes you need to take stock and make a change. And sometimes you need…
by JonnySep 26 No comments -
Disabled Community in the Shadows of Election Lead-up
A Different Light – 12 September 2020 – Disabled Community in the Shadows of Election Lead-up Inequity. Closing the gap. Gender, ethnicity and poverty. In the race for votes these…
by JonnySep 12 No comments -
2020 has been a fickle year timewise
A Different Light – 29 August 2020 – 2020 has been a fickle year timewise Harvey Mackay, the New York Times best-selling author of “Swim With The Sharks Without Being…
by JonnyAug 29 No comments -
Election chance for Northland’s Disabled to be heard
A Different Light – 15 August 2020 – Election chance for Northland’s Disabled to be Heard You’ve no doubt noticed the scarily vivid posters around town. Pitting the pitbull Collins…
by JonnyAug 17 No comments -
Falling over a common experience for disabled people
A Different Light – 1 August 2020 My friend Robbie cracked his rib last weekend. He came off his e-bike whilst enthusiastically riding down a grass track from Beach Rd…
by JonnyAug 1 No comments -
A brilliant time in Roto-Vagas
It was colder than I remembered and the smell was more pungent. Mind you it’s been a good couple of decades since I have been to Rotorua. We took our…
by JonnyJul 18 No comments -
Health & Disability Review – if it ain’t broke…
A Different Light – 4 July “I’m not sick!” Apart from the usual aches and pains and snuffles and sneezes I am not by virtue of my disability-‘sick’ and I…
by JonnyJul 4 No comments -
Accessible Tourism a no-brainer
A Different Light – 20 June 2020- Accessible Tourism a no-brainer “Don’t leave home ‘till you have seen the country”. Do you remember that catchphrase from the 80’s campaign to…
by JonnyJun 22 No comments -
Things are the same but different
A Different Light – 6 June – Things are the same but different The term the ‘New Normal’ is almost getting old. It’s used to describe how things are now…
by JonnyJun 6 No comments
