tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19899636753606518092024-03-12T20:06:15.096-07:00Dave WollandDave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.comBlogger348125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-68388794662471019782023-04-13T15:54:00.002-07:002023-04-13T16:05:37.996-07:00My Last Plates and Dishes - tap the photo to enlarge<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmX5Ajb_bTuydnpCs3OwixxrO5a0HgGjSM7ifEP1oLOopCg2O6vTKwRxL8d_Ef-CGmyVTy0K6gWBsYWhvymb5Jf1Z9JjeQdjKoQ7egwlM6q5uAVlebi92sUEjK9verF5L6hmPRERlaOXzcHgm4lL-XTWBQkS8X4F6gL2xbK8wcQmDwCJdQsTwMWxxxg/s1149/E753415A-4BFA-4339-B7CF-15910F90D3D8.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmX5Ajb_bTuydnpCs3OwixxrO5a0HgGjSM7ifEP1oLOopCg2O6vTKwRxL8d_Ef-CGmyVTy0K6gWBsYWhvymb5Jf1Z9JjeQdjKoQ7egwlM6q5uAVlebi92sUEjK9verF5L6hmPRERlaOXzcHgm4lL-XTWBQkS8X4F6gL2xbK8wcQmDwCJdQsTwMWxxxg/s320/E753415A-4BFA-4339-B7CF-15910F90D3D8.jpeg"/></a></div>Dave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-37689800826753921252023-01-02T20:21:00.002-08:002023-01-02T20:23:54.273-08:00Nostalgic Apple Plate<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The mugs were made at my last pottery studio - Matakohe - close to the “Kauri Museum”.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBwTtOAqoZjBRMKZPlauFxTtvtCARO3VFbkNl7L512S8g4kwPOda56SIWf1p59Dsre63MnwaZ_QIo9xECpdLxIczvqw2nTz2w3TRsUZNgTa33e94VV6pNnzRADOAyNp7xXLo28l82IhV7DaCPCguQX2imlguK1VoKJNZjkA80-DBTPvWRtBX61YbPbQ/s1634/1F96F134-5A87-4A6E-96A9-F5F3F60CD2EB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="1634" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBwTtOAqoZjBRMKZPlauFxTtvtCARO3VFbkNl7L512S8g4kwPOda56SIWf1p59Dsre63MnwaZ_QIo9xECpdLxIczvqw2nTz2w3TRsUZNgTa33e94VV6pNnzRADOAyNp7xXLo28l82IhV7DaCPCguQX2imlguK1VoKJNZjkA80-DBTPvWRtBX61YbPbQ/s320/1F96F134-5A87-4A6E-96A9-F5F3F60CD2EB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEnXVTRgbuE1OU7VS0pS2ylGhFKSW5RMFRm8pAevXWheIzI8yBJKkxO-T00rYTqxzUNiI_AAisXrk1-MnAwzruFPC1dgYjJIVFF3zc_W1n8F9MgD6WY6Lruz3zNbyQhdjbpAKNeoBgvZyQdNvSQrTeQlKeJAsZ_-uTSqiRQbmXvTeaMuQBHjN8SjwlQ/s1677/03C0CE6D-3032-4D8F-A0F2-F8624DD857C5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It is a highly contagious mutant strain from the Uk so I have called it “Boris” after the nutty UK PM Boris Johnson.
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Dave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-42209969261445136762021-01-19T14:35:00.005-08:002021-01-19T14:35:49.491-08:00Covid Crackpot<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPG9lCTbMdMnKv69wzJC-v7OjZct7YCaa5oYbqATYgNkRo3GPC54ki8eMALTPkS3iy7dz9hefXqDBr8lm36GaFB0egj5ZyXDQ3skFuB88yz6JmzdRzGG6tEv8AKK0ThV5QllCbSwiiI82/s1766/F42639F2-A47C-4F9B-B27C-EA65D9975C61.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1766" data-original-width="1251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPG9lCTbMdMnKv69wzJC-v7OjZct7YCaa5oYbqATYgNkRo3GPC54ki8eMALTPkS3iy7dz9hefXqDBr8lm36GaFB0egj5ZyXDQ3skFuB88yz6JmzdRzGG6tEv8AKK0ThV5QllCbSwiiI82/s600/F42639F2-A47C-4F9B-B27C-EA65D9975C61.jpeg"/></a></div>
Crazy Times - totally my original drawing using a Mr Bean type character as inspiration.Dave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-68791135256036386232021-01-19T12:45:00.003-08:002021-01-19T12:45:21.360-08:00Toots<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-7ItvlwFfHnGJnMzeg6A5hAmV5etDhdB3g1FhFy1AyIoxNS1muMCvYpAW4mShsVbfD339DAryo3XAIpsmva6ZUKYeDCxmAVaERaYZGJmiQrvRq8649x6bWYqV9MAFULeHUEIh0EpY4qZ/s2048/F49DF396-CB4C-4611-8595-EE08DCAC9187.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="1915" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-7ItvlwFfHnGJnMzeg6A5hAmV5etDhdB3g1FhFy1AyIoxNS1muMCvYpAW4mShsVbfD339DAryo3XAIpsmva6ZUKYeDCxmAVaERaYZGJmiQrvRq8649x6bWYqV9MAFULeHUEIh0EpY4qZ/s600/F49DF396-CB4C-4611-8595-EE08DCAC9187.jpeg"/></a></div>Dave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-38163160641220936282021-01-19T12:42:00.000-08:002021-01-19T12:42:07.394-08:00Puss n Toots<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHhO2Uf2ziPFueJ72CfEzo5FYlBYACsblJmrehf5MzI-1gd3W72ujfG_3_1fodw2BIZ0jmOkpYzYZUCVNY8EYRjHVKtW5NFhpnadza9549MGQoQ7mOf2x3ePxFmcq9ATCrgN9S88W6960/s2048/21C587FA-65E3-41DC-8C48-539501BEDB3A.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHhO2Uf2ziPFueJ72CfEzo5FYlBYACsblJmrehf5MzI-1gd3W72ujfG_3_1fodw2BIZ0jmOkpYzYZUCVNY8EYRjHVKtW5NFhpnadza9549MGQoQ7mOf2x3ePxFmcq9ATCrgN9S88W6960/s600/21C587FA-65E3-41DC-8C48-539501BEDB3A.jpeg"/></a></div>
Two characters l'm working on. An older pessimistic marmalade tabby cat and a young optimistic pup.Dave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-53060056257468354112021-01-19T12:34:00.007-08:002021-01-19T12:34:38.416-08:00One Hump or Two?<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pK-_yU3S8YAUvXLDsiAxNbP3hPW-aLewJrr8TD-z-WhDV-NxiYWtFBiKJ-YfMGTxp7h55hmKwHsVc2Ed0vY0R16knqP_ktjRoRdQO86en7reR58st8GaAykox6HY7jWZ_bcHZmjZCNSW/s1544/F0FE1F7D-8ADA-49B1-8CE3-CF87F5AC4B7B.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="1544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pK-_yU3S8YAUvXLDsiAxNbP3hPW-aLewJrr8TD-z-WhDV-NxiYWtFBiKJ-YfMGTxp7h55hmKwHsVc2Ed0vY0R16knqP_ktjRoRdQO86en7reR58st8GaAykox6HY7jWZ_bcHZmjZCNSW/s600/F0FE1F7D-8ADA-49B1-8CE3-CF87F5AC4B7B.jpeg"/></a></div>
An illustration I have done for a local café selling Mediterranean styled foodDave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-38454488772057232782021-01-17T14:09:00.003-08:002021-01-17T14:18:25.903-08:00Smoking Gun<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqywJuXSyveUn8TJ6BrCLX98OVlR7dmCFBRuD6ZmVGbOnW0STTeU0zZOb2ZR44iq6Q2dhnKKZLVFqhecPBQJPS63gWzjpd3syJIou6UUfqnF7GinRsLdf4HT7HJ0xAeTMMI55LnXdmZep/s1349/239F36C8-7E07-4913-977D-803A4906B93F.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="1188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqywJuXSyveUn8TJ6BrCLX98OVlR7dmCFBRuD6ZmVGbOnW0STTeU0zZOb2ZR44iq6Q2dhnKKZLVFqhecPBQJPS63gWzjpd3syJIou6UUfqnF7GinRsLdf4HT7HJ0xAeTMMI55LnXdmZep/s600/239F36C8-7E07-4913-977D-803A4906B93F.jpeg"/></a></div>
Recent News - NZ Police point guns at suspectsDave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-15928118959418981232021-01-02T19:07:00.003-08:002021-01-04T11:42:44.583-08:00A Family Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmzGPndiwUXzuLdPwo5c4aDS5VVw3RM_XMGMZlqBz84Tx57nSfjZmpLv6SNDJBwgTnH8AaRDAl6lYBCk0Pyc8P8rBlaLxpyjq3yotUbI1mFn37O15ayN7hssBSBq9FDyBslTNyHv41Ub9/s1634/BD9EF82B-E100-466C-9CCA-0E5E68D2A4CF.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="1634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmzGPndiwUXzuLdPwo5c4aDS5VVw3RM_XMGMZlqBz84Tx57nSfjZmpLv6SNDJBwgTnH8AaRDAl6lYBCk0Pyc8P8rBlaLxpyjq3yotUbI1mFn37O15ayN7hssBSBq9FDyBslTNyHv41Ub9/s600/BD9EF82B-E100-466C-9CCA-0E5E68D2A4CF.jpeg"/></a></div>
One memorable Christmas for me was the time my Aunties from Dunedin came to join in our family celebration when I was aged about 9. To get the four Benson sisters together in one place was a rare event and my parents pulled out all the stops by preparing a meal with an unusual amount of exotic treats - the like I had never seen before. The table was lit up with candles and set with highly polished silver, glittering crystal and English china on my mother’s best lace edged tablecloth.
My three eccentric Aunties could have jumped out of a Charles Dickens novel. Aunty Gladys arrived stooping under her fox fur coat and she reminded me of a tortoise with her large hooked nose, moist eyes and wrinkly face. She told me that several of her fingers were missing because she put them too close to the fire and they just melted away. “So let that be a lesson to you!” she said as she waved the stumps at me. Scary stuff for a young child, but I was told later she actually lost her fingers in a factory machine accident - alas there was no ACC in those days.
Aunty Enid was bulging at the seams with good humour and eating more of her delicious sponges and puddings than was prudent. Her face was coated with powder, her mouth smeared with bright red lipstick and she was fond of talking loudly with a hand rolled cigarette bobbing up and down on her bottom lip. She had twinkly blue eyes that never missed a thing and they bulged so much at times I thought they might fall out when she coughed. She would shake like a jelly and the ash from her cigarette would fall onto her ample bust and accumulate there like snow on a Christmas tree.
The eldest of my mother’s sisters was Aunty Vi; but you would not have guessed so if all you had to go on was her appearance. She had finely cut features and amazingly white skin. It was as translucent as the porcelain figurines that my mother kept out of reach, high up the mantelpiece. Another feature I remember well, was Aunty Vi’s dark hair that was pulled back to a bun at the back of her head and seemed to push her face out with a kind of obsessive energy. She had, as my mother put it, “A bit of a nervous disposition Dear. Not surprising really, since she looked after Grandma all those years and never married.”
The Christmas meal with my Aunties was the best meal ever! My father presided over the occasion with theatrical dignity and cracked jokes that I did not get, but nevertheless, had most of us rolling laughter. Aunty Vi, her face now a rosey pink, said something like “Oh George you are so wicked,” and popped another piece of crystalized ginger into her mouth. I remember looking at her and wondering how long her hair really was, when she suddenly sat bolt upright and left the table. I could see her looking at herself in the hallway mirror and then she started screaming.
What happened next is a bit hazy because it happened so fast. However, I do recall her yelling as she was taken to another room, “I’ve been poisoned… poisoned! You’ll never get the house do you hear! Never!”
Aunty Vi returned later that night and nothing was said about her antics – or about her being allergic to ginger. Before she returned to Dunedin she gave me a pound note and said, “You won’t tell people about your poor old aunty will you.” I am sure she would forgive me for breaking my silence after all these years and be very pleased when I recommend you might like to go easy on the ginger this Christmas.
..........................click on the cartoon to enlarge itDave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-79351594275469425322021-01-01T14:30:00.001-08:002021-01-01T14:37:26.293-08:00Let All Of Us Survivors Celebrate<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_Af-ntNKH8XlSACP8ByvSAmAUa4cNjJFfmgR4-eY8i0XRG4lOuD4wtNUpdioxjrcuclMhk-mxIdZVYcBrouYht4-ocjIVVKlAWijDzj5xvFHdY-SiO1aliyS7IxNzXUHkx0Ld4MG2emf/s1581/C8998601-10F4-4E78-B506-58797700B649.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1581" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs_Af-ntNKH8XlSACP8ByvSAmAUa4cNjJFfmgR4-eY8i0XRG4lOuD4wtNUpdioxjrcuclMhk-mxIdZVYcBrouYht4-ocjIVVKlAWijDzj5xvFHdY-SiO1aliyS7IxNzXUHkx0Ld4MG2emf/s600/C8998601-10F4-4E78-B506-58797700B649.jpeg"/></a></div>Dave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-51511892733906087202021-01-01T14:28:00.002-08:002021-01-01T14:39:33.960-08:00A Rather Grim Beginning But Vaccines Are On The Way<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7JCdhVOVlvdkQxcsHz66cS_tFc1VseoAFX8htQhb09dZQl2igQHkXwfNMsg5ErVJAEooyKysO09tKVcxOcuJ48X_ep1b_1BSjasB4DkqCNRWyq9C5MqAaMLa-PsK7cLA4PXEHp5jF8tq/s1617/F6ED502D-911C-43BE-AF23-DFC9E4514C2C.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1617" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7JCdhVOVlvdkQxcsHz66cS_tFc1VseoAFX8htQhb09dZQl2igQHkXwfNMsg5ErVJAEooyKysO09tKVcxOcuJ48X_ep1b_1BSjasB4DkqCNRWyq9C5MqAaMLa-PsK7cLA4PXEHp5jF8tq/s600/F6ED502D-911C-43BE-AF23-DFC9E4514C2C.jpeg"/></a></div>Dave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-39783371164354112752020-12-30T19:32:00.004-08:002020-12-30T19:39:00.700-08:00A Christmas Story<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreqzg9_yW23X7T6PYAh3693CsSh3Z98e2BECqC5O0v6DN_WDACdv8G0_nnU5gHqmPSGmaAplIfzrdT2ocA0Ty8itVbXTC0oVID1e7RjemK_iNbYizqXyJJ1bj7Pfq96_LrC-bOqBVPwNw/s1646/3A6A8A0A-5555-42E0-94DA-DC3B5D6727A1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1646" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreqzg9_yW23X7T6PYAh3693CsSh3Z98e2BECqC5O0v6DN_WDACdv8G0_nnU5gHqmPSGmaAplIfzrdT2ocA0Ty8itVbXTC0oVID1e7RjemK_iNbYizqXyJJ1bj7Pfq96_LrC-bOqBVPwNw/w581-h350/3A6A8A0A-5555-42E0-94DA-DC3B5D6727A1.jpeg" width="581" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is a cartoon l did for Radio New Zealand when they invited me read “A Christmas Story” on air. If you want to listen to the broadcast then Google Radio NZ “A Christmas Story” - Dave Wolland</span>.</p><p>Or this link</p><p><a data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018778108/kiwi-christmas-stories&source=gmail&ust=1608931549108000&usg=AFQjCNE7szNrlvJPuv-DtTVy7etqp1oSdw" href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018778108/kiwi-christmas-stories" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #4285f4; font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;" target="_blank">https://www.rnz.co.nz/<wbr></wbr>national/programmes/<wbr></wbr>afternoons/audio/2018778108/<wbr></wbr>kiwi-christmas-stories</a></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Dave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-90982145571360891202020-03-15T20:47:00.002-07:002020-03-16T14:56:54.330-07:00Hundertwasser Design For Wellington<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have a dream - one day this amazing design Hundertwasser gifted to Wellington and all of NZ will be built somewhere on the shores of Wellington Harbour. It appears to me to have two parts representing the partnership of Maori (the spiral koru structure) and Pakeha (The Ramp) meeting in peace, equality and mutual respect over water (the bridge). The bridge also offers a pathway to travel and cultural exchange between both parts.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One of the ways a Hundertwasser building is special is the sourcing of local materials and labour which gives them a well rooted cultural input. Sadly he is no longer with us, but his spirit and ideas are in his conceptual drawings. If this project ever gets off the ground and authentically built it will be a wonderful asset attracting plenty off visitors - providing local employment and a venue to show Hundertwasser's (and New Zealand) craft and artwork.</span><br />
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Notable and protected trees in NZ have lost their Government protection. Local Councils now have the power lift protection, so will that open the way for developers? Time will tell as each Council decides where they will draw the line.Dave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-92129040762998848222018-10-21T16:34:00.000-07:002018-10-21T19:37:46.771-07:00Labour Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today, October 22nd, is Labour Day in New Zealand. It once commemorated the creation of "The Forty Hour Week" and now looks sadly out of date in the current retro-liberal economic regimes that have been in force here since the 1980's. In most Western economies it is much the same and has seen the re-emergence of widening levels of inequality and lower living standards for many middle class and most lower skilled working people and beneficiaries. The minimum wage in NZ of $16.50 per hour might seem a lot to workers in less affluent countries, but in New Zealand we now have large numbers of working poor who struggle to survive on incomes comparatively very similar to those in the pre World War Two period of the Great Depression.<br />
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It is increasingly accepted in NZ that just over $20 per hour is the amount needed to be a "Living Wage". Many business people disagree and say it would hurt the economy as well as push them to ask for importing migrant workers instead of locals (eg. especially in NZ orchards and vineyards). Others say that it would turn them to look at automation and result in more unemployment. Both arguments do not appeal to me and in the latter option of automation I see real advantages. History tells us the technological advances of automation have in fact ultimately created more better paid jobs and a generally richer society, so I see little to fear there.<br />
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I grew up in a time of unprecedented economic growth and rising wages and working conditions during the 1950's and 1960's when NZ had one of the highest standards of living per head in the World. So what has changed to make us worse off now than many other countries? I blame our shift from Neo-Mercantilism to Retro-Liberalism. Retro-Liberalism is my term and used in place of of neo-liberalism - that pretends to be something new. It is not of course because it resurrects policies that I am sure made The Great Depression far worse and contributed to the disastrous Second World War. Neo-Mercantilism covers a mixed bag of policies where governments and local businesses (and unions) work together pragmatically to create trade surpluses that fuel economic growth. Whereas classical Mercantilist regimes often used armed force to establish colonies to supply raw materials for consumption and industrial production. Today, Neo-Mercantilist governments are also obliged to work within a sustainable, Earth friendly framework and actively ensure business does the same because they reserve the right to guide the economy in desirable directions.<br />
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I would like to see a return to the "Forty Hour Week" and time and a half wages after usual working hours - plus double time on Sundays to compensate for the loss of a day of rest. Saturday afternoons should be a time for recreation ( re-creation) and Sundays a period of spiritual and family time - as it once was when I was a youngster. Retro-liberal policies are a recipe for eventual social and then economic collapse and repeat the terrible mistakes of the past.<br />
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What do you think? Do you like what is happening to Western democracies - where people get angry and nitwits get into power and wreck the show for the rest of us. Surely there is a better way and Labour Day is a timely reminder that well supported unions pushing for better working conditions and a productive neo-mercantilist economy are the best ways to go - as opposed to the blindfolded, consumer driven and financial and social deficit tolerating economy that we have today.Dave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989963675360651809.post-60130917219564510502018-10-18T15:45:00.000-07:002018-10-18T15:46:40.850-07:00Cock-a-doodle doo!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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More chooks!! This time I am celebrating the birth of my 4th grandson this month - drawn and coloured on Affinity Design. His grandmother was there to help bring him into the world. Alas I will not be able to hold him till next year.Dave Wollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028515268606806885noreply@blogger.com0