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The Spirit of Anzac
In 2000 I was honoured to be deployed with the New Zealand Deforce on the peacekeeping mission to East Timor. East Timor had been under foreign rule through most of its history, and most recently it had been under Indonesian control. Most of the East Timorese wanted to become independent, but there were groups who…
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Driving home for Christmas
Yes folks, it’s that time again. I’m listening to this song as I start this blog; a nice song from Chris Rea – sentimental, hopeful, and typical of what many people will be feeling as Christmas looms. You’ve probably got your numbers sorted for Christmas Day, and there’s a mixture of excitement, anticipation – and…
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What’s worse than coming home with luggage missing?
Q: What’s worse than coming home with luggage missing?A: Coming home from a tour of duty with extra baggage. Read on… A soldier returned from his tour of duty in East Timor and decided to take some very well -earned rest and recreation. He decided to come home and stay with his mum and then…
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It’s not my fault, your Honour; they provoked me!
I was working late in my office one night when I received a phone call from a very distraught client. This woman had been having difficulties in her relationship with her husband and had expressed fears that he may harm her when he was drinking. She wouldn’t go to the police and she wouldn’t let…
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Hang on – Help is on the Way! …Or not.
Leading up to last year’s Gumboot Friday fundraising, Mike King said this about our Mental Health system: (Warning: Some people may find this comment disturbing) “If you put your faith in the system, there is a better than evens chance that your child will die, because no-one is coming’. This statement is confronting rather than…
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