

Day 21 - Tourist in the Central City
So my ethics approval has yet to go through still. I have other research to accomplish without it, and so I delved into that. Other than...


A Methodological Issue
For the practice part of the public policies, I am looking to see which urban designs contribute to social exclusion (see: Thesis page)....


Day 17 - Kiwis
Whenever I am talking about my experience here in New Zealand I always seem to be saying there has not been a Kiwi I hadn't liked. I...


Ethical Research
So on Friday, July 1st, I received my first notification of ethics review. Of course I had to address changes and comments about my...
Day 14 - Networking
So I went to the office this morning ready for a long day at the office when my supervisor asked if I wanted to go out for dinner to meet...


Day 10 - Stuck in the rain
So I have been busy and kind of not... Two days ago I was at a meeting and was offered to help formulate and write a national strategy to...


A Strategic Plan
It is good to know where one is going and how to get there. They say it is better to measure twice and cut once. A master's student...


Day 5 and 6 - The Weekend!
I am combining the weekend because never did too much that is exciting and rather not bore anyone (or my future self) by reading two...


Day 4 - Canada Day!
It's Canada Day! And they have celebrations in central Auckland that I will attend. I got ready for the day and left to catch the bus. It...


Day 3 - A Boring Day
Today I spent most of the day doing research and working on making this blog nice. I have the basic touches to it, so that works for me....