The below is the transcript of the speech I delivered at the #GP22 Conference for General Practice in Christchurch, 24 July 2022. Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa. Thank you for making time for the lived experience voice to be heard in the room today. Following on from the…

The below is the transcript of my speech on 25th May 2022. Video of the event & session can be found here Over the past two years I’ve found myself in a peculiar position as one of the faces of Covid in Aotearoa. …

The share price for DGL continues to slide. This is what consequences look like & they do play an important role in business. A market is always going to react to an out pouring of negative sentiment, even if only temporarily. With the apology now “issued”, it’s likely many will…

— a photo essay, South Beach (Miami) Esme Hotel Drag Brunch — A glorious Saturday, joyfully spent with my dear client Eric, in South Beach Miami, as we took in all of the pleasures & poses that was one of the pride weekend’s celebrations — the debut Drag Brunch at Esme Hotel in the Art Deco quarter. NOTE: all photos were taken…

From eye-catching, effortless French fashion, to quintessential examples of Parisian family time and a glimpse of romance - I captured all that I came across on a simple stroll through the city of love on a beautiful spring day.

A simple and genuine question, with such a complicated answer. This morning out on our ritual constitutional with the dogs I noted that I was feeling pretty flat. Monosyllabic, a touch dismissive and most certainly not the best version of myself. I opted to mute, rather than react. …

We helped co-facilitate a Hui on Sunday night with the founder, director, innovation & investor community to figure out what we could do better in future to support our founders. …

That is what this piece will be. It deserves to be. I pleaded with those leading the pile-on of Jake Millar during February of 2021 to back off. Without giving away the confidence that Jake had invested in telling me where he was at emotionally (a dark place with no…

My first inclination was to write about traversing (what has felt like) the full spectrum of my human condition in the space of a single month, from feeling immense joy to agonising grief, and all of the passing emotions in between (and who knew there were so many?) With each…