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Gfather, rtd, science teacher/Counsellor/CEO/Principal, reader, birder, sailor, gardener, watercolours, photos, idler, descendant of Missionary/ToW signatory

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Our middle daughter used to accompany us when I dropped the eldest off to school and picked her up. She befriended the caretaker and later, when she started at the school herself, told me “Dad, do you know, Horace doesn’t own the school?”
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Excellent insight into northern history - Flaxroots Productions flaxroots.com/2/post/2026/06… A well balanced review of my first book, and an encouraging nudge to keep working on the rest of the series…

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The Losing strategy of the Iran war: the US and UK cannot afford to shoot down ALL the Iranian drones, and yet they can’t afford not to… youtu.be/pVyAiZnvQhE?si=TDMF…
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What the PM said at Waitangi was wrong e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-…

What the PM said at Waitangi was wrong | E-Tangata

“When the prime minister spoke at Waitangi he set out a terribly distorted view of the country’s founding document.” — Carwyn Jones.

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Conversation between British missionaries and Ngāpuhi rangatira to be re-enacted rnz.co.nz/news/national/5788…

Conversation between British missionaries and Ngāpuhi rangatira to be re-enacted

Author Grant Hodgson said the conversation offered rare, vivid insights into the thoughts and values of both parties.

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Book review: Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship by Grant Hodgson rnz.co.nz/national/programme…

Book review: Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship by Grant Hodgson

Lynn Freeman reviews Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship by Grant Hodgson, published by Writes Hill Press.

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Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship

Did the translation of a conversation in 1825 change the course of NZ

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Looking forward to this Lunchtime event with Professor Tony Ballantyne and Assoc Prof John Stenhouse...Nov 20 at UBS Dunedin Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship: Conversation about 'A conversation in 1825' addevent.com/event/584bbq2w9… via @AddEvent

Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship: Conversation about 'A conversation in 1825'

Conversation about a conversation in 1825:

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Kia Ora tatou, Thanks to all that were able to attend any of the three events celebrating the release of my book, “Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship”, (gentlemanship.net) I hope to be able to post video of the speeches from the events soon, in sum here are some observations

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Grant Hodgson has retired from a multifaceted career in counselling, consulting and education that involved him in public sector projects around the world. He is now focused on wr

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b. I mean to continue work on the rest of the ‘Puckey/ Davis Chronicles’ series, as it seems there is an audience for work that has this focus on this time c. I am interested to pursue my investigation of what the concept of ‘rangatira’ signifies, in the past, and in our future
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My especial thanks to Hon. Shane Jones, Paul Moon, Geoff Troughton, and Peter Lineham for their affirmation of my work. Arohanui, Grant
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My suggestion for the proper employment of ‘Aged Intelligence ‘ gentlemanship.net/blog/ranga…

Rangatira and Kaumatua | Grant Hodgson

Rangatira and Kaumatua | Reading and writing about Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship and wondering about single-issue tails wagging MMP dogs, and the relative lack of checks on exe

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To hear a no-bs account of a fascinating piece of NZ history, then you might be interested to come to the celebration we are holding at Selwyn Library, Parnell at 6.00 pm this Thursday, for the publication of this nice slim volume: You can rsvp here: lnkd.in/geXuCypt
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Book Launch events for my New Book coming in Wellington and Auckland. details on my website here: Gentlemanship.net

Grant Hodgson

Grant Hodgson has retired from a multifaceted career in counselling, consulting and education that involved him in public sector projects around the world. He is now focused on wr

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Must watch Historical economic Analysis DeepDive Bernard Hickey -The 'Housing theory of everything' youtu.be/yiuI-WG3SPo?si=yMw-… via @YouTube

DeepDive Bernard Hickey -The 'Housing theory of everything'

In this DeepDive interview we speak with Bernard Hickey - A leadin...

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Seymour should spend a couple of evenings in an Accident and Emergency room to see what traumatic brain injury looks like capacitor://localhost/politics/360794221/david-seymour-sought-advice-removing-bike-helmet-mandate
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