BULLETIN ISSUE 27: 30: Autumn Summer2020 2020
From Our Family to Yours...
The Egan family and the entire team at Greenlea wish you a Happy Holiday season! We all look forward to 2021, and we certainly hope it’s a bit more “normal” … whatever that is!
OUR KIWI SUPERHERO Every crisis needs a superhero. Is it a bird (yes!)? Is it a plane (no!)? It’s a flightless creature without a cape hiding in the undergrowth of our nation … a wingless bird that has perfected the art of isolation … that gives hope for a grounded and impounded world … a slightly less spectacular Ninja - the Kiwi. Our superhero has perfected its many talents with nocturnal rummaging in the undergrowth of our nation. Often emerging with a worm at the end of its long beak, this is clearly no vegetarian who simply eats roots and leaves, but a wise old bird who prefers a tasty morsel and knows how to get it by tending the soil with regenerative determination. While the rest of us debate definitions and obsessively effuse about what the world needs, the humble Kiwi has got on and created a sustainable ecosystem, turning isolation into a balanced diet and a feed for tomorrow. The Maori word for this is Te Taiao! There are plenty of highfliers who would look down on our wingless wonder and try and fix it with red tape. COVID has taught us more about the Kiwi … that sometimes simple is best, and perhaps there is more to our national icon than meets the eye! If you get a chance, read ‘Fit For a Better World’ – written by Kiwis for Kiwis.
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