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Continue reading →: Oh Wellington, My WellingtonI recently had the privilege of visiting Wellington from 15-19 March 2024 to attend the CAN Do Cycling Conference and visit my brother. Here are my reflections. A Living City It is impossible not to remark on how alive the city feels! Wellington, particularly the city centre, is focused on…
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Continue reading →: Summer 2023/24 Reading List
Like many of you, I suspect, I was a prolific reader as a child. I was capable of reading several books per week! As an adult, that has unfortunately dried up, but I am on a mission to feed my brain once again. Without further ado, in no particular order,…
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Continue reading →: Low Stress Cycling: My Three Minute ThesisWhat is a Three Minute Thesis? The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an annual, international competition fostered by the University of Queensland. The brief is simple: present your research in three minutes to a non-specialised audience. In July 2023, I participated in the University of Waikato’s 3MT competition for Masters…
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Continue reading →: Masters Degree RetrospectiveAfter what felt like at time to be an impossibly long, unending two years, I can finally say: “Yes, actually, I have done my own research.” As of 23 February 2024 and save for any catastrophic surprises that lead me to fail any papers, I have completed a Masters of…
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Continue reading →: I Got Hit by a Car and All I Got Was This Crappy StoryMy goal for Bike Month 2023 was straightforward: to bike to work every day for the whole month (I am usually a work-from-home type of gal). It did not last long. On 3 February 2023, I was hit by a driver on Pukete Road on my way to work. On…
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Continue reading →: Europe Retrospective: Discovering SwitzerlandWhat does it mean to be Swiss? As a Swiss who was born in America and lives in New Zealand, this has always been a difficult question to answer. Am I Swiss if I speak the language? Am I Swiss if I eat the food? Celebrate the holidays? Live in…
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