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Mt Pirongia 2, new pics.
May. 18th, 2008 06:44 pmLast time we went to Mt. Pirongia we could not make it to the summit: it was too hot. Now it's winter so it's not an issue any more. This time we've made it to one of it's lowest summits (730m). Some photos under cut...
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btw, biggest news in New Zealand for last couple of weeks is resignation of top immigration official. It was uncovered that she was involved in unlawfully granting residency to her husbands relatives and then later it appeared that she does not have PhD degree from LSE as she claimed in the CV.
I think that besides poor Mrs Thompson the reputation of LSE and alike also could had suffered: if high rank state official could work for 15 years and nobody noticed(except now when all her background is being re-checked) than is there any difference between a person who has a degree and one who claims so?
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btw, biggest news in New Zealand for last couple of weeks is resignation of top immigration official. It was uncovered that she was involved in unlawfully granting residency to her husbands relatives and then later it appeared that she does not have PhD degree from LSE as she claimed in the CV.
I think that besides poor Mrs Thompson the reputation of LSE and alike also could had suffered: if high rank state official could work for 15 years and nobody noticed(except now when all her background is being re-checked) than is there any difference between a person who has a degree and one who claims so?
