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@IrelandinNZ Thoughts with the team there and Treena's family and friends, v saddened to hear this news, RIP Treena - condolences all

The Embassy will be closed on Friday 19 September for the memorial service of our dear colleague and friend Treena Daly, who passed away last week. Treena was our longest serving local staff member and was at the heart of our team. Suaimhneas síoraí dá h-anam uasal 💚

🖤 this; great to learn about accessibility and why important to design our services better, cognisant of diverse needs - lnkd.in/ge64-75P - play around with the tasks; also, (i assume) how gd to have _design systems_ to be able to put these types of prototypes together

Our Miss Rima (5) was a little peeved, out of sorts when I dropped her off for school earlier because I was WFH..."that's unusual" I thought. With her teacher, she has expressed why in a lovely drawing :)- I must say though, an absolutely scandalous assumption...and half-truth 😀

@bartoncreeth Ah lovely - i used to be mesmerised by that sight on way home from work in the evenings!...great to see :)

The starlings of the Albert Bridge road are certainly one of the most iconic, and transcendent, sights in Belfast. Unreal. Unworldly.

Sat down Sunday evening here readying for tee off at Dubai classic - shall be willing on Dan Hillier - been an incredible tournament for the kiwi golfer so far - I'm sure the Royal Wellington clubhouse is buzzing :)

@NZTrevorIreland Impressive going Trevor - bit of a loop around Maynooth direction? know that countryside well; my hometown :) - ka pai

My legs are minding me that it is four weeks since I’ve been on a bike. Great day for a ride

I went down to pay respect to Sergeant Lyn Fleming today; a very moving experience and heartening to see the community turn out in such numbers on a suitably damp and dark evening, also to hear folk speak of a wonderful person and professional...Kia kaha - lnkd.in/gJT956Er

Heartening to see the GCDO announce a Service Modernisation Roadmap too, committing to improving CX of government, - a truly cross-agency community of contribution in building tangible, useful ‘assets’, capabilities for our present and future selves.digital.govt.nz/digital-govern…

I have no idea of what being number 1 means these days in terms of scale of 'sale' etc.; but this is lovely nme.com/news/music/the… - and been listening through the week - love the album and hopefully shall see it live at some stage soon :)

Ka pai - Arrived here just in time for my weekend read :)

Great topics, speakers and a _lot_ of inspiration @ **Aotearoa Government Innovation Showcase** in Welly today…good focus on getting, setting the foundations right in building better, quicker, the Digital Public Infrastructure model resonates; a lot to be positive about👌…

Been gorging on this all weekend - youtu.be/sx9SVAtMkJM?fe… - sublime hearing them back in this form...can't wait for album

Brill news - IMHO: for the many and the few ‘@ClaireHanna for SDLP leader’ is the _definition_ of a ‘no-brainer’ – she has the talent, tenacity, the passion, personality and probity to push things forward - for the party and society there – all best to Claire agus an fhoireann!😊

Met Martin after their brill gig in 2018 Welly - hero of mine, lovely guy - i'm a Chills fan since my teens in Ireland, (introduced to me by @CityRemains) - so sad to hear news - RIP Martin and condolences to his family, friends n all @TheChills whānau - rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

@a_neasa that the obelisk is distance?

Good company, blue skies, sunshine, and coffee. Perfect Saturday morning vibes.

Wishing @ClaireHanna and team, all the best today there today - hoping for better, brighter things in days ahead for that brill part of the world :)

2nd day #DigiGovNZ - the **Singapore government** journey in rolling out common reusable components ; the **Trust Tairāwhiti** mahi to measure and understand impacts of their work , to the final panel session talking about buiding better, diverse org culture - ka pai all

'Virtual International Keynote' Government Chief Data Officer 4 Estonia Ott Velsberg #DigiGovNZ - lessons learned: * Improve search / access to data * Ensure data and metadata quality * Reusability, open source works (hallelujah! :)) * Start small, iterate, measure, iterate!

Good to read some pro-solutioning content!:)...have thought about this many times in terms of efficiency, and once validation is an ongoing thing - this can save time...context everything but defo room for this visitmy.website/2024/01/30/sta…

A lot of AI dazzlement across executive cohorts in public service at mo. While i admire and encourage future thinking, there’s scope for ill considered decisions in this space. Some fundamental technical, structural, strategic and cultural issues to address first. Be ethical.