The Air New Zealand plane crash in the Mediterranean is dominating headlines here today. There are lots of comparisons with a crash on the same date in 1979. It’s a tragic irony. Life hangs by just a thread and things like this make you realise how thin that... It’s that time of year when the northern hemisphere is getting into the Christmas mood. The retail sector goes into overdrive and every where you go there are iconic images of snow, father christmas and the like. Here in New Zealand people are just making that... 