Patrick Lam

Thoughts and travels of Patrick Lam

Submission to NZ Crown Minerals Amendment Bill reopening gas and oil exploration

Get with the program! The NZ Coalition of Chaos wants to reverse the oil and gas exploration ban. It is 2024, not 1984.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Thursday, September 26, 2024

Submission to NZ inquiry on inter-regional passenger rail

NZ needs inter-regional passenger rail as an alternative to flying and driving for climate and other reasons. Here’s my submission to a Parliamentary inquiry, with comparisons to Canada and Switzerland.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Saturday, September 17, 2022

Interactions with Immigration New Zealand

Getting residence. Quite a ride, and I know how to work systems..

Posted by Patrick Lam on Thursday, September 15, 2022

Review: Emerald Hours in New Zealand Part II, getting around the South Island

Second part of my book review / transit comparison between 1905 and 2021. This time featuring the South Island and the Milford Track.

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, October 10, 2021

Review: Emerald Hours in New Zealand Part I, North Island (but really, transport in NZ)

Alys Lowth and her party toured New Zealand in the early 1900s and took a surprising amount of public transit. Here, I compare public transit in NZ in 1905 and today. Also: things that are the same (geology), and things that are different (not as much as one would think!).

Posted by Patrick Lam on Sunday, September 5, 2021

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Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo; patrick.lam@uwaterloo.ca

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