Chairman shouldn’t be swimming for sprinklers

Ian Griffin, Chairman shouldn’t be swimming for sprinklers, Otago Daily Times, 4 February 2026

Museum directors should not have to swim marathons to keep the lights on, Ian Griffin writes.

As I typed this, Tūhura Otago Museum’s chairman was swimming Cook Strait.

Not metaphorically. Actually.

Twenty-odd kilometres of cold, tide-ripped water between the North and South Islands, raising money so the museum can install a sprinkler system.

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