A road trip, Napier and Labour Day Weekend: Part 1

This weekend was the first long holiday weekend in months, and also another lovely, sunny one, which was good after … More

Sunshine, sand and the smell of the sea

The weather this weekend has been lovely again, warm, sunny and with bright blue skies. On Saturday, we drove out … More

I’m writing this on Monday morning, with a near gale force wind blowing outside, which is a big contrast to … More

Sunday started with a bright coloured visitor to the garden, namely a parrot, or to be more strictly accurate, an … More

This past weekend, we headed north to Rotorua to visit friends and at last see something more of this beautiful … More

My second day in Auckland began with a thunderstorm. We were woken up in the wee small hours by flashes … More

After last Friday’s earthquake and aftershocks, it was a pretty normal week, though I kept thinking my office was shaking … More

I was going to call this post ‘backs, teeth and eyes’ but decided that sounded a bit too, well, clinical … More

On Saturday we walked up to Zealandia, a special wildlife sanctuary which we are very lucky to live so close … More

On Saturday we took a wine tasting tour around Martinborough. The day started with a train trip to Featherston, where … More