Strolls, discoveries and chickens again

There are periods in life where things just roll along quietly and other times when it is just the opposite. … More

21 things about living in New Zealand: our first year here

As of 28th January, we have been here in Wellington for a year. I can’t believe it – the time … More

We have just returned from a lovely holiday up north in Bay of Islands. We saw all sorts of things, … More

Sunday morning proved to be another sunny day, though there was the odd cloud on the horizon from time to … More

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

On Friday afternoon we experienced another big earthquake, this time 6.6. We were at work, so I ducked under my … More

It was quite a strange week, what with us not being able to go to work, or at least, not … More

Well, this post was going to be about what we did at the weekend, but events took over with an … More

I came up with the title for this post in the shower this morning, before I experienced my first earthquake … More