This week’s small pleasures #187

Another week in lockdown. New Zealand has a 4-level COVID-19 alert system, with each alert level telling the public what … More

Six on Saturday 11.04.20

How is everyone doing out there? New Zealand is still in lockdown, and we are getting used to living in … More

At this time of year in New Zealand, lockdown or not, the country goes mad for feijoas. The first time … More

Like so many of us around the globe, I am working for home at the moment.

As I have already mentioned in other posts this week, New Zealand is in a lockdown period for 4 weeks. … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…well, we wouldn’t be in the same room. We would be … More

Well, we in New Zealand are getting ready for a lockdown, which will come into force from midnight tonight. The … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sitting far apart. We would laugh and say … More

It has been a long week…I was at home, getting over the news of my brother’s death last weekend and … More

The New Zealand Festival of the Arts is on at the moment here in Wellington. A biannual event, it is … More