Words on Wednesday: Level 4 – again

So here we are again, at lockdown level 4 for the whole of New Zealand for three days, Auckland and … More

A seat at the table

Another post in the occasional series where we enjoy eating out at nice places! Being in Auckland this weekend to … More

Wordless Wednesday: Glenorchy

For this week’s Worldless Wednesday, we travel back to our long weekend trip down to Queenstown and our Sunday drive … More

Wordless Wednesday: iconic buildings and other things

For this week’s (semi) Wordless Wednesday we journey back to the South Island, to Cardrona and the famous Cardrona Hotel, … More

Words on Wednesday: the Chinese settlement in Arrowtown

Close by the centre of Arrowtown lies a very different heritage site, the Arrowtown Chinese settlement. It is one of at least ten Chinese settlements that grew up around the gold mining towns in Otago during the late the nineteenth century.

Arrowtown: a bit of goldrush history

A short drive from Queenstown, lies Arrowtown, an historic town sitting on the Arrow River.

This week’s small pleasures #226 or Queenstown weekend part 1

For this week’s small pleasures post, I’m going to take you with me to Queenstown, where we have been for a long weekend break.

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…the weekend coffee share edition

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea… we would talk about how one of life’s pleasures is … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would talk about Friday morning’s offshore earthquakes – a 7.1 at East Cape which was felt across the country (and which woke me up), and a 7.4 and 8.1 in the Kermadec Islands.

This week’s small pleasures #232

On Saturday night, the government announced that all of New Zealand, except Auckland, is going back up to Covid-alert Level 2. Auckland is now at Level 3, after more community outbreaks in the south of the city.