A blog about life in Wellington, New Zealand
Gosh – the 500th small pleasures post! What started out as an occasional post has turned into my weekly Monday review of the week. Some weeks are just chock full of little things that make us smile, other weeks it can be harder to find things, but there are always some good things to note.
We’ve now been back in Wellington for just over a week, and slowly getting back into our normal routines such … More
So here we are again and time for this month’s round up of recent reading. I seem to have got … More
After two cold days, and very heavy rain on Tuesday, the sun is shining brightly again today, lifting everyone’s spirits. … More
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would smile and say this will be or final catch up face to face until June. You say hope you have a good trip.
On Thursday evening, we set out to have a sort of pre-Valentine’s Day dinner at WBC, a wonderful little restaurant … More
Today is Waitangi Day in New Zealand, the national day and the anniversary of the signing initial signing on 6 February 1840 of the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement between the British crown and the Māori chiefs and is regarded as the founding document of the country. The day was first celebrated in 1934 and became a public holiday in 1974.
The sun was shining, with summer having returned for now at least, so we headed over to Zealandia, the wonderful urban sanctuary in Wellington.
Can you believe it is February already? January seems to have flown past.
I can’t really believe it is almost the end of January already and only 5 weeks until we head to the other side of the world. Before that, there is a lot going on from the theatre, to a visitor next month to a couple of dinners out.
As I type this, it is a glorious sunny summer day. We have been blessed with (mostly) good weather so … More
Thistles and Kiwis 