Countdown to being a domestic executive: 47 weeks to go

As I stood having drinks in the bosses office tonight it was hard to believe that it had been a week since I had last stood there. Very sociable lot the kiwis.It was a short week in the office and made shorter by the fact I was at the docs mid week getting some...

Photoblogging: the wetest, coldest labour day

OK – I almost give up. There’s been some technical difficulties this week to be able to post my photoblog from last Monday, labour day which was by all accounts the wetest, coldest and darkest labour day in more than ten years.There seems to be a pattern...

Photoblogging: labour day in the South Wairarapa

Just look at the rain rolling in over the hills from Wellington towards Lake Ferry. This is a salt lake that heads out to the sea. A hamlet of houses and baches line the side – not a place to linger on a cold day! Walk along river bed at Putangirua Scenic...

AB’s heading north

It was another bitterly disappointing outcomes for the local rugby team. The Wellington Lions were in the final of the New Zealand cup this Saturday playing in Hamilton against Waikato. Despite the number of current or former ABs (All Blacks) on the team, they were...