Phew, another week passes in a flash. Now it’s only a four day countdown until the Easter long weekend. Can’t wait to step off the executive grind for a few days and seek out some warm weather up on the East Coast.We’re off to Hawkes Bay... Seems that the failures of the new BBC Castaway programme are making the news here in NZ.Based in Great Barrier Island off the coast of Auckland it is certainly a long way from England but I wouldn’t necessarily class it as remote. Certainly not like the first... Plenty to celebrate this week the the bypass opened in Wellington. After months of traffic congestion when they only opened one section going one direction they’ve finally opened the other.Reportedly traffic is flowing much better in town and it can take at... The ground works contractors left site on Tuesday this week leaving the site pretty much as it was when we saw it last weekend. Except this time the mud has been baked and cracked in the sun. It feels frustrating for there to be no more progress whilst the sun has... Crikey how time flies. Last time I blogged about the countdown it was 30 weeks to go until the end of my contract at work. Now the last 7 weeks have passed in a flash.I apologise that blog has been dominated by house stuff and the interesting side of New Zealand had... 