Kia Ora bloggers.  This is a special welcome to on-line travellers on the Blog Around the World flight to New Zealand.  Hope that you’re not to jet lagged getting here.  Haere Mai (Welcome) to the home of the Domestic Executive. It feels a little strange be giving you a tour of New Zealand since I’m [...]

One of the downsides of living rural in New Zealand is the public services are not what you would expect to have if you were a city dweller.  For example, no mains water and sewage and no trash collection. You do of course pay slightly lower rates although missing out on the trash collection doesn’t [...]

I’m interrupting my recollections of my trip to Mahia last week to tell you some exciting news about our cool kid that needs help.  You’ll remember that Seth has been having treatment for leukemia and whilst they’ve decided for the moment a transplant is on hold that’s not holding back this kid. He’s been busy [...]

Staying on a hill farm was not a new experience for me I was adopted during school holidays by my friend Ruth’s family who lived close to Church Stretton in Shropshire.  They lived on a hill farm on the Long Mynd.  In fact Ruth still lives there farming with her husband and sons after her [...]