It’s hard to believe that after living in the house for around 7 months we are almost done with the builders. Yes, the snagging list has been snagged all bar one item and one that we have simply decided we can’t bear the pain to get repaired so settled... OK, so where were we? Ah yes, it was snowing. The neighbours came to celebrate. The All Blacks beat South Africa in the blizzards of Wellington and we went to bed looking forward to a snowball war with Doug and Shilo this morning. So here’s the overnight... For the last 24 hours there have been severe weather warnings for all of New Zealand. I was beginning to think that the kiwis were being overly dramatic – the biggest storm for a while predicted. The sun’s been shining most of the day so I was beginning... We are official at last – allowed to stay in New Zealand indefinitely and come and go as we please for the next two years. After that we need to apply again – and no doubt pay more money – to get an indefinite returning residents permit so we can... It seems that New Zealand has not missed out on the global trend for truckies create a convoy and blockage cities. Today was a protest against new Government Road User Charges that truckies say are putting their businesses in jeaopardy and they don’t believe... 