Happy children at Mission Bay. Glorious view of Rangitoto. Paradise.

This morning we took the kids to the Auckland museum which is an imposing structure high on a […]

We are in Auckland! I haven’t posted for a few days because things have been frantic. We decided […]

I’ve got a sequence of photos of the Merivale shops beginning with damage following the earthquake on September […]

I nearly didn’t take Daniel to his swimming class today and deliberated about it right up until the […]

I’ve just realised that the amount of money we’ve spent on caravan rental this past year could’ve bought […]

People have different earthquake-coping strategies. I like a glass of wine at dinner time. The difficulty is getting […]

People in Australia have often asked me what an earthquake feels like. Most Australians have never felt one […]

I took this photo of a house not far from ours in St Albans. For those who know […]

We drove back to Christchurch yesterday afternoon and received a nice welcome in the form of a Mag. […]

We are now cosily ensconced in a dog-friendly holiday house on the Dunedin Peninsula. It’s a magnificent part […]

Earthquakes are an unusual traumatic event from which to recover because they go on and on and on. […]

We are all in Dunedin today. This was not supposed to happen; we are supposed to be in […]

Just found this very funny clip on YouTube.  Definitely worth watching.

I should have added to my post yesterday when quoting Seneca’s thoughts on dealing with earthquakes, that the […]

It is necessary to find solace for distressed people and to remove their great fear. Yet can anything […]

It’s official. Ben got a promotion and we’re moving to Auckland! We’ll be swapping earthquakes for volcanoes, but […]

I’m feeling a little less anxious this evening because we had our 5M+ earthquake for the month this […]

Daniel’s kindy is having a dance party day this week and he is encouraged to come in his […]