We went to an interesting place today: a huge yard with second-hand houses. They buy old houses, transport […]

Sunday marks the anniversary of the September 4th Canterbury earthquake. If someone told me this time last year […]

The earthquake commission has been squirrelling money away since 1945 to pay for a disaster such as the […]

We had a delightful picnic lunch at French Bay, Titirangi today. I took some photos: I just love […]

We have started house-hunting in Auckland and yesterday went to three open homes. I limited it to three […]

We have had a great week with Di here but sadly she leaves this morning. Ben is arriving […]

Today marks the 6 month anniversary of the February 22nd earthquake that stole 181 lives. Christchurch has had a […]

The two exhausted travellers arrived this evening to much excitement. Here is a small selection of photos from […]

When you drive around New Zealand, something you can’t help but notice – apart from lovely scenery – […]

The Government red zone payouts have started to arrive and a new deal for Kaiapoi residents was announced […]

I took the kids on the bus into town today to the new waterfront development: Wynyard Quarter. Under […]

Everyday I am amazed by how well Daniel has taken to his new kindy. The drop-off in the […]

We have the worst dogs ever. They hate other dogs and Freud has declared war on all the […]

Whenever it snows in Christchurch I get depressed. I realise I’m no longer living in the climate I […]

We are in the midst of the “snow storm of the century” but the sun is shining here […]

People have asked me whether I’m going to change the name of my blog now that I’m in […]

I didn’t sleep very well last night. I was woken just after midnight to the sound of thunder […]

Elizabeth is generally not fussy about food and puts pretty much everything in her mouth including sand, dog […]

There’s some drama in the Point Chevalier community this week. I think I mentioned previously that there’s a […]

Daniel had a great first day at kindy today. He woke up this morning super-eager to go and […]