Ok here’s a newsflash for you. Babies cry lots. And not even during sociable hours. In fact, the chance of crying is directly proportional to the chance that you’re watching ‘The Game’ or talking to ‘The Boys’ or you have ‘A Headache’. I’m told by those who know more about babies than me (note that [...]
In our Christchurch office we have one of those new Council plastic bags to take the recycling out each week. Because it’s transparent, you get a good idea of how much rubbish you’re producing. Now ok, it is being recycled rather than thrown away … but too many people think that they’re doing the world [...]
If you’re a cultured and classy individual like myself (ha!) then you too will appreciate a wine tour of Gisborne’s winerys.
I spent this Christmas with my wife’s family in Gisborne. The first city to see each new day’s rising sun and the home of quite a few winerys.
With information from Wines of Gisborne, my sister-in-law had worked out a tour of a few choice winerys. Jumping in the in-law’s people carrier, we set off with wine glass and map in hand.
In my last post, I detailed the problems I’d been having with NZ CourierPost. At the end, I mentioned that I’d also received the wrong product from 1-day.co.nz.
I went to both CourierPost and 1-day.co.nz and placed feedback and asked for a response. This is the feedback I’ve received so far.
One (of many) reasons I love living in Christchurch is that you’re less than two hour’s drive from places like Hanmer. Hanmer is a small village located between Christchurch and Kaikoura on the south island of New Zealand. A year ago, my wife and I got married in Gisborne. So last weekend, we celebrated our [...]
