Category: New Zealand

August 4, 2005 / New Zealand

This may be a done deal but in the lead up to the election I’ll be looking closely at the right wing parties to see if any are going to take a stand on this nasty piece of legislation.

July 29, 2005 / Books

My friend Deidre who’s just been staying has brought me up to date on all the happenings with my old cycling buddies from my time in the UK. #1 inspiration had to be Nicky Crowther who got me started with mountain bike racing.

July 29, 2005 / New Zealand

All over town there are huge billboards in the prettiest pink advertising the NicePeople.co.nz website. For a techie I’m quite surprised that it’s taken me 3 weeks to check the site out (does that mean I’m not actually nice?)

July 27, 2005 / New Zealand
July 15, 2005 / New Zealand
July 11, 2005 / New Zealand

The third test is over, Clive Woodward and his boys have left and now the Barmy Army will be shipping out and heading home.

From all accounts it’s been great having you, come back anytime. We get used to hearing about soccer hooligans but it’s good to see that modus operandi doesn’t get applied to all British travelling sports fans 🙂

July 8, 2005 / New Zealand

Like many New Zealanders I was up late last night trying to contact family in London. Because it’s the busy summer season the city is teeming with tourists so a larger number of countries are pulled into the drama. Both my sisters are there right now. One lives there with her husband, the other is visiting with her family. My husband’s sister is there with her family. And they all have other friends who are there at the same time.

When I lived in London bomb scares and disruption were normal. You coped, you walked the miles to get from A-B etc. And when the IRA weren’t doing it the infrastructure would fail and you’d be no better off.

July 7, 2005 / New Zealand