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.
Category: New Zealand
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.
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?)
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.
Pt Chevalier School is lucky enough to have a wonderful teacher called Chris Moore. Every second year he puts on a “whole school production” and it’s a mammoth effort.