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steam engine saturday

today we went on a trip on the rails – and a trip back in time. nz rail is the national rail service operating 3 lines: the overlander between wellington and auckland the tranzcoastal from picton to christchurch the tranzalpine…

happy birthday liz

today is the queen’s birthday. and we joined other members of the commonwealth in taking today off in celebration best thing is that today is not really the queen’s birthday. her actually birthday is april 21st. but april is not…

just like plymouth – only newer

it’s a three day weekend so we’re off to new plymouth to see some more of nz and hopefully go for a tramp on mt taranaki. as we passed though hawera (home of nz’s largest private collection of elvis memorabilia)…

city safari

today we participated in the metlink city safari. hard to describe – but combine orienteering, a scavenger hunt and “amazing race” and you’re close. technically it is called a rogaine and in a fixed duration event where you challenged to visit…

i ordered fettucini, not puccini

tonight we went to see puccini’s la boheme at the majestic saint james theater. on the plus side we it continues to be great to live in such a compact city where it’s a breeze to get around (sans car).…

anzac day

today is anzac day. a summary of the day from nz ministry of culture and heritage (te manatu taonga) is below: Anzac Day occurs on 25 April. It commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and also honours returned servicemen…

it a small, small, world

whilst i am employed by company e2, i on the account of a large nz telecommunications company (company t) and spend much of my time at their site. today i was sitting at my desk at company t when i…

we find these truths to be self evident

that insurance companies are not really as interested in your well being as they claim in their marketing nz has national heathcare coverage for all but with all such plans sometimes you can’t get seen or treated when you would…

pan handling

today was the karori nature sanctuary’s annual street appeal and the jboss was out beggingaccepting contributions. jboss’ review of the day: My two hour stint on the bucket brigade was pretty successful. It’s hard to say how much I collected as…