It's winter. So, if we were sitting knee to knee at the little coffee shop on King Street, sipping a cuppa warmth and perhaps nibbling on something, like say a ...
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Righto, so we’ve chatted about the weather – now let’s get down to brass tacks, shall we? So, you and your family are seriously considering moving to New Zealand - ...
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If you are reading this then perhaps you've decided that my last piece was not a load of hogwash (or if it was, it was interesting enough to have you ...
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Well, this morning I took some time out to laboriously draw up a list of some basic food and household goodies and what they cost. As admin is not my ...
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For some reason, I have been hedging a bit about writing this post. I couldn't figure out why and then I reread the last and I realised that I had ...
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Winter in New Zealand. Sometimes it rains. Well, actually, it may be fairer to say sometimes it doesn’t rain. It will pour for a few minutes. Then the sun will ...
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This is not a tale about two boys off on an adventure with a magical, carpet-bearing tree. No, it's more a tale about a Kiwi education, of sorts. You see, ...
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Last week the weather, as a Kiwi friend of mine so aptly put it, “turned to custard!” It was snowing in some areas of the South Island and hailing in ...
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