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21 degrees, daffodils appearing everywhere, blossom on the trees, a nor’wester blowing and whitebaiters in the River Avon (very different from British whitebait)- Spring looks like it has arrived!

Posted on August 28th, 2009 under Aotearoa, City Life. Comments: None

Regular readers (If I have any) will know that I have blogged about Big Issue before, when I came across them in Canberra. To my knowledge we still do not have them in New Zealand (although I can see a real need), however I always look out for them when I back in the UK.
Saturday [...]

Posted on July 8th, 2009 under City Life, Travel. Tags: Big Issue. Comments: None

I have often walked past the building where the Dyslexia Discovery Exhibit is located, but sightseeing with visiting friends made me stop and look at these sculptures.
The Dyslexia Discovery Exhibit is an outdoor gallery experience open to the public located at 21 Worcester Boulevard (near the Arts Centre).
It has a number of exhibits created in [...]

Posted on April 11th, 2009 under Aotearoa, City Life. Tags: Dyslexia. Comments: 1

Thomas has been playing basketball for the school this summer and this has sparked an interest with him and his friends for all things “basketball”. As an end of term treat we decided to take a group to see the Christchurch Cougars team play at the local Cowles Stadium. Their basketball coach, who is a [...]

Posted on April 11th, 2009 under Aotearoa, City Life. Tags: Cougars. Comments: 1

New Zealand’s power use dropped 3.5 per cent during last night’s Earth Hour.
Thanks to our position in the world, New Zealand was the first country to “power down” for an hour as part of the global initiative to highlight the threat of climate change.
The Chatham Islands kicked off the event by switching off its diesel [...]

Posted on March 29th, 2009 under Aotearoa, City Life. Tags: Earth Hour. Comments: None

Fisher & Paykel Appliances is holding its second annual Recycling Day, givinge veryone the chance to dispose of your old, worn-out or broken kitchen and laundry appliances in an environmentally friendly way.
By diverting appliances from landfills to recycling plants, valuable resources can be re-used, waste is minimised and the environment is spared.
This year Fisher & [...]

Posted on February 24th, 2009 under Aotearoa, City Life. Tags: Recycling. Comments: None

We started New Year’s Eve with a lovely Chinese meal and then went to a circus. I am not a fan of the circus, and been rather spoilt as the last circus Howard and I saw was the Moscow State Circus in Russia in the 1980s. However it was not too bad, although I did [...]

Posted on January 3rd, 2009 under Aotearoa, City Life, Friends and whanau, Odds & Ends. Comments: 4

When out and about last night we were directed to a labyrinth which had been set up in Latimer Square, in the city centre.
The labyrinth, a large scale interactive straw bale labyrinth, constructed of 750 bales, focused on the theme of peace, and was based on the labyrinth designed for St Paul’s [...]

Posted on December 24th, 2008 under Aotearoa, City Life. Tags: Christchurch, Labyrinth. Comments: None

For once Howard and I managed a night out together when we were guests at the Canterbury Champions (Business) Awards, held at the Christchurch Convention Centre.

The event is the largest business awards event in New Zealand with about 1,200 guests
The Champion Canterbury Awards are designed to celebrate business excellence, passion and success recognising the contribution [...]

Posted on September 13th, 2008 under Aotearoa, City Life. Tags: Canterbury, Champions. Comments: None

Regular readers of my blog (if there are such a thing) will know that each year I comment on the arrival of the Godwits, which to Cantabrians signals the start of Spring. They sneaked in early before the usual Council patrols had started and surprised everyone.
The Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica baueri) arrives in New [...]

Posted on September 9th, 2008 under Aotearoa, City Life, High days and holidays. Tags: Christchurch, Godwits, Spring. Comments: None

Posted on May 11th, 2008 under Aotearoa, Books I have read, Books and poems, City Life, Family stuff. Comments: 1

Posted on November 25th, 2007 under City Life, Family stuff, High days and holidays. Comments: None

Posted on September 13th, 2007 under Aotearoa, City Life, High days and holidays. Comments: None

Posted on May 19th, 2007 under CORE life, City Life. Comments: 1