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Wellington – A town stuck in two places
For those of you that didn’t know Wellington is the capital of New Zealand not it’s much larger Northern cousin Auckland. So the city has the Parliament buildings and national institutions including galleries and museums and a business district complete … Continue reading
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Tagged empire. colonial, new zealand, pace of life, service levels, tourist, visitor, wellington
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Christchurch – a burden not yet lifted
We were lucky enough to be in the city and was able to enjoy the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup. It was a great event, free to the public, to experience and be able to say ‘I … Continue reading
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Tagged 185 empty chairs, 2011 earthquake, christchurch, cricket world cupp, icc, new zealand, quake
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Qantas gets it so wrong and so right…
All in the space of 20 minutes…. This is a rant so please forgive the indulgence. So I left the UK to fly half away across the world to meet my daughter in Sydney to fly on together to Queenstown, … Continue reading
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