Havelock North residents are heartily sick of the mindless vandalism by the local young drinkers leaving the Village in the early hours of the morning. Often I hear people blaming drinkers, who come in from other places, like Napier and Hastings, however I find it most unlikely that these are the “hooligans” that are responsible [...]

Last weekend the engineer and I attended Kiri and Rick’s wedding on the beach at Whangara, in front of the world famous marae, where “Whale Rider” was filmed. Rick is the son of an old family friend, while Kiri has family ties to the Marae. They had been planning their wedding for over two and [...]

The Engineer and I drove to Gisborne last weekend to spend a week or so camping at the new camping ground at Tatapouri Beach. It was an idyllic setting that very few people have discovered yet. Sadly the weather wasn’t kind, but we persevered with activites,  walking up the Te Kuri walkway on the hills behind [...]