Havelock North has a large number of cafes that serve great coffee. The engineer and I have a definite favourite, having sampled coffee in every one of them. Our cafe of choice is At E’s in Columba Way, where Aaron and Erin serve brilliant coffee and my favourite biscotti. The engineer has coffee there every [...]

I read with interest today the latest research done in Melbourne, conducted by researchers at Melbourne University’s Youth Mental Health Centre. I was particularly interested in this research, as this field of research is the very reason my son Mike went to Melbourne to train in psychiatry. He wishes to eventually specialise in adolescent psychiatry. [...]

This year a web site has been developed, by the company that 35 councils to count votes, to track the voting papers as they are returned. When I looked this evening, Havelock North voters numbered 24, which is 0.26% of the possible just over 9000 electors. If you are interested in tracking the votes, go [...]

Last night the engineer and I attended the Hot Pink charity cocktail fundraiser for breast cancer at the HB Opera House. It was great fun, with most attending dressing in pink, of some sort. On arrival everyone had a chance to taste a new season’s Rose wine, donated by local vineyards. We sampled excellent food [...]

I joined a large number of other women ( plus three men who looked totally out of their comfort zone)  to a night of hilarity at Napier’s Municipal Theatre last Wednesday. Suzie from Shannon has a dress shop called Oosh. Suzie set up her shop during the recession and she tells us such a “shop [...]