February in New Zealand was the "hottest month" and was dominated by hot sunny days and random heavy showers over Auckland. The sports news became dominated with the arrival of the barmy army (the English cricked supporter's) and the England cricket team, for a six week tour, to play local teams and the kiwi national team, the Black Caps. Eden Park is New Zealand largest sports stadium, and England was playing an evening 20/20 game against the black caps s...

OK, so apologies its now mid March and there has been no blog news. Lets play a little catch up with our January news. Our original plan was to leave New Zealand after Christmas but we are chuffed we decided to stay for the southern hemisphere summer as it has been muchos muchos fun. If you ever visit New Zealand make sure it's during their summer time. Lets start with the classic English conversation starter and mention the weather. To give an idea of ...

Hi coopertrooper blog readers, its been a little while since we wrote, life in Auckland and working doesn't make for the best of blog stories. Here is a summary of the headlines: The surprise news from Paul and Laura about their engagement, the day after we get back from Queenstown, was then quickly followed by Caroline and Rob back in Canterbury who said 'yes' and then the following week we hear Chris & Lucy are also getting married on the day we fly back t...

Firstly, massive congratulation to Paul and Laura who got engaged last night down in Milford sound! Didn't see that coming guys, awesome news! We knew Paul and Laura, friends from Clevedon, would be traveling around the South Island this spring and made plans to fly down to Queenstown, and spend a week hanging out with them and signing up for some adrenalin action, of which Queenstown is NZ's mecca of fun, partying and dangerous activities. The first ...

Once a week was never a realistic target, lets settle on new resolution from now on, blog randomly. I have started a new job and for the first time in seven years of full-time work I actually enjoy spending time in the work place... this could largely be due to my desk being crammed full of cool DJ toys, I have a PC and a separate laptop, two screens, cool! also taking up desk space is a Numark ttx turntable and a Rane TTM 57SL mixer. I get paid to play with the...