I am a happy user of public transport: something that friends have mocked me for over the years, but something of which I am proud as it has allowed me to navigate my way around the globe in a haphazard, yet enjoyable manner. And the bus is a great method of transportation as it can cover long distances, but at such a speed that you can observe the passing geography with a relaxed and casual eye. Therefore I was glad to find, on arrival to Christchurc...

As you may have read/heard Christchurch has a serious café culture, you cannot walk two steps without being in a perfect triangulation of Starbucks. Thankfully there are enough cafes to go around where people are interested enough in having an individual style coffee without having to first re-mortgage their house. Tilly and I have had the pleasure of many a warm/hot weekend strolling around the streets sampling the delights, although there is hell to ...

Well, here I am sat in my living room with J.Lo on C4 waiting for my chicken to cook, so thought I'd take this opportunity to say hello as I know it's been a while. I figured now would be a good time to fill u in with what I've been up to in this fabulous city. As u may, or may not, have read Wellington was a slight blip in the map when it came to finding a job, so apprehension set in when we decided to cut our losses and move to Christchurch. But thankf...

Tis the season to be...? Christmas can mean so many different things for so many different people and I thought I had a good idea of what that was about - until I spent Christmas in New Zealand. Be honest and take a moment to fill in the blank at the end of the first question.... What did you think? Joy, family, sharing, fun, parties? Or did you think major debt? We've all seen the madness that seems to envelope some people at this time of year,...

Well.... Well.... Wellington - a capital mess I'm guessing that when you've read the heading of this one you will have a vibe of what I felt about my stay here. Knowing that work would have to be done at some point during the year we figured what better place to get it than in the capital, especially around December time when people are looking for staff to do whatever, whenever and for not that great a wage. We arrived with work on the forefront of ou...