Evening or Morning or whatever it is ...... Well, we're totally knackered after three quite intense weeks!! Today we visited the acute and sub-acute wards in the Mason Clinic and then visited a step-down house in the community. No photees unfortuntely as it didn't feel appropriate to start taking snaps. We're currently trying to repack more economically in preparation for the next stage. Tommorrow will be the last day of our blog as we're leavig the laptop in Si...

Hello all hope your doing ok over in bonnie Scotland. We have had busy day travelling around Auckland visiting community services, some quite impressive and others less so. We had a look round a vocational project who help in the making of Scrabble tiles and spent time in a laid back but effective arts project. We also visited a peer run drop in service called Te Ata. Tomorrow we are back in the Mason Clinic visiting the acute services and going out with a com...

Hello again You'll all be pleased to hear that we've been too busy working to take any photographs of the sights or even of any of either of us standing beside a unit sign. Our contact here has organised a packed timetable which will occupy us until we fly back to Christchurch. Today, we visited a rehab unit within the Mason Clinic and were able to chat with patients to gain their perspective. We also visited a step down hostel, also in the hospital grounds tha...

Hello All Ourlast weekend in New Zealand is just about over and we're getting ready for a full week of work ahead of us. As well as doing lots of driving, we've managed to see some of the sights that make that long flight around the globe worthwhile. Smelly, sulphuric and slighty spooky Rotorua was unlike anything either of us had experienced before.Plenty of photo opportunities as you will see in the album, but they don't convey the whole experience without the...

Hello We have arrived again! Thats the driving over. We love our new homely abode in quite trendy and ponsy Ponsonby. Lots of steamy photos for to look forward to!! See you tomorrow XXXXX