Six hours in Africa: a day trip to Tangier
When there’s only 14k of water between here and there, there’s only one thing to be done
Wandering through Seville
Seville, a city filled with things cultural
Footrot Flats is just around the corner.
“Scones, pikelets, pavalovas, make New Zealand great.” AK Grant. Footrot Flats, the musical.
Whistle Down the Wind: Opening Night.
“It’s the joy of the creation of the thing, that’s the reason why you do it.” Andrew Lloyd Webber
Whistle Down the Wind comes to Hawke’s Bay
Rehearsal—it’s all about collaboration and cooperation
International Cultures Day
International Cultures Day brings the world to my neighbourhood
A Christmas treasure hits the stage in Waipawa
The temperature’s rising, the roses are blooming, BBQ’s are in and fires are out, boots are off and jandals are on. Yes, the season is approaching.
School In America
Adventures of a Kiwi AFS exchange student. I knew from the tele that school in 1975 America was different from school in New Zealand. But there’s nothing like being there, living it, to bring those differences home. I left New Zealand, swearing that at school in America I’d […]
Got itchy feet? I can help with that!
My poppies are in flower. My quince tree is at bud burst. The sap is rising, spring is on its way and my thoughts are turning to travel adventures. Okay, okay, if the posts on this blog are anything to go by that’s not exactly new. Through […]
In which a yellow pant suit symbolises irrevocable change
“The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” – G.K.Chesterton On Thursday I flew to Wellington (NZ) for work, as I sometimes do. The airport is notorious; the […]
Jill's Scene 
The korero