Haare Mai Thursday 27th November Mel had a job interview yesterday and it went really well she was just about offered the post but because she couldn't drive a manual car we are waiting to hear if they will move on grounds of a disability but it seems unlikely.But the experience was good to have and we have to keep plugging away. After last weeks effort at the quiz night in the Masonic,we decided to have another go sure that we could do better than second to ...

Kia Ora Nothing to report much since my dressing down at the doctors so we shall pick it up on Saturday..... Saturday 22nd November 2008 We awoke this morning expecting rain,but again the weather gods were shining on us,I thought that UK meteorologists were bad... Today we took a drive South to Onehunga for a look around now I don't want to do it an injustice but it had a lovely park. We did try our luck in a second hand bookshop but on entering were asked to ...

Kia Ora Thursday 20th November 2008 (the avid readers among you might notice that there is no entry for Wednesday,but nothing much happened so here is Thursday's insight to life in NZ) We were back at the medical centre again for Part II of the tests and to get our results from Tuesday. The doctor called us in together and I sat patiently while she spoke to Mel and went through her results.You will be as pleased to know as she was that everything is functioning...

Kia Ora Monday 17th November 2008 The knock at the door meant Tracy had arrived,we sat and chatted for a while before she left us with some information on locating doctors and dentists,plus the details for getting our medicals done (see tomorrows post) Last night Mel spent some time on applications so today was sending off day.It was our first day of rain since arriving and the skyline was grey and misty as we crossed to the North Shore.In the post office we f...

Kia Ora Saturday 15 November 2008 The thing about Auckland is you never seem to be short of something to do.So today it was a break from driving and it was back on the ferry and a plan to visit a couple of markets. Now the Britomart building is a transport hub but on a weekend it becomes home to a small farmers market seeling excellent local produce,it was also playing host to about 200 Halifax bank workers filming their latest commercial which was interesting...