Throwing Weekend Parties Throughout t...
by newzealandnz.co.nz
on 27/12/2011 - 12:18 am
Tag: Culture
Throwing Weekend Parties Throughout the Season is a Great Idea for to Be a Married FriendNo, I don’t know what that means either. I suspect I had been drinking rather heavily when I penned this title. It sounds like Shakespeare, doesn’t it? “A great idea for to be a married friend – that is the question.”I suspect I was thinking (having just been to one, clearly, the state my sentence construction was in when I got back!) that regular weekend parties would be awesome. To be honest I didn’t know there was a season for them. I suppose it would be during July, August, September, October, when holidays are happening and everything is open.I’d pick Septem ...
Suburban Christchurch cafes & bars fl...
by newzealandnz.co.nz
on 28/03/2011 - 01:17 pm
Tags: Accommodation, Eating and Drinking, Latest News, South Island
Post-earthquake, the unaffected bars, cafés and restaurants on the city’s outskirts and in nearby Rangiora are thriving, as city dwellers seek some respite from the quake’s aftermath. Recently this writer meet a few friends in Harrington’s on Main North Road, Belfast. This is one of the larger bar/restaurants in the suburbs and at 6.30 on a Thursday evening, it was absolutely packed to capacity. Going by anecdotal evidence, the same can be said for many, if not most of the functioning hospitality businesses outside the CBD.My daughter works at a café in Heathcote. The Castle Rock Café was one of the first in the area to get up and running again after th ...
Christchurch Quake brings out best in...
by newzealandnz.co.nz
on 28/03/2011 - 11:27 am
Tags: Events, Latest News, South Island
Out of the quake some good cameOne of the few positive things to come out of the recent Christchurch earthquake has been the way the youth of the city and provInce responded. People of my generation (baby boomers) have been extremely critical of the youth of today. Doubtless that has been the same with every generation since we emerged from the primeval ooze. But how wrong we were, this time at least.The student army that was mobilised following the initial earthquake in September really came to the fore in the tragic and devastating event on 22nd February. I was proud of them and on behalf of my generation I applaud their big- hearted efforts.I was involved with Rangiora Express, a vo ...
5 Reasons Why You Should Still Visit ...
by newzealandnz.co.nz
on 22/03/2011 - 05:42 pm
Tags: Accommodation, Activities and Attractions, North Island, South Island
At 12:51 PM on February 22nd, the earth roared and the entire South Island of New Zealand rumbled.I was sitting at my desk in Queenstown – some 500 kms away from the Garden City of Christchurch – and as I looked out on our balcony overlooking The Remarkabes, I saw my mountain bike shake back and forth and the floor beneath my feet rolled as if I was riding the historic TSS Earnslaw across Lake Wakatipu.The 6.3 earthquake that struck a mere 5 kms beneath the surface was felt as far away as Wellington on the North Island.The effects of the quake will be felt in Christchurch for years to come – there was massive loss of life, property, and heritage in the South Island’s ...
