A PAIR, A SPARE AND A MAYOR

By Sara Dinnen You’re a woman living on your own.  Or, indeed, a man living on his own.  It doesn’t matter what gender and what the causes might have been – death, divorce, just plain fed up – the result is the same.  You’re living on your own. Don’t you just love it when someone who has been married for 45 years or so, and … Continue reading A PAIR, A SPARE AND A MAYOR

Local and Lovely in the Far North of New Zealand

The old truism not to leave town until you’ve seen the country, applies. And just a three-hour drive from Auckland, or a 40-minute flight to Kerikeri airport and a half hour drive, lies the pretty tourist town of Paihia. No-one is quite sure how Paihia got its name – it doesn’t translate directly to anything in Maori.  But a fairly logical version is that one … Continue reading Local and Lovely in the Far North of New Zealand