The Luge and Overlooking Rotorua! The Gondola The gondola ride is a must do! Not only is it a fabulous way to take in all the sights of Rotorua in one long sweep, but it is a pretty relaxing and chilled way to rise up 900metres into the sky. The Gondola Up the Moutain…
‘The Hidden Costs of Missing School’ – No surprises there!
I read an article in the Herald this morning and low and behold – there were those words, thoughts and ideas floating around in my head, desperate to be set free. (see link below) http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11137669“School children who are suspended, expelled or drop out early are more likely to suffer from poor health and social difficulties…
Road Trip To Rotorua – Part 2 Museum
Rotorua Museum As we arrived in Rotorua (unofficially called Rotovegas by Kiwis) and made our way to the hotel, we could see the tudor architecture of the above building and wondered what it was and what it was hiding. It was close to our hotel so a quick unpack and a short drive (in…
Good News For Education!
Hot off the press! The determination of Phillipstown Schools ‘take it to man’ court case against the Ministry and Minister of Educations decision to close the school and merge it with Woolston has been published. Recently the school filed a judicial review in the Christchurch High Court, where the school sought to get a…
Road Trip To Rotorua – Part 1
Last week, on account of it being school holidays, we took a road trip down to Rotorua. It was great. As Southern Kiwis, it can be hard to not compare the scenery with what we grew up with. Our holidays were in wonderful places like Central Otago and involved exploring the delights of the Caitlins….
Local Body Elections – VOTE or don’t….
I posted a short version of my reflections on the local body elections on my FB page, with my wonderings around how on earth a voter is meant to know who these people are. I felt the need to elaborate further. It is not so difficult for me – I know some of the…
Kia Ora Fellow Bloggers and Blog Browsers
They say that a journey starts with a single step…taking this logic then a fresh faced blog must start with a single post. And so, a blog was born! Have you ever felt like you have some deranged hamster living in your brain, running flat tack on its little wheel, spinning so fast that you…