From where?! I hear you ask. Lawrence is a tiny squeak of a town in Central Otago and only known to me because I have cousins there whom I have visited only once, age 17. Well not even there – they live even more remotely on a farm in the wop cacks and I remember [...]
Articles tagged New Zealand
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Free phone calls from Lawrence to the rest of the world!
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Shopping in Shannon – I know, where?!
One woman has virtually transformed a town. Tiny Shannon was merely a blip in the Manawatu until Suzie Johnson and her husband arrived, open 5 shops and had 5 kids and is turning Shannon into a destination for clothes shopping, knick knacks and art…
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The Feelers to bang out our RWC song!
Oh cripes. As if it weren’t enough of a hassle having a veritable bull’s run of foreigners overwhelming Kingsland on their way to Eden Park with their exorbitant spending and demands for exotic Savs. Amidst Auckland’s infrastructure making a mad rush to get into ship-shape for the Rugby World Cup, the official theme song for [...]
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Stop in at the little Mercer Cheese Shop
Mercer is one of those places you could blink and miss on State Highway 1 as you hurtle en route from Auckland to Hamilton or beyond. In fact I’ve only ever stopped at Mercer to use the loo or get petrol. But Mercer is famous for its cheese. I vaguely knew that, but did nothing [...]
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Some like it hot at Black Barn Vineyards, Hawkes Bay
Summer at Black Barn in Havelock North is sizzling and the queen of sizzle herself, Marilyn Monroe was there this week on the big screen of their outdoor cinema. I’ve actually never seen Mazza in a movie and after trying to pay close attention to the story line of Some Like it Hot, with Tony [...]
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