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Southern style in Dunedin
Flying into Dunedin airport, I’m feeling really scared that I will be cold but also really excited. This is my first time in New Zealand’s oldest city and I am determined to soak up every bit of the art, culture and history, that the city has to offer. Being Friday ... More
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Italian idyll
Sarah-Kate Lynch flies solo among the hilltop towns of Tuscany More
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A touch of paradise in Rarotonga
Somewhere in the dark there’s a noise and I stir, expecting a child with troubled dreams. But it’s only an extra-early rooster who has overridden the background roar of the reef and the whirr of the bedroom fans. No-one needs my attention just yet, so I slumber a little longer ... More
Our daughter's last goodbye
A Wellington couple reveal the mystery of their little girl's sudden death. More
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Over the Teacups
After putting my six-year-old and three-year-old to bed, I settled down on the couch to watch TV. Miss
Three decided she wanted to join Mum, but with her Barbie as well. She asked me to brush Barbie’s hair with my fingers as we couldn’t find the comb. I replied, “No, it’s bedtime. You’ve had your kiss and cuddle and a story. It’s Mum’s quiet-time.” So what does my beautiful little girl turn around and say to me? “You’re fired!”
Robyn, Kaiapoi
ANIMAL ADVICE
My five-year-old grandson, who has been at school for two months, imparted some excellent advice recently. “If you get into a rhinoceros’ enclosure, don’t move because their eyes have evolved to register movement.” He told me he had learnt this at school. It’s just one of the many amazing revelations he has passed on in his five short years!
Daniel’s Nana, Manawatu
JAM PACKED
My sister’s eyesight is not the best. Recently, she put a dollop of raspberry jam, instead of tomato sauce, into the
mince. She scooped out as much as she could and said if her husband complained – which was likely – she would just call it “sweet and sour”!
Mrs BM Farrant, Christchurch
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