tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22333934583813563662012-02-17T00:29:11.092+13:00As a family we have decided to make the move to New Zealand from the United Kingdom. Kiwiagogoland, is a diary of our experiences as we make this life changing journey to the other side of the world. Its really important that you interact with us and make comments on the posts we make.Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815058811063962332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-44662799350824868642009-11-01T11:09:00.005+13:002009-11-01T11:36:22.317+13:00

  We moved into our new house last weekend. All went well, with the help of a number of fantastic friends from both Nicki and I's work. Pictures of the new house, are now up in the Family 2 photo album, for those that have the password.We managed to get everything over in 2 runs. Although the truck was by no means full on either load, it saved us having to worry about stacking things

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Georgia had gone to the mall today with her friend and dad was at work. So me and Alex were at home alone because mom was at a funeral, I'm not sure who's i think it was one of her patients, so me and Alex tidied the house up so dad can let the owner know that people can come around and see if they want to rent the house.When mom got back she said we had done a good job and took us out for a

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Today i went Horse riding with Georgia. Georgia goes riding anyways but today it was a junior day, so Georgia took me. Georgia was a leader there. First We brushed the horses, them cleaned out that hooves (the hooves were very smelly), after the hooves we watched one of the leaders show us how to put the saddle on and bridle on then she went and did some walks, trots, rising trots and canters

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Well, today we didn't do much. I just started packing my suitcase even though we have 3 weeks and its not certain that we are moving in yet, got to check house and get muney of bank and all that. I'm just soo excited. So yeah, just packed suitcase, watched t.v, not much actually, played with Alex on trampoline, taught him how to do somersaults in the air with no hands. He learnt that pretty quick

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Yo,Its the first day of our holidays today and we haven't done much. I woke up from the ring of the phone and then realised the dogs were howling like werewolves, mom and dad had already left for work by now. I picked up the phone to hear Georgia's horse riding teacher on the other side. She needed to speak to Georgia so i had to wake Georgia up, Georgia had to shake her head before talking :D We

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I found a picture of our two girls to share with you. They are Barred Rock hens. They came with a free rooster, but we had him for tea one night.....yummy! The one on the right is our current champion layer, but she has gone broody and is sitting on 16 eggs! Not quite sure how she covers them all, but we think some may hatch in a few weeks.

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Hey everyone,what have u all been up to. I havent been up to much. We've been here for a whole year now! We went out for dinner at Monkey Spices to celebrate. I brought a book by Stephenie Meyer called wings its awesome. And im writing my own book, Dunno whats its called yet though. At the moment im listening to taylor swifts songs called : our song. Its cool. Alex is in lounge watching tv. Mom

Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14158440445839020588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-68263859072421914482009-08-26T20:09:00.001+12:002009-08-26T20:11:13.639+12:00

it is awesome in nz but it is better in engaland

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Hello everyone. Thanks for all your messages.Its seems odd to be getting lots of anniversary wishes, as I have always associated the 28th as being our anniversary. You guys naturally pick the day we left whilst I pick the day we arrived - lolBut does that mean I have lost 2 days or does that mean we have 2 anniversaries? Perhaps not, the kids will be wanting to go to Monkey Spices on the one day

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I have just finished uploading another 7 videos. They include daytrips to Orana Wildlife park, the Christchurch Gondola, birthdays, Easter and more, so get your comments coming in ;)

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In a major new tourism venture, Kiwi's are being given the chance to invite friends and family who live abroad to New Zealand.The ‘Great Kiwi Invite’ campaign, run by Tourism New Zealand, aims to increase the number of visitors to the country at a time when global economic conditions mean fewer people are travelling the world. New Zealanders will be able to go on-line and send a personal animated

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I've updated some videos over the weekend. Only 98 to wade through edit an upload! I think I've done about 6 or 7 so far, including a couple of Alex rock climbing and some of Abi opening Birthday presents. More to come but its a bit of a chore shortening 10 to 15 mins of video into 2 or 3 mins to make it upload to google.

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Nope the earth didn't move for us! Despite reports of New Zealand's biggest earthquake since 1931 being felt in Christchurch, we didn't feel a thing. The shallow 7.8 quake in the lower area of South Island (several hundred km away) sparked a confirmed tsunami, but there are currently no reports of injury. There was also a 6.1 aftershock. You can follow the latest news on at www.nzweather.net or

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Winter is usually the time of year for holiday adverts on the TV, well in New Zealand its no exception. This series from Malaysian Tourism was on when we first arrived. It was hauntingly spiritual and the music still makes my spine tingle when I hear it. Well worth a watch, although I wish the sound was better on this example.

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haven't written in ages so thought I'd put something. Don't know what though. hmmmm. Well the past 2 days i have been off school with a cough. At horse riding i had a go driving the quadbike and it was sooooo cool. The other day we took the dogs to the beach, it was a bit cold but still fun. On thursday i have a dentist appointment i think. On friday we had a school trip wen went to the art

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We have a new family ablum. This is because we have reached the 500 photo limit in the first one. Please email grant if you want the URL for access for Family 2.

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  What a find! We had spotted some pictures on the facebook page of one of Nicki's work colleagues and vowed to make the effort to go for ourselves. It was a great Saturday afternoon, shortly after the first sprinkling of snow for the season. The boulder formation is just outside the Porters Pass ski resort and is about an hours drive away, so we slipped out after dropping Georgia off and

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Well you know how i have been asking all of you to give me a story to write well i thought and thought and i came up with something. I'm not going to tell you what its about but i can tell you, we did it for school. It had to be handed in, so when i handed mine in my teacher said very well done.A couple of days later i forgot where it was so i asked my teacher if he had it and he said yes - (it

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Hey guys,I want to write my own book but I'm not sure what to write it about??? Do you think you guys could leave me comments on what to write about???Please doThanksLuv you Englandfrom Abi xxxxxxxxxxx

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Hi,Today at school, i had an 'eye test', the lady said i was very good and i don't think i made any mistakes, after that i had the dentist. The dentist said i had spacey teeth which was very good and they were good and clean, and I'm good with my tooth brush, she also said that they were so lovely that she didn't need to take an x-ray but because i was year 8 she had to. She also she gave me a

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Hey, This is about what we got mom for mothers day, We got her, the film called "The Notebook", tweezers, scissors, metal nail file and a lufer.Its awesome this film, Apparently its supposed to make you cry and its very romantic.I cant wait till Friday, 5 more sleeps :D :DWe were supposed to have cross country last wednesday but it rained then we had a perfectly sunny thursday and didnt do

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Hi,i just wanted to ask you allGUESS WHAT?its ONLY 5 more sleeps till MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOi cant waitbye bye from abi xxxx

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Hey,Today it is mothers day, mom is at work though! We went to the hair dresses to day, and i had my hair done :D :DIt looks coolIm going to write a story soon, (not on here on paper) any suggestions on what it should be about? And after the hair dresses we went to get some cups/glasses, then we went to 3 other shops looking for a Thermos flask thing for Georgia.We are now home. In a minute dad

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We've had some problems with email this week. Email has been getting through to the server, but was not being delivered to us. I did some testing with the UK email addresses and found the problem. As a result our NZ email is back to normal. Nothing here has been lost, although there was a delay in us getting your email.The UK addresses however, will be offline for around 5 days. This is because I

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During March there was a junior fishing event aimed at getting younger people into the sport. Bait, rods and equipment were provided along with a freshly stocked pool. It was a great day, with celebrities from the TV fishing programs and competitions, although there were times when having 3 kids present knotted lies to you simultaneously was a bit frustrating! We didn't catch anything but saw

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Alex the super man (or should that be the spider man?) has taken up rock climbing. He has just completed a 10 week course aimed at teaching him how to "top rope belay". This means he is now licensed to climb with others of his own age. He will be joining the Flying Gecko's climbing club in the new term and he is now the very proud owner of his very own chalk bag, which he bought with some of his

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Georgia started horse riding a little while back. She goes to a place that teaches natural horsemanship, which is a really big thing here in New Zealand. She seems to be really into it at the moment, and stays for the day to help out and learn handling skills and preparing tack, grooming etc. The owner is off to the US in a couple of weeks for a 6 week holiday/conference so Georgia and the girls

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hiToday was awesome, we went to the bank and all three of us kids got some money out, then we went to the pet store and brought a fish tank each, and a fish each, i cant believe it, i have a fish :D :D :D :D:D :D :D :D! ITS SOOOO COOL! My fish is called, Flipper, Alex has one called, Fin, and Georgia, has one called, Mr.Fish (which was originally the name i choose for mine but she made me give it

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HeyToday im going to tell you about moms birthday. Well, in the morning we took in her cake, Coffee cake, with chocolate swirls on the top and a chocolate slab in the middle saying "happy birthday nicki" We had some cake for breakfast. Then she opened her presents. She had lots of good stuff, like, clarins and a bag and money.After all that, we went to a barbers so dad could get his shave, i

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THE PARCEL CAME!thank-you very much to nan, poppy and tb, for the $25 and the 2 bags of mini eggs and the box of 12 chocolate rabbits each! it was very nice. I have already eaten nearly 1 whole bag of mini eggs and two rabbits and i've only had them 5 minuets. I have just got back from a sleepover but i guess ill tell u that soon, because we have to go shopping,byebyebye, abi xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Happy Easter everyone,Thank you soooo much for all the lovely things you have sent over. A.M and U.M thank-you very much for the I.D plates. Mine is on my bike under my seat :D. Helen and Jonathan thanks for the 3 bunny chocolates and 4 chick chocolates also the sweet little bird that tweets if you squese it. S&J thanks for the money, and nan pops and tb thanks for whatever is still on its way,

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Happy Easter everyone! It's been a really busy time for me of late, not helped by a proposed merger at work, which will see us going from the smallest University in NZ to the 5th largest land based University in the world! How's that for aspirations? LOLI've got some time off now the Eater Bunny has been, so that will help me to catch up with the latest news and post some pics and videos for

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HEY!Today was Dads birthday, i woke up at 6:45 because Alex was on his xbox! Grandad called straight away at out 8:00am so I picked up the phone and spoke to him then passed it to dad think then after he spoke to everyone then. After that nan phoned so we talked to nan, poppy and tb. We then gave dad his birthday presents, then xbox game called Halo wars so that he can play against Alex and a

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Every year the school holds a social (or a disco)the theme was tight white and bright (i just wore white jeans and a bright top and all that )then when we get there u have to answer a question to prove u go to lincoln, so i didn't know this and didn't expect them to ask me what house i'm in so I jsut stood there for ages going, uuuummmm and then I remembered so that was luckyI went with my

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Hi,Youth Group:Every Friday night at the community centre, there is a youth group, it is soooo fun. Last week we had to make bridges out of news paper and it had to hold a ball. So with my group we rolled up news paper and they made MY DESIGN :D and of course it was mine so as always, when its my idea, we won! We put 3 rolled up news paper sticks diaganol from each other and taped them together

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Hello again,I am very sorry for all those people who do NOT want to here this news :D but I decided to write it on the blog for those who did want to know. This week we had sexuality and yes it was the week with the condom on the carrot there isn't really anything to say about it apart from it was TOTALLY DISGUSTING, why you ask? well because, well YOU SHOULD KNOW! :D Oh fine I'll tell you, it

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Hey, Well what a morning, it Alex's birthday today. Later at 10:30am everyone will be arriving for the party we are going swimming! I cant wait. We are going to Q.E.II. Its going to be awsume! I'm taking a friend with me! At Q.E.II there is everything, rapids, hydro slides, normal swimming pool but waves turn on, a heated pool, steam room everything! I cant say much at the moment but i will type

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  Busy, is the word I would best use to describe this event. Don't get me wrong, we had a good time and the lanterns were great; the park was covered in them, it made for a great spectical. The entertainment was also good, if you could find a suitable vantage point, but the queue for food and even just trying to move around on occasions was too much like being in the UK - lol. It's amazing how

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Wow these things are noisy. We had a picnic, one hot summer weekend during February and were frankly deafened by the noise. At this point, not having a clue what they were, I was told by a friend that they were crickets!As you can see, we got some video and some still pictures of the bug like skins that crawl out of the ground (having lived there for 14 years). Eventually we also tracked down a

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Georgia has started riding and horsemanship lessons on a Saturday. We went to see the lady a couple of weeks back and found out all about the layout of the lessons and what is expected. The lesson itself lasts for 30 mins, but Georgia has asked if she can stop on to help out and learn more about working with animals and horses. She now has an 8:30 start every Saturday, going through to mid

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Alex has joined the local cub scouts! He seems to be really enjoying himself, and its really cute to watch the pack closing ceremony when I pick him up. From what I can gather a new lady has taken over (I think she started the same time as Alex). She is clearly very experienced with cubs and is introducing a lot of things that cubs should be doing....like lowering and raising the flag, tying

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  Set over 10 days during February, the streets and parks of Christchurch were filled with street entertainers from all over the world during the World Buskers Festival. SOme of the shows were pretty spectacular, espcially in the Aerial Park. There was also a section with acts especially for Kids. I think we have some video somewhere in the ever growing video section of the albums (don't worry

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Hey everybody,well do i have some news for you, my sister has started horse riding and my brother has started rock climbing and cubs, so im going to look at St.Johns this coming Thursday and i am also going to look at Girl Guides soon.I went swimming with some people from my school, it was like racing you could choose your race and choose wether to be in none competitive or competitive, so i

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  On our recent trip to Old Chorlton Hall we stopped off at Okains Bay, which was a couple of km's around the headland, down an unsealed road. Having just cleaned the car the day before, the once sparkling Fiesta looked as though it had been on a trip to the jungle, but the beacj was fantastic and the kids really enjoyed themselves. Pics of the kids are in the family album. More views from the

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  The Queen Victoria found its way to Lyttelton a week or so ago. We went along to see her in the knowledge that Shaun and Jane would be aboard later in the year, having a trip in "the med". She is quite a big ship and dwarfed the containers that were unloading further up the wharf. Some pictures are in the Port of Lyttelton Albums and there is also some video too

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We've had such a lot on over the last few weeks, that I've not been able to keep up on the blog. I was hoping to use today to catch up as this weekend was scheduled for rain, but alas the sun is out again (lol) so we have a date with the "summer festival of relaxing weekends" in the Botanical Gardens. Nicki has a tenuous link to one of todays musical performers, so we'll see how she does....and

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Last week we had our first visitors from the UK. Chris and Gloria had a couple of weeks on a whirlwind tour of New Zealand, and had roughly an 8 hour stop over in Christchurch (primarily to sleep I hasten to add!) Forutnately, we were able to meet up and join them for "room service".A couple of pics have made it through to the "new" family album. I hope you guys enjoyed the rest of your tour!

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Georgia has a work day to arrange for Thursday for a school fundraiser. She was hoping to get into a local vets, but none of the local one's are happy to entertain the idea. So she will try a couple of petshops and the local "cookie factory" (I can't think of the incentive for working there!)Hopefully, something will come of it, but time is running out and at this rate, she could be in school for

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  We dropped down to Little River A&P show (think Canwell Show) last week on a gloriously sunny but extremely hot day. There were sheep trials, horse events and demonstrations by the fire brigade, as well as a marching band complete with bagpipes. We took the dogs too due to the heat, and they seemed to get on well with the chickens that were on show. More is at the Little River Gallery

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  Another bank holiday in the summer sun ;) (Although, I understand some of you joined us in a day off, due to snow). This time we went to Willow Bank Wildlife Reserve. They had a special open day with activities including Maori music and feeding the eels. It was good to go and you get to see some great animals, including the obligatory Kiwi's but I don't think I'd pay full price to get in with

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Today was very interesting. Mum had a leaflet for Devonshire Teas in Little Akaloa near AkaroaWhen we got there it looked like a deserted old house. (It's 125 years old). It looked empty and I could see shadows walking past the inside kitchen door and we were going to go but then Alex knocked once more on the door.Then an old man came to the door and he couldn't walk properly. I couldn't see his

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There is a long list of what the kids got up to while off with Nicki the week or two before they went back to school. We know about the bluberry picking because you saw the chick clip, but they also did some Raspberry picking and eventually got to see Jellie Park (however I think that was a disappointment, due to the strange layout where kids rund from mud and dirt to pool and the ducks poo in

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Held in Hagley Park in Christchurch, a pleasant night of entertainment with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and a range of medeley's from musicals including Abba, Miss Saigon and Sweeney Todd. The night concluded with an amazing firework display to the William Tell Overture. We thought you might like to see a clip below.

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Everyone is back to school today after goodness knows how long off for summer holidays. We got some bits of uniform over the weekend and purchased everyones books and stationery last week. I have to go in today to get some of the excersie books that can only be purchased from school. Alex is currently getting dressed and organising his PE kit. Georgia has left for the bus - there is a new company

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We have recieved some magazines of family and I would like to say thanks. :)Also to everyone else who has previously sent magazines etc.It's great to get some english news and gossip, so thanks

Georgiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159392410198665493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-34610992605706225242009-01-27T20:40:00.002+13:002009-01-27T20:43:23.081+13:00

Unfortunately our holidays are coming to an end :(We have done some great things including fruit picking, swimming, cinema, shopping, going to the beach, going for walks and lots moreThanks to everyone for all the xmas prezziesHad a great xmas, hope you did tooHappy 2009!

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During last week Nicki and the kids went blueberry picking. If you take a look at the Picassa video gallery, you can see how they got on - there is a great clip with Alex doing a guided tour! They also came across this little chick in a nest, which was such a great moment, I thought I would put it on youtube for everyone to see.

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January and February are traditionally the bargain times to book tickets for NZ, even if you fly out later in the year. Currently Emirates will take you from Birmingham to Christchurch for 750 GBP RETURN. That's door to door!Cheaper offers are available from other airports (549 Heathrow/Auckland fly April to June or during November), but there seems little point at that price. Book by the 31

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Not sure where it went, really. Saturday morning Georgia and I did the shopping run....Pak N Save for supermarket shopping, Countdown (which also trades as Woolworths - yes we still have one;) ) for the rest of the stuff that we like (mayo that tastes like UK salad cream and a nice tomato sauce). Pacific Catch for the 'fush' and Raewards for the fruit, veg and meat.We dropped off Sherbet for a

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Nicki has been on holiday this week and from what I can gather her and the kids have had great fun while I've been at work. So much so that none of them have had time to update the blog! I will try and summarise their week with a few posts over the coming days.At the moment I'm uploading several more videos that they took during their escapades. It looks like they had fun on their adventures. Let

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Not us.... the theme of the weekend activity! Friday night, as usual was shopping night. I collected Nicki from work afterwards (she was on a late) and decided that I had better fill up with petrol (the computer was showing 9km remaining!).Saturday was mix of cleaning and cooking. Georgia did a nice pudding, Nicki a great quiche.Sunday we took a day trip to Christchurch for one of the "Lazy

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Roads have melted, offices have closed and people are down on the beach having a party! Why? Well Christchurch has topped (unofficially anyway) its highest ever January temperature, with highs of 40C recorded by some personal weather stations.The MetService measured air temperature "officially" up to 35.7C at Christchurch Airport yesterday afternoon, close to the January record high of 35.9C in

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HI, How are you all? Im good are you having a nice Winter? Well im having a fantastic summer :) The last couple of days we had a water fight. So how is Everyone liking 2009? I'm loving it, it very sunny and very weird but some days its too hot and i miss the rain, i mean it does rain but not as much as England!What did all of you do for New Year!? We had some champagne at midnight and

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Of course we really appreciate your comments on our blog post (so if you've you've not done so for a while, or have yet to comment at all, then get your finger out!)You should know though, that we cannot reply to your comments directly, such is the nature of the system. If you want a reply, you will either have to check back on the comments at a later date, or send us an email!

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  You may remember that shortly after we arrived, we found Bottle Lake Forest. Well this time we headed for the beach beyond the forest, during a swealtering day last week. Again the dogs went with us, but Nicki, this time, was working. It was nice to cool off in the surf and even Toffee had her first attempt at swimming in the sea. More pics are in the BLFP and the family galleries.

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After a few days of struggle trying to get the Google servers to accept our video uploads, we finally have a small collection on offer! They cover a little bit of our Christmas and New Year holidays. So, if you want the link to the video gallery, please email me and I will send you all you need to know to get access.Of course, now that we know it works, we'll be taking time out to video some more

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  This weekend has seen our first NZ thunderstorm. We had torrential rain, hail and some localised flash flooding. Most of the lightning was sheet, but there were a couple of nice cloud to ground strikes locally. The image is from the Rolleston Gallery and shows Mammatus cloud after the storm had passed.

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We found a PYO last week and decided to give Cherry picking a go. It was $3 each to get in, so everyone was under strict orders to each as much as they could! We picked dark cherries and white cherries and saw some huge apple cherries, which were literally apple sized. We had a great time and Alex enjoyed climbing the tripod ladders to get the highest cherries!We brought home a large bag and if

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Now we've had so many works Christmas events that they all merge into one. It's certainly a time for celebrations and get togethers in this part of the world. Things kicked off with the official Christmas meal, which I mentioned at Busy Weekends. It was a very successful evening and one I would do again. Everyone was very pleasent and welcoming to Nicki and I, the food was great and even better,

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Yes, we are the first ones again ;) It has its advantages!We would all like to wish our avid readers, friends and family a super New Year. It's going to be hard to top 2008, in terms of what we've done. Moved house, moved country, changed jobs, schools, cars, shops, banks ....... the list is endless.Hopefully 2009 will be a bit quieter and allow for some relaxation and perhaps it will be an

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 It seemed appropriate that 2008 bowed out with a spectacular sunset. The last couple of days have seen temperatures soar into the mid 30's in Canterbury, so it looks like summer is well and truly here.

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Where do ghosts send their laundry?The dry screamers!

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  Our trip to Hanmer Springs as part of Georgia's birthday present, couldn't have been better. Perfect weather in an idyllic place. Views of the mountains, good food, happy kids and a superb environment for relaxation. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day, without exception. I think Georgia would have liked a Spa treatment though.....girls! ;)

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No matter where you are.... the supermarket, the park, or in the street, Kiwi kids all sound the same at toddler age. And whenever we hear one, we are reminded of this advert for Mitre 10

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Why did the football manager flood the pitch?So he could bring on the sub

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The block party that we were invited to at the beginning of December was a good night. There were a few neighbours invited and the kids had a great time in the spa pool, while us adults tucked into some tinnies from the "chilly bin". We finished the night off with food from a good bbq, before getting an early night in preperation for our trip to Hanmer

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  Santa parades are big business in NZ. The main ones are in the cities, but the nearby village of Lincoln had its own version too. It's typically the summer carnival with Santa on the back of a lorry. The whole village turned out and when you consider numbers (population 4000) the efforts were on a much grander scale than that of Solihull (which we witnessed the week prior to leaving the UK).

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What happened to the editor who interviewed a cannibal?She's now editor - in - chief

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 I think its safe to safe Georgia really enjoyed her Birthday as you will see from the pictures in the family album. Plenty of presents from the UK, a great curry and some surprise treats and trips, helped the day go down well. Topped off by an amazing solid ice-cream cake.....mmmm

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Thanks everyone for all your cards, presents and phone calls. I am this morning in the process of updating all the photo's in the albums. More on these, which each post. I am going to schedule the updated diary entries, so that you are not bombarded with 20 posts, so keep tuned over the next few weeks.Nicki had a camcorder for Christmas, she has been busy taking video for you and has left it to

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What do sea monsters eat?Fish and ships

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What runs around Paris in a tupperware box?The Lunch Pack of Notre Dame!

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What is the definition of an archaeologist?Someone who's career is in ruins

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What do you call a nervous witch?A twitch

Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815058811063962332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-12776913816629279082008-12-25T00:01:00.002+13:002008-12-25T00:01:00.844+13:00

We are the first inline to celebrate anything in a given year, so let me be the first to wish you Merry Christmas on Christmas day itself!Pics, updates and gossip coming during the week and probably a few posts later today too ;)

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The grass, that is. It's been so dry here recently that the grass had already turned brown, however it was the first day of summer on the 1st December and, since then we've had quite a lot of rain (well comparatively, since we arrived). Some days have been drizzly and some have been baking hot sunshine with showers, but "it's been good for the ground".The "heat" is very tolerable as its not humid

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hiya,sorry that none of us have been writing since the 8th of December, we have been so busy! Hanmer Springs was great, Getting Christmas prezzies for friends was great and sitting typing this is great. Yesterday at school we were moving all the furniture out of every classroom (by the way there is 27 classrooms, new building being built so soon will be 33) and it was pouring own with rain, so

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One of my presents off Mum and Dad was a ticket for us to go to Hamner Springs-thermal pools and spa.we had the thermal pools. it was reallly nice. there was a normal treated pool about 29dC and another one the same with water slides. these seemed really cold compared to the others.there was some slightly filtered pools ranging form 35dC to 37ish.there were some hexagonal pools, which were about

Georgiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159392410198665493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-80352029020144374202008-12-08T16:44:00.001+13:002008-12-08T16:45:42.482+13:00

saturday evening, after my party we went to a block party at georgie's house with a few other neighbours.me abi and alex were the only kids so swe got the jacuzzi hot tub to ourselves whcich was nice.we had a barbeque and we took some cooking like quiche and fairy cakes.then after a LONNNNNGG day, i went to sleep :)

Georgiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159392410198665493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-3944162684961728082008-12-08T16:42:00.002+13:002008-12-08T16:44:09.848+13:00

Friday night I had two friends-Maddy and Rachel to sleep over.We watched laods of movies and had pizza and had lots of fun.Maddy got a couple of hours of sleep, but me and Rachel didn't sleep at all!Then in the morning, we were all very tired so lounged around then at 2pm we went iceskatin. it was really good, we had woken up by now. There was Santa and an elf and lights and music :) Then they

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Hi everyoneIhad a great day on Tuesday :)i got up and ready, then in the dining room was banners and balloons with presents and cards!I opened some before going to school, where evryone signed balloons that I had to carry round with me!! it was funny.when i got iin i fininshed openeing my presents and we went to corrianders. an really yummy indian restaurant. I had tikka masala :)then we got home

Georgiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17159392410198665493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-32961401593505598582008-12-06T00:41:00.003+13:002008-12-06T00:56:40.010+13:00

Google street maps now offers you the opportunity to drive around our town at street level, and see what its like living in New Zealand. You can "drive" past the house on the way to the shops, call in at school or try my route to work, taking in the scenery of the hills to the east and the mountains to the west.Further afield you can check out our shopping centers at Hornby and Riccarton -

Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815058811063962332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-61792576699049432272008-12-02T20:52:00.003+13:002008-12-03T22:22:50.300+13:00

We've had a great time today. I'd give you an update, but we've had too much wine....well it was rather nice!I am currently in the process of updating the family album with Birthday pictures, so be sure to check out the new ones.

Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815058811063962332noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-77850381440912405912008-11-29T18:39:00.003+13:002008-12-29T10:36:45.838+13:00

Hiya peeps,Sorry i cant answer your questions like was the water jelly i doubt it but i dont no because if we went it would of been boring because the slides and outdoor swimming pool were closed, so instead we went to QE2, QE2 is really fun it has rapids and gucusies and slides. We didnt go on the slides today but it was still fun. There is a gucusie there that is boiling and when your in it

Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14158440445839020588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-42001126716716690652008-11-29T08:12:00.004+13:002008-12-29T10:36:10.829+13:00

Hello to you all,Because Alex (my brother) has been very good at his caregivers it was an opportunity to go to Jelly Park. Most of you wont no what Jelly Park is so ill tell you its a swimming pool! Its going to be so fun because i heard that u dont to pay for the hydro slides and there are rapids and u dont have a time limit on them because its all day at QE2 u only have an hour on the hydro

Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14158440445839020588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-44453820008251276492008-11-27T21:12:00.003+13:002008-11-28T11:43:11.663+13:00

Hiya peeps,Just wondering what u are all doing as i have nothing to tell u but that IT SO BADLY HURTS WHEN U TRAP UR FINGERS IN THE DOOR! YEAH OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLet me begin well, yesterday me and my friends were playing hide and seek 2 counting 2 hiding. I was hiding me and my mate saw the counters coming so we ran into my house and closed the door but my fingers were trapped. They really hurt,

Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14158440445839020588noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-50115274114185037062008-11-27T20:54:00.002+13:002008-11-27T21:08:20.057+13:00

Hiya Guys,Im in bed right now, wondering and thinkng about all you people in England, family and friends!!I have a few notes for some people;TB: yup turqouise one is fineNAN: have fun with work tomorrowPOPPY: how are the dogs?S & J: Hows the caravan?have u been doing write to me soon Em & Pge: Hows school?Fuzziuzziumpkin: what have u been doing?Uncle.M & Auntie.M: Hope ur liking the blogeveryone

Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14158440445839020588noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-38864265496289231872008-11-27T16:07:00.002+13:002008-11-27T20:05:18.534+13:00

8.45am... Got a call from the windscreen company. The stock item windscreen, that needed to be measured up - has come in broken, so it won't be fitted now until next Wednesday.2pm... The mobile rang again "I'll be there in 20 mins", declared the man at the other end. He was and he was busy cleaning and polishing the glass as I arrived with the keys.... Just a shame about the 95mm x 4mm gouge

Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815058811063962332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-4726486332213451862008-11-26T18:57:00.001+13:002008-11-27T12:34:52.471+13:00

This weekend is a busy one. Not only is Nicki working her first weekend, but she also finds herself on night call for the first time. Normally both events are separate, but with Christmas coming she has the short straw, but at least it gets it over and done with. Talking of Christmas, this weekend is my work Christmas meal. We are both invited to the Rossendale Restaurant and Winery for what

Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815058811063962332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233393458381356366.post-88318179801195016082008-11-25T22:32:00.006+13:002008-11-25T23:27:45.549+13:00

Much is being made of last weekends rugby results and many feel the the impressive displays are due to controversies surrounding the pre match Haka, which apparently made all the difference.The Rugby League World Cup win, New Zealands first, was made all the more sweet, due to the fact that we beat the Aussies on their own soil in the final to take the trophy. It was the biggest upset in years

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