Tag Archives: christchurch

City of the Gaps

Posted on September 11, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

Before I left New Zealand, in 2010, I picked up a bunch of souvenir-type things – you know, paua earrings, keyrings with sheep on them, that sort of thing – to give to people in America. Most got given away … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment  

Type A

Posted on July 23, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

Tonight’s our last night in New Zealand, and we spent the day doing a bus tour of the Christchurch CBD Red Zone and driving around the eastern suburbs, of which more in another blog post, because it was frankly too emotionally … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments  

Presentations

Posted on March 27, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

This was going to be the week I blogged about my recent acquisition of my genotype, but my brain has been well and truly fried by giving my first departmental seminar this morning, so that’s going to have to wait … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments  

Remembering

Posted on February 21, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

I was going to do a brief precis of the weekend we just spent in New York doing Tourist Stuff (very brief precis: sore feet, reasonable minimum of tacky souvenirs, a million photographs, success!) and then I remembered that February … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment  

In Hindsight

Posted on January 3, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

2011 was, overall, a year the like of which we will not see again soon. I know most of my friends in New Zealand couldn’t wait to see the end of it. For various reasons, a lot of people I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment  

Recovery

Posted on November 7, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

We got power back last Tuesday evening, just as I was eating a cold dinner by candlelight (the combination of the noises I made when the power returned and the sudden appearance of light everywhere sent the cat under the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments  

Fall

Posted on October 3, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

It’s officially fall autumn dammit autumn here in New England, now the autumn equinox has been and gone. I was interested to discover the other day that I am not the only one who thinks the American season-marking system is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment  

After The Storm

Posted on September 5, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

Irene turned out to be something of a bust for large parts of the Pioneer Valley, and especially for us – we woke up last Sunday morning to heavy rain and occasionally gusty wind, but that was it. By the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment  

One Year On

Posted on August 15, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

A year ago last Friday, I was sitting in Christchurch Cathedral, listening to Helen Clark give a talk about development in the third world. It was three days before I was due to get on a plane and leave New … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments  

Where I’m From

Posted on June 16, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

I think perhaps the hardest part of dealing with the ongoing earthquakes in Christchurch, over here, is that you can’t really talk to people about it. The Monday aftershocks got a one-line mention on the morning news, but overseas natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 3 Comments