Tag Archives: family

A late-spring/early-summer dinner

Posted on 2009/06/22 by kiwinerd

(in honour of a visiting cousin) We also had fresh local strawberries!! Nomm nommm.

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Posted on 2009/01/13 by kiwinerd
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Prezzies pret a porter

Posted on 2008/12/24 by kiwinerd
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Alaskan decals

Posted on 2008/06/19 by kiwinerd

One of the pleasures of our Alaskan adventure was discovering the really cool people throughout the place. A possibly related fact was the easy availability of fun and artistic stickers in souvenir shops. My laptop and Banana-Bag carryon are now … Continue reading →

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Alaska 30 May

Posted on 2008/05/31 by kiwinerd

This morning I got up before dawn for a 5am taxi pickup. The ride was quick and expertly piloted, and so I was in the terminal not long after 5:30am. At the American Airlines checkin, I noted a funny thing: … Continue reading →

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Air New Zealand Business Class Supreme

Posted on 2006/12/05 by kiwinerd

Wow-wow-wowee! Never before do I remember flying in such comfort (or glamour) as this! I just got off NZ5 from Los Angeles to Auckland, operated by Air New Zealand, equipment Boeing 747-400. I was in row two, right side: Sunrise … Continue reading →

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Whānau hub

Posted on 2006/05/22 by kiwinerd

Remarkably, New Zealand is still a bit behind the times regarding internet usage. For one thing, it has taken until the year 2006 for local loop unbundling to occur: the previously-state-owned-enterprise Telecom had a monopoly on usage of its lines. … Continue reading →

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GDA

Posted on 2006/05/20 by kiwinerd
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Odd day

Posted on 2006/05/13 by kiwinerd

Today my dead colleague and friend Andrew would have been 37. This is sobering, especially given that I turned 38 myself just a few days ago. My Godmother shared with me this evening a phrase of a writer friend of … Continue reading →

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VoIP First Contact with Aotearoa

Posted on 2006/03/27 by kiwinerd

Today was a momentous occasion for trans-Pacific communications in the Peet whanau. My Dad and I managed to have our very first phone conversation via voice over internet protocol (VoIP) – free. Yes, folks, thats zero cents per minute. Zeeero. … Continue reading →

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