The Sky Tower, Auckland

People attach theselves to cables and jump off that tower. Its actually quite distracting. I was sat in the offices of a recruitment agency having an interview. I was facing the window which looked out at the Sky Tower. As the phsycometric testing began someone walked to the edge of the ledge at the widest part of the tower. "Tell me about a time when you've had to deal with disagreement or conflict. How did you deal with it?", asked the interviewer. I didn't really hear the question as I watched the jumper getting airborne. "Jump off the Sky Tower!!", I thought out loud. I didn't get any job offers from that particular agency.

Ask yourself: Am I living in a brothel?

September 23rd 2007
On a warm morning in Auckland we ventured out, through the Central Business District, by-passing the shopping Mecca that is Queen Street, past the Ferry Terminal to an area of poster plastered adult shops and fusty strip bars next to the docks. Our search for a place to call home for the next four months had brought us here. I have to say, that with the benefit of hindsight, it was an inauspicious ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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