Halloween Sales

Halloween is a non existent holiday here in New Zealand. Very small selection of items in the stores and most items cater to children. No one has decorations out, that means no witches, pumpkins, skeletons, black cats and straw bales on peoples porches. All signifiers that autumn is in gear and winter is near.

Deficit Spending is the Best!

October 15th 2006
10/14/06 to 10/15/06 - Deficit Spending is the Best! Friday afternoon Martin Crellin, a British expat in my department at work invited me to come over to his family’s home for lunch on Saturday, and if I felt like it too give him a hand with a few big yard projects. Saturday morning I took the bus to Ponsonby and then walked the mile and a half to Martins and Emma’s place, arriving at 10am. ... 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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