B52s & the Proclaimers

The wind delivered me back to Martinborough in time to discover the B52s and the Proclaimers were to play at the Alana Estate vineyard on the outskirts of town. I hitched a ride (not in the Hummer) and stood with thousands of others in a howling gale waiting for the gates to open. In the end, the organisers cancelled because of the wind. But no-one seemed too disappointed. By that stage, many were partying regardless and Martinborough's bars and cafes hummed that night.

CYCLE TOUR - END OF THE ROAD, FOR NOW

December 16th 2009
The Former Mike Brockie Arrives in Wellington You stood in the newsroom like a messenger from a sunnier land. Between a climb on a gravel road in the King Country and a tail-wind out of Lower Hutt you’d pedalled away a few decades of worry. All you carried - the sun lightly on your back, a mind clean and clear as a back-country moon. You were a modern who’d made the epic jou ... 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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