ust had one of those “I love my job” moments. The polytech is running an architecture summer school, and as part of it they’d organised a tour for their students to look around the rebuilt Theatre Royal, an amazing heritage project that reconstructed (almost from the ground up) an Edwardian theatre badly damaged in the…
irst term of the semester is over, and I handed my first big assignment in yesterday, so I can pause and relax – well, for a couple of days, at least. I’ve got another assignment due in three weeks, so I’ll have to work on that over the break. And of course, I’ll still be…
rainy sleety day yesterday, followed by a harsh frost last night (though not as harsh as some places – according to The Press, it got down to -20oC up at Lake Pukaki last night!!!) means that the entire city is coated with ice this morning. Getting to work was a bit of a challenge as…
Today marks the first anniversary of the February 22 earthquake, technically smaller than the 4 September one, but so much more destructive, being centred almost directly under the city. 185 people dead, countless injured, and most of the central city destroyed. One year on, it feels like only yesterday yet also feels like we’ve been…
ight, I promised you a description of Tuesday’s pōwhiri. It was due to start at 9.30, but we were instructed to be there at least 15 minutes early, because once the pōwhiri gets started, it’s incredibly rude to interrupt it, so basically, if you’re late, you miss out (and as missing the pōwhiri would have…
The new furniture arrived yesterday, so as promised, photos of the pretty: TV unit: Ok, so the furniture shop called it a bookshelf, but I couldn’t find a TV cabinet I liked, and this looked like it might work, which it does, perfectly. I haven’t decided yet what to put on the lower shelves, and…
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