Akaroa and Naenae

If you thought these two places had nothing in common, that they probably don't even belong in the same sentence, you'd be right.

But they're the location of two very different stories I have in this week's NZWW - the first a travel foodie piece on Akaroa, the second an interview with a woman making a difference in the lives of kids in Naenae.

 

What I did this weekend

It has been a frantic day of words with some 5, 000 written so far (and I am on deadline for another corporate piece so there shall be no rest for me this evening).

Instead of words here are some pics of our glorious weekend down south - Christchurch and Akaroa, thank you for a lovely weekend.

Our visit to remote Flea Bay Friday night to see the cutest blue penguins who haven't yet followed their mamas and papas out to sea deserves a post of its own; will get to that later this week.

Instead, here are pics of Saturday's class at the Akaroa Cooking School (a fun group, especially the hen party, many of whom had flown in from London) and a visit with the creator and owner of Akaroa's Giant's House, the lovely Josie Martin.

Sunday we drove up into the hills for spectacular views over this volcanic region - and slowly melted as the temperature hit 30 degrees.

The pics, as usual, courtesy of the Animator.