Where Are They Now?

The first in my new series for North & South Magazine - tracking down what formerly 'famous' Kiwis are up to now - is featured in the July issue.

I was honoured to be able to interview the charming 70/80s telly personality, Roger Gascoigne, for the first ever profile (click here to read). 

Is this week over yet?

I will be glad to see the back of it. There has been too much to do and not enough time to do it. I've forgotten to return library books, to file an urgent story, what my name is. The one glimmer of good news - that I'm getting a nice chunk of cash back from the tax man - was promptly quashed when my accountant told me I need to pay it all back, and more, in my next provisional tax payment. Oy vey.

But tonight I'm hoping to restore a little of the karmic balance with this fundraising dinner that friends are organising for an orphanage in India. It will also be good to catch up with a couple of former colleagues I haven't seen for ages.

Happy weekend, y'all.

      

Little Slice of Paradise

My story on a garden makeover in Hobsonville is featured in the latest Zones publication (click here to read).

(Pic credit: Zones Landscaping) 

Only in Australia

I know I should be working - I have two stories due on Monday and have barely cracked the first - but falling down the rabbit hole of the Internet is so much more fun.

Especially when it unearths stories such as this relationship between a kangaroo and a pig. The Guardian tells it better than I ever could (click here to read).

You'd think by now I'd be mature enough to suppress a giggle at the kangaroo's name. But that would be a big fat no...

 
(Photo credit: The Guardian)

First Vancouver cab off the rank

My first story from last month's Adventure World media famil to Canada and the US is one of two stories I have in this week's NZ Woman's Weekly (click here to read).

    
(pic credit: Tourism Vancouver) 

Renovate Magazine

My first story in this publication, about a remodelled 70s bathroom in Auckland's Titirangi,  is published in the current issue (click here to read).

Thanks to the God Of Books for this month's booty

Which arrived in the post today.

I've already chosen the book for my August  North & South review but once that's done I'm very much looking forward to diving into this pile to choose one for the September review.

To all of you in Aotearoa, happy long weekend.