Saturday, July 26, 2025

High Tech

I had a little leak in my kitchen, then a bit bigger one, then a really big bucket on the floor one. The builder is finally happy that he’s got it sorted so I now have a hole in the ceiling and a high tech moisture detection system installed. 

Yup, paper, thin diary paper to be specific. The tiniest bit of moisture is going to show and if it’s still intact after the next rain we’re good to go for plaster and paint. 


Saturday, July 19, 2025

New View

I properly started my new job on Monday and it comes with an amazing view. I’m on the top floor of the new building and we can see it all: weather, planes, trains, cranes, ferries and traffic. Here’s a sample from Monday (with moving box)


and Friday 


Saturday, July 12, 2025

Blessing

Last Tuesday morning about 200 people gathered at 5.30am to bless our new archives building.  It was dark and it was very cold but by Wellington standards it was perfect, no rain despite the forecast and no wind at all. 

Staff start moving in next week, including me!  We’ve had our orientation tours which included a trip to the basement. They showed us the bike storage, drying room etc, etc but I was much more interested in getting an up close look at one of the base isolators. 

36 of these make it one of the most seismically resilient buildings in the country. 

Saturday, July 5, 2025

All Change

Since last November we’ve been going through a change process at work. It’s been long and it’s been tough but as of last Tuesday we’re in our new structure. For me that means a new job which I’ll start properly this week, exciting and terrifying in equal measure. 



Saturday, June 28, 2025

Queuing

When there’s a queue out the door you know it’s good. 

And it is, to the point that I now have a loyalty card. On a wet day there’s nothing like a good pie and I can already recommend the steak and cheese, mince and cheese and the boilup. 

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Manawatia a Matariki

Happy Māori New Year!  Definitely no photos of the stars this year but a lovely weather shot instead.



Sunday, June 15, 2025

Travelling

Both foreign (kind of) and domestic. 

Catching up with family in Sydney 

With friends in Victoria where there may or may not have been confit duck and some very nice wines

And finally New Plymouth to catch up with weaving friends and support an exhibition opening.