Unless you've been living in a cave (or rely on Guardian Live for your news) you'll know that last night, a big quake (6.5) hit central New Zealand. The epicentre was in Cook Strait, with the nearest town being Seddon in Marlborough (South Island), and the next being our capital city, Wellington. You poor buggers. …
Christchurch loves Libraries
A non-NaPoWriMo post, prompted by an article in today's Christchurch Press. There was a bit of verbal jousting last month when the Ellerslie International Flower Show opened in Christchurch. For non-Kiwis – Ellerslie is a suburb of Auckland, where the flower show used to be held. We more or less snaffled the show from under …