Regulating landlords in NZ
April 7th, 2005 by Sarah KingThis surprises me, I’ve just hooked into the large number of kiwi blogs that exist – led by kiwiblog.co.nz and started looking around for topics of interest. There’s nothing on this on the blogs I’ve visited… Read the rest of this entry »
Youth and the Law
April 5th, 2005 by Sarah KingIn New Zealand we have laws stating the level of supervision required for children under 14. Should be really simple shouldn’t it? Read the rest of this entry »
NBO – National Business Online
March 30th, 2005 by Sarah KingThe folks at National Business Online (NBO) have just rubbed me up the wrong way – completely!
They rang my husband 4 times this morning insisting that he urgently renew his advertising contract with them. He was busy and got annoyed by the 4 calls and caught my attention. Read the rest of this entry »
StopKaz.com
January 9th, 2005 by Sarah KingThe gumption of cons to prey on others never ceases to amaze. Whether it’s those preying on the victims of the Tsunami or people like this Kaz creature. Quite incredible.
Luckily I meet so many people so unlike this that the Kaz’s of this world are just abberrations.
Read more about “Dr. Kaz deMille Jacobsen” at StopKaz.com
One of her claims is to have been a senior NZ politician. I think if that was true, and everything else had happened we’d have heard of her before now!
Beach Ed
December 3rd, 2004 by Sarah Kingwhat a fun day I had yesterday!
I was one of many parent helpers who accompanied 3 classes of 5 year olds out to Bethells Beach for a Beach Education day. Bethells is a pretty tough beach with strong undercurrents and rips and black sand. Quite different from the sort of beach we normally visit.
Despite drizzel and wind we all had a blast and the kids had about 20 minutes playing in the surf. The parents stood in the surf forming a human blockade. Luckily the majority of parents and children had wetsuits and it was a great opportunity for the littlies to safely experience the wild west coast surf.
Sucked a Kumara
November 29th, 2004 by Sarah KingI was driving around today thinking about blogs and forums and how you need to be careful about colloquialisms and the thought hit me to see if the web knows about “sucked a kumara“. Seems Google does, there are 7 pages listed with the phrase. Will this make it 8?
I wonder what the history of the saying is, given that Kumaras are never actually sucked!
Culverden Retirement Village
November 14th, 2004 by Sarah KingResidents Of Retirement Village Told To Pay Up
This news article is a couple of months old but I’ve just watched a doco on TV3 about it and it’s quite shocking. The residents are suffering financial abuse at a time when they can’t afford it.
