Category Archives: Daily life

10 Great Things about Christchurch

What school did you go to? This is not a question I’ve been often asked, until we moved to Christchurch. I left school a decade ago, I didn’t see how much it really defined who I was today or why it would be interesting to anyone. Many Cantabrians have told me it was a way of sizing up socioeconomic status,

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A Taste of the House Sitting Dream

Tom Land, a former Engineer and Lisa Benson, a former Research Assistant have the most impressive travel track record with 50 countries travelled! The pair inspired us in taking the leap to venture on our overseas experience two years ago and we’ve never looked back. Tom and Lisa have sailed the Galapagos Islands, sung Merry Christmas to thousands in China,

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From Corporate to Life of Riley

Work-life balance is an increasingly popular concept to those who want to have the best of both worlds – work and play! Alison Hollier, a former Marketing Manager with extensive experience in the corporate world and the education sector breaks out of the 9 to 5 cycle to focus on her three gorgeous labradoodles and her two online businesses –

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The Journey South

After living in the North Island most of our lives, we really wanted to delve deeper in the South and explore all those beautiful spots you see on New Zealand postcards, do all the great walks and go snowboarding in the weekends with ski fields just at our doorstep. New Zealand is a spec on the globe, yet we’ve only

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