Wellington Life.

Here is Laura with one of our housemates, George.

Here is another housemate, Fin, taking a nap after a very long day being a dog.

This is Wellington's wind turbine generator. Laura has informed me and hundreds of others on the streets of Wellington that it is actually the world's most effective wind generator. A few hours north, there is a whole bunch of these, which we intend to check out when we head up that way.



Here is Laura and our friend Lilith. We met her kayaking on Doutful Sound (i think she is actually pictured earlier in the blog) and we have been fortunate to spend more time with her while she was studying at Victoria University. This was our last night hanging out with her as a few days later she jumped on a plane to Austrailia and then to return home to Canada. Bon Voyage Lilith! We miss you already!


A little over a month ago, Laura and I attended our first Rugby game. In case you didn’t know, Rugby is HUGE here. The national team, the All Blacks are heralded as the best in the world. Before each game they perform a “Haka”, to instill fear in there opponents. Check out this video. I think I could take them on!

A young rugby fan that sat next to us.

After working with the Ministry of Environment to put together a presentation about "green events" to present at the National Youth Environmental Leaders Conference, Laura decided to take a job with Greenpeace, as a street organizer!! Its been a really challenging job for her, but she is really making a difference one conversation at a time!