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Greetings from Great Barrier Island – April 2015

My boys are giving me that “you don’t know me at all” look. We’ve rented a cabin on Great Barrier Island, an island north of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand, and we’ve opted for economic accommodation – possibly unwisely. … Continue reading

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Musical micropause: F – voices from down under

I’m feeling patriotic today, so here are four favourites from New Zealand, starting on Takapuna Beach, Auckland… The Front Lawn: Andy (1989) The short-lived Front Lawn was founded in 1985, and this is probably their best-known song. Andy was written by … Continue reading

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David Bowie in Auckland, November 1987: Along Came A Spider…

1987…..the year of Fatal Attraction, Wall Street; and if you were female – Dirty Dancing. For many it was the Year of the Rabbit. But for David Bowie, 1987 was the Year of the Spider; not a spider from Mars … Continue reading

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