Back to School

School in New Zealand runs almost year round. There are 4 terms with two week breaks between terms and a slightly longer six week break at the end of the year (Christmas/summer holidays). Since my job is to work with schools and road safety, I am very conscious of the school breaks. However, not everyone is. We have a program called "Back to School" that we run during the first two-three weeks of term to remind drivers that school is back in session and kids are about. I've been out at schools early before school starts these past two weeks running this program with the kids. Next week is New Zealand's Road Safety Week so I will be busy running all sorts of activities and programs with the kids to promote road safety in the community.

Next time you get behind the wheel, remember there could be schools along your daily commute so "Look out for kids!"

New Zealand International Comedy Festival

Auckland City and Harbour Bridge

So Auckland was the home of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, hosting comedians from all over the world. We wend to a couple shows, but actually of New Zealand comedians only. The first show we saw was Guy Williams. We went because it was donation only and we listen to him on the radio on our daily drive home, so we figured it might be decent. It was a very intimate venue and overall a good show. It's nice to be able to get the kiwi jokes now that we've lived here almost a year; Guy likes to live on the edge and toast his 'sandwich' bread (bread here is sold in two thicknesses- 'sandwich' and 'toast').






The second show we saw was of a bit higher caliber and a much larger audience. It was at the Civic Theatre, which is a beautiful venue. Rhys Darby was the headline act- you may have heard of him before. We knew him from Flight of the Conchords. He had a funky two many band open for him, but his routine didn't disappoint.

Always good to get out and get some laughs!