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Hello 2018!

Happy New Year! First blog of the year, it’s going to be a bit of a wrap up of 2017 and some thoughts looking towards 2018. I’ll try and keep it brief but there’s a lot I did during 2017!

Trip Album: Alice Nash Memorial Heritage Lodge

Alice Nash Memorial Heritage Lodge: Ruahine Forest Park 14 & 15 December 2017   I’ve been travelling so much lately for the Enabling Good Lives work that I was well overdue for an outdoors trip. Needed some time out but also didn’t want to push myself “too” much, so I headed for Alice Nash Memorial […]

I did a vlog this week

Vlog instead of Blog This week I got adventurous and did a vlog instead of a blog. I forget how much work they are! I barely got my “weekly” post up! Full transcription below video! It can also be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTM9T7BBNrI

I’ve kept pretty quiet this week

I took a bit of time out this week. I’ve had a reasonably quiet week this week, apart from a trip to Wellington for the 2nd “Networking” Working Group meeting on Wednesday for the system transformation. For me the travel went relatively smoothly with AirNZ, apart from being entered into the system as a visually […]

It’s been a bit of an interesting week!

Hold on for the ride because this is a long one! I spent Monday and most of Tuesday doing housework and prepping to head to Wellington on Tuesday afternoon for the first of the “Networking” meeting for the System Transformation on Wednesday.

Enabling Good Lives Regional meetings

Progress is happening. We shot home Tuesday morning from Lake Taupo as I had the Disabled Person’s Core Group meeting to attend. Not only that but I also had the opportunity to meet Valeria, who I sent a Search & Rescue team after in the Far North a few weeks ago. Although I got the […]

I love seeing people bitten by the climbing bug.

It was time to hit the walls. We had a great group turn up. I haven’t done a lot of climbing since the Paraclimbing competition at the end of August so it was well and truly time to hit a wall. With the Enabling Good Lives work I’m involved in it could be easy to […]

I had to stop for a few days

I took a few days out. It’s been almost 2 weeks since my last blog, I had a bit of a health blip and needed to stop and actually rest for a few days. This week started with the 4th meeting of the Safeguarding Working Group. Being part of this group has been really intense. […]

Another busy start to the week.

No rest for the wicked? This week I had the second of the Safeguarding Work Stream meetings for Enabling Good Lives. I’m still trying to get used to urban travel. We travel down to Wellington on a Monday afternoon for the meetings held on Tuesdays. It appears that heading to Wellington once a week (most […]