Weather Cause Havoc in NZ

For the past 1 week or so, the weather has played havoc to NZ. In the South, the weather is so cold that many homes have their water pipes burst. In Taranaki, they experienced tornadoes that wiped out about 50 houses near Oakura. Then in Northland, there was heavy floods that crippled many communities there. Luckily, and touch wood, we in Palmy remain unscathed.

New Update

Hi All,

It has been a while since I wrote in my blog. The fist reason is perhaps, despite my writings in my blogs, I did not received any feedback from anyone except maybe from one or two of you. But recently, I received a few emails telling me that they miss my updates, and now, I have decided to continue with some updates from the Manawatu. The second reason is that I am extremely busy these days, training to be a teacher. If I am not teaching, I am preparing lesson plans, if not I will be doing my assignments. Now, I understand that is why so many teachers here in NZ quit their teaching profession as they are not used to this kind of lifestyles.

Quick updates:

There has been a twister that happened at New Plymouth about a week ago and 50 houses were badly damaged costing the insurance agencies $7 million dollars.

We are now in the midst of winter in NZ and it can be very cold at times.

Junius' soccer team, the Hokowhitu Kiwis, won a Plate event over one weekend where they beat 5 teams and lost to the evntual winner.

I have taught in 2 schools, one in Palmerston North, the other in Fielding, for my teaching practice.

Thats all for now