Its 124 years since women won the right to vote in New Zealand. I know this because right now I live in Christchurch. The Governor of the time, Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act which meant that NZ was the first self-governing country in the world to grant women the right to vote in parliamentary elections. A monumental occasion by anyone’s standards. All because of … Continue reading Women’s Rights, Gay Marriage and all that stuff

This is my blog on all of the above, and then some. Part of a course I am doing to change career directions. Which naturally ties in with THE BUCKET LIST (herein named ‘TBL’). Everyone should have a bucket list. If there’s one thing I have learnt in my mature years, is that the old cliché is true; You never know what’s around the corner … Continue reading Travel, New Zealand, Australia, adventure, the over 50’s and really, is that actually middle age?