Covid-19, Day 6 , Tuesday 31 March 2020. It’s four weeks that New Zealanders have been asked to endure, to stay home, to help our country, although many of us believe it will be a lot longer. Dave and I have both come from rural backgrounds, we both love being active, and we have both relished this time of being isolated, but for how long? Can we do it without going out for supplies?
Read MoreCovid-19, Day 5 , Monday 30 March 2020. You may ask, what is Pare-dise, where is Pare-dise? The locals around here will tell you the same thing, it’s here, in Pare. Pare?
Read MoreCovid-19, Day 4 , Sunday 29 March 2020. This pandemic has caused many of us to stop in our tracks, it’s an enforced break, time to slow down and time to reassess what is most important in our lives. We are very fortunate here, as we have plenty of nature around us, we are very secluded so it’s easy to isolate, the thing that we have really been needing is
Read MoreDay 3 , Saturday 28 March 2020. Who likes a project? Men like projects, women like projects, so do kids, but some like projects more than others. I think Dave and I might fit into the category of loving new projects, creative ones at that! So what’s the new project?
Read MoreDay 2, Friday 27 March 2020. Up at 5.30, it feels like normal, there’s lots of computer work to be done now while it’s dark so I can get outside when it’s light – well that’s the plan, it doesn’t always go like that!
Read MoreDay 1, Covid-19, Thursday 26 March 2020. The first day of Isolation NZ! It was such a beautiful day here, a bit cooler with autumn just around the corner, but a day of feeling, wow we are so lucky to be alive, so lucky to be here at Warblers Retreat and so lucky to be living in New Zealand with a Prime Minister who is not afraid to
Read MoreWarblers Retreat - a romantic eco-luxury hideaway in the heart of Auckland, are delighted to have achieved a 5 star gold sustainable tourism award through Tourism New Zealand’s Qualmark rating scheme.
Read MoreOur story together started out like this… We fell in LOVE! It’s as simple as that. We had so much in common, especially our love of landscaping, not to mention our hard out competitive nature
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