We've been very lucky in that the heaviest rain falls during the night here, leaving the day free for mild showers. Last night saw little sleep as Tropical Storm "watch it Dorothy because you're heading back to Oz" hit town. It was the wildest storm I've seen yet and left a few branches and trees scattered through the streets. Had nothing on ole Hurricunn Juan though eh wha?

So today I headed to the Bank of New Zealand to start my work there for an undetermined length of time. I guess someone in the family had to pick up the banking torch... I spent most of the day saying "Bank of New Zealand, funny talking Canadian speaking. I'm sorry who were you looking for? Sorry? Oh - can I take a message? Okay, your name again? Sorry? I'm really sorry I didn't catch that. Once more? Could you spell that? Could you repeat that please? Oh, you'll call back?"

My reputation hasn't preceded me though... not one bit of filing. Not one lick. Don't these people know who I am?

Tonight I'm off to see Whale Rider. This is the NZ movie about the Maori tribe. The actress is like 14 and was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar - big news round here. Stay tuned for tomorrow when I provide the thumbs up/down rating...