2025 - the year in retrospect

Christmas 2024

Our 2024 family Christmas was on Boxing Day. Here Mokopuna play together after Christmas dinner as the adults watch.

Barker 50th Anniversary

Margaret's sister Elizabeth is with her family as she and Howard celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Sons  Daniel (L) and Hayden (R) watch on.

India Wedding

Nephew Ryan Weir married Mansi just south of New Delhi. Terry is with his sister Margaret and her husband Simon as we dress for the occasion.

Tranz Alpine Express

We were donated return tickets from Christchurch to Greymouth. Miraculously they were upgraded to First Class so we very comfortably did an overnighter!

Cousin's 80th

Cousin Charlie Davie celebrated his 80th birthday at the Christchurch Novotel airport hotel as we watched the massive Emirates A380 passenger jet land.

Te Papa Visit

Grand daughters Penny and Lucy spent time in Wellington during which we visited Te Papa with them and then had lunch there.

Extended 70th Birthday

We had celebratory dinners at home with our friends Elaine & David Pearson and others...

Mokopuna

All nine were with us on 2 August as we celebrated with Margaret her birthday at home,

A Dark Night

We should have known when the lights went out at the Wellington stadium, that was full to overflowing, it was bad news. While the All Blacks just held their own in the first half, the Springboks annihilated them in the second. Final score: 43-10! It was a dark night on Saturday, 13 September  2025, at Sky Stadium in Wellington.

Turangi Wander

We stayed with sister Christine at Creel Lodge motel adjacent the Tongariro R.

Heritage NZ Tour

Terry joined cousin Charlie on a Heritage NZ tour - here to Steventon, Glentunnel.

Expectation

We wait expectantly (5 December) for our Pohutukawa NZ Christmas Tree to bloom.