Today was my last day as a Community Resilience Advisor with the Wellington Region Emergency Management Office. It has been an amazing time with a truly incredible team of dedicated professionals, and I am very grateful for the opportunities that I have had to enhance and apply my skills in this field.
Next week I will be moving back down to the Christchurch region to begin a new role as Emergency Management Officer with the Waimakariri District Council.
I'm now back in cold Christchurch, having arrived in Auckland earlier this morning after a very long and rather ghastly flight from Buenos Aires on Air New Zealand.
It's great to be back on Kiwi soil!
I'm now back in Nova Friburgo after a very long series of flights back from Christchurch, going through Los Angeles and New York before finally arriving in Rio. It was great to have Felipe pick me up at the airport.
Today I received my Graduate Diploma in Emergency Management from Massey University in Palmerston North. Here are some photos from the graduation cerimony.
I arrived in Christchurch late last night. Am now preparing to fly up to Palmerston North this afternoon. Here are some photos from my stop over in Sydney yesterday where Peter Green showed me around the city centre.
I am currently at Rio's international airport where I am about to fly to New York. After a week in the US, I'll be on my to New Zealand, where I am booked to graduate from my Massey University course.
During my visit to the US, I happened to be staying in Queens, in New York city, on the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and was able to visit the World Trade Centre ""ground zero"" site on the morning of Sunday, the 11th of September.
Here are some photos from that visit.
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I'm now getting ready to travel back to São Paulo tomorrow, it's a been a great two weeks here in Friburgo.
Here are some random photos from my time here.
Well, 2011 is finally here.
2010 was a bit of dog in a lot of ways, really. But it was also cool to see God doing so many neat things, and I'm sure He's got some cool stuff in store for us all this year.
On Saturday there was a free concert in Hagley park, organized by the City Council and with participation of a number of New Zealand groups and musicians - even the mayor was going to play guitar. Around 120 thousand people showed up - I was amazed by how well behaved Kiwi crowds are!
Yesterday I arrived in Christchurch, after flying around 24 hours from São Paulo, with stop overs in Buenos Aires and Auckland. It was great to catch up with my family and some friends.
I experienced my first after-shock, a 3.6 level shock, last night and was woken up around 9:30 am this morning by a bigger one, a 4.4, which was obviously wanting to help me get quickly adjusted to the NZ time zone!
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