Today I headed back to Christchurch to begin fixing my city. I have spent six days as a victim, cowering on the floor of showers and crying whenever I come across happiness/sadness/kindness, but now I am ready to get on and help this city rebuild. So I shovel silt and barrow it out to the [...]

Thanks to all the kind wishes that have been pouring in from all over the world since the Christchurch earthquake. Soon we begin trying to rebuild our lives and it is good to know that so many people are supporting us. Here is an observation I have made. After a massive disaster, something goes a bit [...]

The Christchurch Earthquake was three days ago now. I was in the bar talking to Dad on the phone when he said “fuck that’s a big one…” and the line went dead as bottles started coming off the wall and the ceiling came in. I ran outside and stood under the lintel at the front [...]

It’s that time of the year when I find myself dusting off the guitar and practicing the St Patrick’s Day set. St Patrick’s Day is March 17 and is a celebration of St Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland. He is famous for driving the snakes out of Ireland. In my family it was always [...]

Greg came into our family through marrying my sister Anna. The Moore family can be a bit overbearing for some boyfriends/girlfriends with all their scat-talk and  insistence on playing the “rate the order you would have a bath with the members of your/our family” game. But we couldn’t phase Greg or gross him out one [...]

I think Vincent has really outdone himself this month. Sadly, he is moving to Wellington to seek fame and fortune and we will be left without a smart-arse poster artist. Bye bye Vincent, we will all miss you.

It’s that time of the month again. New back wall, new poster, new month… This month’s back wall is bought to you by the word “plagiarism” and a Maoist sense of heavy labour. More than 25 man-hours in the making and still lacking completion. Thanks to those who stayed late with me over the past [...]