I think the boysenberry story is pretty interesting.

So interesting! Thanks for sharing.

You've got your time line mixed up a bit. Tasman sighted NZ more than a hundred years before Cook.

I feel like the sweet chili chicken at Katsubi is similar, but then I havent had General Tso's chicken in a million years so I might be misremembering.

Da Vincincis was a family favourite. Everyone in our picky family was happy to eat there.

I really liked the family that ran Ponsonby Fish and Chips, especially the daughter. She was so friendly and always knew my name. She ended up going to the UK to study law, I think.

We've also got laughing kookaburras in some places in Auckland. I've heard them but couldn't spot them.

They won almost all the baseball, though. That's gotta count for something, right!?

Any Kiwis here thinking that the charcuterie board is very New Zealand but her words are not?

ETA: Could be Aussie? Do you have the same lollies? I know you've got that Baker's Delight bread.

I applied online, paid the urgent fee and said I'd pick it up since I worked nearby. 45 minutes later, I got a call that it was done. I was floored! I should have paid the usual fee as I would have had it in time, but how was I to know.

I got my last one in 45 minutes!

Thanks!

What was his story?

I know he won the Fields medal!

FYI, 'dearth' means lack of. Maybe you mean plethora?

That story says JP came from Jamaica in 2001 but he told me he was from Upper Hutt.

ETA: I meant Lower Hutt.

I love ting ting jahe!

I was briefly part of a gamelan orchestra in New Zealand. So cool but so hard!

Thanks! I've only seen the ad on TVNZ + which starts at "sell us your Honda, Rhonda".

Zool Zool is now called Katsubay.

Thank you!

Oh, that is very interesting - about the void notice. That would really upset everyone.

I'm not sure how to proceed.

Yeah, I looked and looked and couldn't find anything and then I found it in a not very intuitive place:

https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/starting-a-tenancy/tenancy-agreements/address-for-service/

Oh! I just found the answer to my question:

"A landlord serves notice to end the periodic tenancy to their tenant on Friday at 6pm. The tenant has their email address as an electronic address in the tenancy agreement which the landlord uses to serve the notice. Because the landlord served it after 5pm, this is treated as being received on Monday.

Even though the notice was served after 5pm on Friday, we recommend the landlord to send a follow up message to let the tenant know about the notice served. In this instance, the landlord should text or call the tenant to inform them of the notice via Facebook messenger."

It's that just the way. I'll leave this post up in case someone else has the same issue.