Comments on: visiting a movie set

By: lance

lance — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:16:36 +0000

totally agree on the lack of decent insulation and heating here. We don’t do AC either, so summer can get pretty sticky up North.
glad you enjoyed your time & LOTR paraphernalia – your visit got a lot of people thinking.

By: Lord

Lord — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:26:24 +0000

New Zealand has been my dream since I frst saw the LOTR.

By: Juha

Juha — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:34:02 +0000

It really doesn’t get that cold anywhere in NZ. Auckland however is very wet in the winter, but you get the sunny, 15C days that make up for it. Means the trannies can come out of hibernation to play and ensures their mates don’t get frost bites on sensitive body parts.

By: Juha

Juha — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:30:13 +0000

It really isn’t that cold here, but in Auckland especially, it rains a lot. Almost as much as in the tropics – but, you do get the sunny days at 15c even in the middle of the winter. Means the trannies can come out and play in the car parks without their mates getting frost bites on sensitive parts for instance.

By: cathi

cathi — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:18:50 +0000

I have wintered all over the world and I have NEVER been as cold as I am here (Wellington, NZ). But the outdoors isn’t actually that cold – people drop their jaws in shock when the temperature goes below 5degC. We hardly ever get even hoarfrosts, the ground doesn’t freeze. The weeds in the garden keep right on growing through winter, and the wretched grass continually needs mowing. I see central heating being advertised on TV now, but previous posters are right – the houses lose heat as fast as you pump it in. It’s the houses, not Wellington, that’s cold.

But but but, there are so many other reasons to live here. We make sure the house is dry and mould-free with decent ventilation so we don’t get sick, and I’m learning (after 10 years) to put another jumper on. And then sit back and enjoy the other benefits.

By: Sunil

Sunil — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:24:04 +0000

Was a pleasure to host you. And your furry hat!

By: Zippy Gonzales

Zippy Gonzales — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:29:17 +0000

Air conditioning wrecks the ambience of the sound of rain on a corrogated iron roof. It is simply a tradeoff between comfort or beauty.

By: Kunal

Kunal — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:26:11 +0000

Los Angeles? Hit me up – I would love to geek out about social networking with you anytime.

By: Pip

Pip — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:16:55 +0000

I live in Wellington in an old villa, and we have central heating, but only because the English woman who lived here before us installed it. The first thing I did was put thermal curtains in the lounge and our bedroom – drafty sash windows! But we only heat the house to a comfortable-with-a-jumper-on level, not t-shirt warm. The first house we lived in when we moved down here was damp and had no heating at all. I remember standing in the lounge watching my breath steaming. Not going back to that again! I shut down in the cold as well…

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:57:38 +0000

The paper today, here in Wellington, has a big feature on why NZers houses are so cold. Lots of reasons given including:
- the pioneer spirit (the sons and daughters of Britain don’t need no extra heating!)
- lots of cheap hyrdo power meant we didn’t worry much about heating costs
- some shoddy building practices

Gotta say I think it builds character, but my wife – from Maine where it IS cold – thinks I’m just crazy