Sir Howard Morrison: The death of a giant of the New Zealand entertainment industry and one of the great Maori role models. I saw him perform several times, mainly when I was a teenager and always with the Quartet. Coming upon the recent loss of Gerry Merito, this is a sad occasion. Only one of the famous Quartet is now still alive.
He was the leader of a wonderfully talented family. His father was an All Black and actor Tem being his nephew. His version of How great thou art is easily the best version of all time.
Letterman: Also entertainment; the Prime Minister appeared on the the David Letterman Show in the US and he seemed to come across well. It is serious entertainment as it is all advertising for NZ.
The travellers: They get back tomorrow, which will be great. It has been quite good housesitting with no problems. We even didn't do too badly in the Quiz while they were away with two 3rds and a 4th last week.
Weather: What is wrong. Bloody cold with snow in the Rimutakas and Sydney having dust storms. Some of the pictures from Sydney are quite surreal - Mars like views. There is some talk that we may get some of the damn red dust here. With daylight saving starting on Sunday it should be a lot warmer than it is.
All Blacks: Certainly better against Oz but there was no real competition in the lineouts and I still have my concerns. Plus Australia are such a young team.
