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A picture looking down towards the ground. ADNZ Raven is looking at camera with her tongue poking out slightly. On Antnz left shoe, a plastic brace is attached to above toes. ADNZ Raven's harness and lead are lying on the grasswith a tennis ball,

CHAOS seems to be the theme of 2020

Antnz on September 9, 2020

Once again it feels like just the other I sat down and got stuck into writing a blog, but in reality it’s been awhile since my last one. For me life had been in this weird space of both carrying on and being on pause. While we in New Zealand have seemingly successfully navigated Levels 4 and 3 of our Covid Alert system; the sun rose each morning, yet so much of life was “on hold”. And now we have moved down through Level 2 and now after several weeks of Level 1 some sense of “normality” was happening before New Zealand had a “second waves” cluster/s appear in the last few weeks.

A close up of ADNZ Ben looking at camera

Life is a Series of Chapters; A tribute to Assistance Dogs NZ Ben

Antnz on March 16, 2020

Its time for one chapter to close, and another to open.

If you have met me over the last 6 or 7 years you will have also met my sidekick, Assistance Dogs NZ Trust (ADNZ) Ben. ADNZ Ben has been with me through many ups and many downs over the years, but the reality is that he is now 10 years old, he’s done an amazing job for me over this time but he is retiring. He will be rehomed with a long time friend of mine who will give him a relaxed retirement, where he can just chill. She is also one of the few wheelchair users he will sleep behind so I know he trusts her. I have also been matched with a successor through ADNZ.

A close up of my left foot and ADNZ Ben's right rear foot. — Together our feet get us there

I’m still here, I’ve just have been really inconsistent with posting!

Antnz on April 10, 2019

I’m still around!

If you only follow me via this blog, you would be right in thinking that I have fallen off the grid! Although sometimes falling off the grid sounds like a wonderful idea I haven’t gone to that extent! The truth is between working hard on various bits and pieces in the community, going away and looking after myself, writing blogs consistently has been well down on the list of things to do.

Road Trip Feb 2018 Part 3

Antnz on October 12, 2018

It’s taken awhile, editing a slide-show with voice over is a lot harder than editing video, as you see me state in the video I was a bad vlogger and took lots of pics but no video! A full blog that goes alongside this video will be added shortly.

Part 4 shouldn’t be too far away! Transcript below video.

Enjoy!

Yes, I’ve been a “bad” blogger

Antnz on June 12, 2018

A bit of an update

Yes I have been quite the last couple of months. It’s been hectic, I’ve been tired and had a few health things surface that I have needed to deal with as well. All this led to me having to step away from the keyboard for a few weeks. So strap in for a brief overview of the last couple of months. I guess at times you just have to survive so you can go on to thrive again, so I’ve just been taking the steps to get back to thriving lately.
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Part Two of the February trip

Antnz on April 6, 2018

We’ve been on a learning curve
Part 2 February 2018 Trip

This blog and video has taken a wee bit longer to get out than we anticipated, we’ve got a new laptop and a new video editing program so we’ve been on a bit of a learning curve in how the new program works.

This is “Part Two February 2018 Trip” and you can find the video at: https://youtu.be/EBQbrqFcY0g
Transcript can be found below the blog.
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Feb 2018 Road Trip Video:Part One

Antnz on March 5, 2018

First of the Feb 2018 Road Trip Videos

The first part of the Road Trip videos covers the trip from Palmerston North to the Western side of Lake Taupo can be found here: https://youtu.be/E2osRVFCJSk.

Show Your Ability 2018

Antnz on March 3, 2018

Equipment to Thrive

Yesterday I went down to the Show Your Ability Expo held in the Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North. One of the biggest disability expos in New Zealand definitely had equipment there for people to thrive rather than just survive!

Trying to get back into my “normal” routines

Antnz on February 27, 2018

Rejoining the “rat race”

So I was AWOL last week, and for good reason I say. The place we were staying has little stable mobile reception; that and I needed a proper break away from the hustle and bustle of constant phone calls, emails, blogs etc etc etc. In all honesty it was a good break away and the trip we took, although hectic and energy consuming was exactly what I needed.