It’d be a brave person who would ever think winter is a quiet time. That can be a good, and a not-so-good thing.

For instance, we had our South Island seminar in Twizel in June, which has been described by a number of folks as the best industry gathering they’ve been to in years.

There were great presentations, interesting points of view, a bit of banter with the crowd, and a lot of good times. In fact it was so popular, we had to close off registrations early. Our next one, in Napier in early October, looks like being just as informative and fun. 

But while we were in Twizel, things went a bit stern-shaped as the Aratere found itself on dry land...