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Kerry Sunderland
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Kerry Sunderland has worked as a researcher, professional writer, journalist and media producer since 1990.
Interests: journalism, social media, documentary filmmaking, travel writing, tai chi, yoga, sustainable living
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Fresh Start podcasts available online
For those of you who aren't morning people (or live outside NZ), podcasts of my radio shows on Fresh FM are available online here (you'll need a Flash player) or can be downloaded in iTunes. There's also a series of... Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2015 at Write Across Media
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A couple of lessons in consumer law by someone completely dependent on her mobile phone
About one third of Australian households are now mobile-only - I am one of those, by choice and circumstance (I do not live full-time in Oz). While there are no up to date statistics about the number of mobile-only households... Continue reading
Posted Jun 24, 2015 at Write Across Media
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Write across radio
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After hovering on the periphery of radio broadcasting for two decades while mainly working in print, documentary filmmaking and digital (online) media, I am having a lot of fun producing and hosting my own show for the first time. "Fresh... Continue reading
Posted Apr 19, 2015 at Write Across Media
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Dog-friendly freedom camping in Nelson Lakes
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Our house bus Suzi had been parked up for a couple of months, so we took her for a run down to Nelson Lakes on the weekend. The whole family went along for the ride, and it was only when we were about half an hour away that I discovered... Continue reading
Posted Mar 24, 2015 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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The joys of public showers
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Just did an awesome Mysore-style session at Natural Living yoga studio this morning, have since been waiting half an hour for a shower at Montgomery Square - the only public showers in Nelson (outside of swimming pools, that is). The less glamorous side of bus life... (sigh) Those in the... Continue reading
Posted Feb 23, 2015 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Heritage park new home to digital agency
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I am loving my new studio space at Founders Heritage Park. It is a really vibrant environment and, most importantly, has awesome WIFI. The park is just north of central Nelson on five hectares on Atawhai Drive, next to Whakatū... Continue reading
Posted Feb 17, 2015 at Write Across Media
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Emerging digital trends for 2015
During my recent Write Across Media blogging hiatus (I've been busy travelling and blogging at Bus Lovers), I've been pondering a paradox - why is that I am so continually annoyed by the streams of emails that clog up my... Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2015 at Write Across Media
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Life in Marsden Valley
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After three and a half months on the road, including three festivals (Convergence, Evolve, Luminate) in January, we are back in Nelson, at the top of Aotearoa New Zealand's South Island. "Home" for the time being is Marsden Valley, about seven kilometres south of Nelson City but a world away... Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2015 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Apping about
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On our way into Wanaka the other day, we passed a sign that read "No Freedom". It was of course a "No Freedom Camping" sign but someone had taped across the word "camping" - neatly summing up the way we nomads and gypsies feel about the camping law in New... Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Freedom camping... and working
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We're getting better at finding great spots to park up. With the help of the NZMCA Directory and the CamperMate iPhone app, we can pinpoint a location and assess whether it meets our basic requirements: it's free or there's only a nominal charge; there's a body of water in the... Continue reading
Posted Nov 26, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Thank you Adele, it's wonderful to get your feedback! For the past two nights we have been parked at Lake Wardell (right in the middle of the South Island, just south of Lake Pukaki and Aoraki (Mount Cook) and another house bus, parked across the other side of the lake, had a gorgeous paint job - sort of a metallic leaf green with illustrations of tipis, horses, clouds and eagles on the side. Very inspiring, I took photos. Agree there must be some aquamarine/azure in ours - maybe a body of water!
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Poop-powered bus
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We're really proud of going solar recently, but a little sad that we still have to rely on gas to run the fridge and stove and diesel to get from A to B... so I was interested to read that the UK’s first poop-powered bus hit the road this week,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Gypsy Jam at Daisie Meadow
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By the time we arrived back at Daisie Meadow in the mid-afternoon, half a dozen gypsy wagons and house trucks had already assembled in a crescent in the field in front of Fraser’s and Karen’s cottage. In true gypsy style, the trucks and buses are colourful (although shades of green,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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A sacred writing space
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After three months of living in our house bus, I love almost everything about it - sleeping, eating, cooking, entertaining - except working! Not only am I frustrated by the dodgy mobile coverage at Shibui (on which we rely for broadband data), I am getting stiff and sore from working... Continue reading
Posted Nov 19, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Glentui Loop Track
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We took the back way from Oxford to Rangiora to walk the Glentui Loop Track in the Mt Thomas Forest Conservation Area - one of the few DOC sites that allow dogs. From the Glentui picnic area this track descends to the Glentui River then climbs a ridge on the... Continue reading
Posted Nov 19, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Snow in November
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What a wild night it was last night! We stopped for the night at the Rakaia Gorge camping grounds because we thought it was too windy to drive... but we hadn't experienced anything yet! When incredibly strong northwesterly gusts started rocking the bus from side to side, David decided we... Continue reading
Posted Nov 18, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Sunset at Daisie Meadow
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We arrived late this afternoon at Daisie Meadow - the home of our friends Karen and Fraser, their whanau, several WWOOFers and resident gypsy Karlos - in Staveley, at the foot of Mount Somers in Canterbury. Karen and Fraser are friends from Convergence, or should I say, members (like us)... Continue reading
Posted Nov 17, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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A beautiful way to wake up
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This was the view of Mount Somers from the bedroom in our house bus this morning, which made it very difficult to get out of bed... Nevertheless the perfect blue skies lured both David and me outside, where we soaked up the morning's rays during our yoga practice - plenty... Continue reading
Posted Nov 17, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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It's amazing what you can cook in a tiny kitchen
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I love the kitchen in our bus and haven't yet found a recipe that I can't execute, although it has taken a bit of adapting... Today I made a spinach curry to accompany my friend Karen's yummy curd cheese - a fabulous and suprisingly simple Indian favourite called "Palak Paneer".... Continue reading
Posted Nov 17, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Another day in the office
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We've been back in NZ for three days now and are adjusting gently back to bus life: marveling at the amount of time dedicated to collecting and disposing of water; letting go of the desire to shower every morning; resigning ourselves to the exorbitant cost of mobile data... We're currently... Continue reading
Posted Nov 13, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Six monthly COF inspection fun
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Every six months, house buses in New Zealand must pass a Certificate of Fitness (COF) inspection. We figure it's a good idea to do this regardless of whether we're on the road or not, so we can keep on top of what's needed to ensure Suzi is roadworthy. But today... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Winter sojourn in Cable Bay
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Our house bus is not quite set up for winter in New Zealand's South Island just yet... so we jumped at the chance to house-sit for Phil and Inge in Cable Bay for three months. Luckily the Cable Bay Holiday Park is just down the road and the wonderful Stuart... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Dressing up house bus style
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Here is David packing for our South Island discovery adventure... With limited storage space, I couldn't help but question his priorities ;-) But it seems the numbers are with David - everyone I've told agrees with David that carrying around a suitcase of dress-ups is a mighty fine idea! You... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Suzi's gone solar
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Today we picked up Suzi after she had spent three days in Neville the electrician's front yard getting two solar panels installed. Not so long ago, going solar was a considerable investment but the price of panels has really plummetted in the past year or so. We bought two 140... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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Love our new shelf
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I've just got back from a month in Byron, where I attended the Byron Bay Writers Festival and worked on my book (while conveniently avoiding the coldest month of the year in NZ). When I got back, I discovered David had been busy transforming the boring old gun metal grey... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2014 at Bus lovers in New Zealand
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