A little bit about me...
Hi, my name is Lorraine and I am 81 going on 35, because that sounds a good age to be when I could do all the things that I can't do now. I'm on oxygen 24/7 so that limits quite a lot of doing things I liked to do eg gardening, cooking, working in various volunteer organisations such as CAB, Family Budgetting Service, Coastgaurd search and rescue, travelling with my husband who passed away just over 3 years ago. We were dairy farmers most of our working life. I have a Bible study group at home and a Rummikub morning with friends and they are mostly as far as my social contact goes. So anyone interested in doing either would be most welcome. Chow email mandlryan@kinect.co.nz or phone 075793897.
Poll: Would you want an unconventional funeral?
Funerals can cost as much as $22,000 and the planning can be stressful especially at a time when loved ones are grieving. Some New Zealanders are re-imagining funerals by making their own coffin or having a relaxed ceremony at home. Would you want a less traditional funeral? Share your thoughts below.
Type 'Not For Print' if you wish your comments to be excluded from the Conversations column of your local paper.
-
84.2% Yes
-
13.7% No
-
2.1% Other - I'll share below!
Unelected commissioners recommend they stay in power
Interesting responses to my post. Two in particular piqued my interest. Suzanne Williams and her comments about whinging about everything-Suzanne it is not about whinging. It is more about raising concerns about an undemocratic regime forced on us and then seeing the commissioners wanting to keep their sinecure. Greg Reardon "I vote to keep the commissioners"-Greg the point is that you do not have a vote. Look I get it-democracy is imperfect. Some of our previously elected councillors were rubbish-ego driven and feeding from the trough (not unlike our commissioners). But it is what we have got. It is better to have an imperfect democracy than an unelected and unaccountable cartel of commissioners who say "we know what is good for you".