I arrived in the Napier office at 9.30am on Wednesday morning and it felt as though I had already done a days work having been up since 5.30. My Wednesday mediation settled and my Thursday one will but there were no offers on Friday and I was done by 11.30. Unfortunately my flight out was at 5.30pm and the cost of altering the booking was $361.00 and for some reason DoL weren't too keen to pay!! Luckily an ex-colleague (Gary Tayler of Gary Tayler Employment Law) is in business just down the hall and his bar opened at 3.15 (actually it may have been slightly earlier!!).
During my stay I was booked into the Scenic Circle Te Pania which was most comfortable, centrally located close to the town centre and numerous restaurants with a great sea aspect, I would recommend it for any travellers to Napier. At an early stage I located a small cafe know as DMP Cafe in the Civic Court Centre which provided a good cup of coffee brewed from Bruno Rossi beans. The selection of food was good but at the top end of the price range.
The weather was variable so I did not miss my golf clubs. The Napier office has posed its challenges in its environment as I was allocated a work station with an ergonomic keyboard and a 'joy stick" mouse, also the desk was very tidy so I felt like an intruder. The view of the Norfolk Pines and sea out the window is immensely better than that with which I am faced in Christchurch. All in all it was a pleasant change to the normal working week but as unfortunately happens I arrived back in Christchurch an hour before my luggage which Air New Zealand subsequently delivered out.
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