Editorial: We're all winners in the Bay

Recently, I moaned to someone about not winning Lotto.

His response made me stop in my tracks: "We've all won the lottery by being born in New Zealand."

We might mumble and grumble about the government, the price of food, petrol, houses, the neighbours, the boss, the cat or the dog. But when you stop and think about it, what do we really have to moan about?

Imagine waking up in Afghanistan or Syria, wondering if this will be the day a bomb lands on your doorstep or your child gets shot.

Imagine being too scared to go outdoors.

We can't imagine what it's like and thank goodness for that.

I think people who live in Hawke's Bay have actually won Strike as well as Lotto.

Just think back to the past three days. They may have been the first days of winter but you could only really tell that by the crisp mornings.

While its expected to rain today, over the long weekend with temperatures in the 20Cs on Saturday, and high teens on Sunday and Monday, the days were just fabulous.

And Bay people made the most of it.

There were shoppers out in droves.

The iWay was busy with walkers, runners and cyclists, the parks and beaches were humming with children and parents, all making the most of the glorious place in which we live.

It doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg to entertain children or adults when you live in sunny, wonderful Hawke's Bay.