So is it Hawke's Bay or Manawatu?
I know I sometimes get a bit confused, it's a sign of too much going on in my head, not old age, really. But the most confusing aspect of living here in Dannevirke for most of us is not knowing where we belong. Yes, we know it's the Tararua District, but who else knows that?
Not it seems the people advertising property in Dannevirke and calling it a small town in the Manawatu. Nor the people who say yes, that's in Southern Hawke's Bay.
Then there are those with a bob each way saying "over there, down there, through the gorge". But even through the gorge is getting hard to swallow for those who have to make the trek over the Saddle Rd because the gorge remains closed.
We're in with the Manawatu for our health and regional council, but at least one MP wants to change that, he wants us aligned with Waiarapa.