Hope you all had a break some time over Easter and are ready to get back into action again. Sue and I had a couple of days with the family, and summer came at last, which I expect will now remain with us longer than needed.
A notable feature of the Easter weekend was the nil road death toll, which is a great tribute to all who drove during the weekend. It is also a credit to those who have worked so hard during the past few years to lift the standard of behaviour on our roads. It seems the busier the roads are, the more people concentrate on their driving, and I suspect the more serious policing of the speed limit may well have had an impact.
Saturday morning saw me in Hunterville at the 125th jubilee celebrations of the Hunterville School. What a fantastic turnout of old pupils and friends. The true spirit of our small communities comes out on occasions like this. We need to continue to encourage and spread this type of community spirit in rural New Zealand to ensure our futures. There was no shortage of young talent on display on Saturday, and one can only hope that we can generate sufficient challenges and jobs to ensure that they can return to the place they were educated in, to live and work. One last thing: I attended an unveiling of a stained-glass window in Old St Paul's Cathedral in Wellington in memory of the W. H. Levin. He has a number of descendants in our area and was best known as the founder of Levin and Co, a forerunner to the PGG Wrightson we know today.
