We definately don’t use pounds. We use NZ Dollars. 1NZD is about .7 USD. Some things are rather Brittish. Unfortunately the only real Kiwi food I have been able to find is fish & chips. I have never been to England though, so I couldn’t tell you if it feels like England. I think it is probably a lot nicer here than in England . And spending pounds would be very expensive.

Not all the crosswalks are free for alls. We are in the heart of downtown, so lots of the intersections here are that way.

I believe there is a Reggae station in Auckland, and there is a station I have listened to a bit called George FM. I believe they have stations like this in the states. George is pretty good, playing a variety of chill house/dnb and sometimes some electronic jazz type stuff. I haven’t listened but when in a friends car.

There is one really good Kiwi dub band called Fat Freddy’s Drop. I would suggest getting their new CD, Based on a True Story, if you see it. I haven’t heard the new CD, but I have their first CD and it is great (but not on Amazon).

As far as bands touring here, there seems to be quite a lot. M. Ward is going to be here shortly, Mars Volta had a date in December (been rescheduled to March), U2 was just here, the Datsuns, Roger Waters, and lots others that I am forgetting. There is big festival in January called Big Day Out with Tool headlining (we will be there) and lots of other bands playing (Muse, The Killers, My Chemical Romance, The Streets, etc.).

There is no shortage of DJs playing in the city, and all the clubs are open until 6am.

Congratulations to Beth on the cool job!

From the picture I figured out that it was a free for all pedestrian crossing. I’ve been around those before but at the moment I can’t remember where. Are all the crossings that way or only at really busy intersections.

Does it feel sort of like England around there? Or maybe not very much.

I really like the close up gannet picture. Nice!