One of the things we love about traveling through Singapore is that you can transit within Chanai Airport without going through customs. This contrasts with the pain of having to get visas and go through customs when we travel through China.
It is therefore upsetting to read the following in the NZ Herald this morning....
Passengers transitting in NZ to require visas
3:43PM Wednesday March 26, 2008
The Government is changing the rules for passengers in transit through New Zealand.
Immigration Minister Clayton Cosgrove says as of Friday, transit visas will be needed for all people travelling via New Zealand, unless they are specifically exempted by immigration policy.
He says the change is due to increased security requirements and changing travel patterns.
Mr Cosgrove says the new policy will strengthen risk management and future proof border control.
This of course will necessitate more customs officials, make lines longer at customs and move NZ further away from being a civilized, non-paranoid country like Singapore and into the camp of over-the-top, security obsessed, government-with-its-beak-into-everything countries like the US and China. Of course we can expect nothing else from a government that is making Rob Muldoon look decidedly non-interventionist.
Saturday, 29 March 2008
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Easter Monday
Yesterday Katya was adamant that she was not going to sleep. She missed her morning nap and her after lunch nap. But she was really really tied. The swing got her. Slowly as the swing slowed her head dropped forward. I managed to unhook the swing and rest it here. 30min later... she was a new person.
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
A visit from a friend
A friend and former neighbour, Chris Burton came to visit. He is in WLG for a week leading a Student Life team.
He has changed a bit... especially after being Front Rowed
He has changed a bit... especially after being Front Rowed
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