So we're officially on the downhill slide to Xmas I was informed the other day, seems like we have only just finished summer. Happily, the America's Cup is now New Zealand's cup again, and all is right with the world! I've never had French champagne for brekkie before! Wasn't that fantastic, did anyone else get out and about to the street parades? Being Auckland, it bucketed down the day of the parade, but it was fun none-the-less. We seem to be in the depths of winter with all this rain and the constant barrage of storms, hope everyone has kept themselves safe and dry. The good thing about being on the downhill run to Xmas, is that means that summer is just around the corner as well and that makes it all worthwhile! So what have I been up to? Quite a lot! Post the early morning America's Cup celebrations [...]

Hello Venusians, Welcome to my June newsletter.   Wow, we’re midway through June - doesn’t the year just zoom by when you’re having fun, I’d almost swear someone somewhere has shortened the weeks! So who has been getting up at 5am to watch the America’s Cup sailing?  I’ve had some early starts watching Emirates Team New Zealand race in the Louis Vuitton series and latterly in the America’s Cup, 5am starts wear you down! I have been known some days to pick up the phone at 10am and say good afternoon!  I have loved every minute of it though, my heart rate has been higher than normal with some close finishes but at least we’re racing in the America’s Cup against Oracle – fingers, toes and everything else crossed for that! Venus still has me in my happy place, isn’t it great when you love what you do? It’s keeping [...]

Hello Venusians, Welcome to my May newsletter, wow we’re already half way through the fifth month of the year. Time really does fly when you’re having fun! I’m happy to report that although I am busy I’m still very definitely in my happy place – it’s right you know, it doesn’t seem like work when you love what you’re doing. It’s just fun all the way! With the rebranding, I’ve had to rewrite a lot of our brochures so my writing skills have been stretched, as well as that I’ve been learning a whole lot about the website side of things and I’ve even been started using Hootsuite for Facebook! Jeanette Miller has been keeping a very close eye on the financial side of things and keeping us on track. The delegation of tasks to those much better at them than yourself is so important – everything seems to run sooooooooo [...]