Feel so bad I feel like leaving the country

Diary of the last eight hours

7.15am

We’re drinking coffee, not yet up, we’re looking out to the bridge that has not yet fallen down.

Karren is reading an Auckland morning newspaper. I imagine she’s come to a story about Vodafone because she says: I really like the idea of changing the name to Aotearoa.

She, too, fancies the greater convenience of finding our country’s name at the top …