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Entries Tagged as 'Positive Reviews'

User review: Shailer’s Bed & Breakfast, Hamilton

January 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Thanks to Caz for this fantastic review!
My partner and I went to visit our friends Charlie and Dianna Shailer who run Shailer’s Bed & Breakfast yesterday for a reunion of a special group we used to attend, while there I decided to do research on the accessibility of the house so I took my wheelchair […]

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Review: Coffee Club, Takapuna

January 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Well gosh, what an odd place the Coffee Club is. I think it’s trying to put style back into the increasingly-commercialised world of coffee chains, but it’s something which will take a bit of getting used to. What am I talking about, you ask? Read on, and find out…
Well as you can see […]

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A new year, and a new spot at the cricket!

January 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Welcome back everyone, I hope your festive season was full of silly times and fun people, I know mine was! I thought I’d start 2008’s blogging adventure off with a bit of surprising and positive news, especially if you’re someone who frequents Eden Park.
It was with a slight hint of reluctance that I attended the […]

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Accessible gadget review: iPhone

December 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments

I love my iPhone, it has to be said. It is one of the few of many unnecessary pieces of technology I’ve bought in my life that I’m yet to feel that familiar twang of ‘buyer’s remorse’ over. If you don’t know what I’m talking about and think the iPhone is some space transportation device […]

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Review: Atlas Apartments, Mt Maunganui

December 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Back in the big smoke today from my trip down to The Mount, and I thought it’d be fitting to fill you all in on where I stayed! It was a cute little place on Maunganui Road called Atlas Suites & Apartments, a mere 5 minutes walk from everything, and I really mean 5 minutes. […]

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Review: Prego Restaurant, Ponsonby

December 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Ahh, Prego. How you slumped from a potentially spectacular rating to one of disappointment. Why, you ask? Well, to cut a long story short, a waitress spilt a dish all over my back. That’s right, a waitress decided she could squeeze through the gap between my wheelchair and the wall carrying two dishes. She couldn’t. […]

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Review: Britomart Transport Centre, Auckland

December 5th, 2007 · 4 Comments

I like Britomart. It’s very accessible, very modern, and very METAL. And I don’t even mean that in a hardcore rock kinda way, I mean that in the spirit of modern architecture, everything in the new transport hub is made mostly of steel. Which is fine if you’re not a fan of warm, earthy tones […]

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Pacific Blue respond to review

December 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Last week I flicked an email off to the people at NZ’s newest airline, Pacific Blue, letting them know of the fantastic feedback submitted by one of our blog readers. They had this to say:
Dear Red,
Thank you for taking the time to email us with the fantastic compliments you came across on the internet. Please […]

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Review: Henderson Transport Centre

December 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Wow! That’s what I thought when I stumbled across Henderson’s brand new transport centre and council buildings the other day. I’m not often in West Auckland so I thought I might as well take some snaps. To check out the pictures now, click through to go the gallery section! Anyway as you can see from […]

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Review: Pacific Blue Airline

November 25th, 2007 · 4 Comments

This fantastic review was submitted by John, who is a tetraplegic and uses a manual wheelchair.
A recent return trip from Auckland to Wellington proved to be a pleasant trouble-free experience. The booking (which must be done by telephone at internet discount rates) was well handled and a wide range of questions were covered to save […]

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