Weekly column by Kāpiti's Greater Wellington Regional Council representative Penny Gaylor.
I have to confess I've been pulling some long days and late nights this past week, not because of our council meetings schedule, but because of my Olympic Games watching.
Like lots of Kiwis I'm loving watching our New Zealand athletes do their best and make us proud.
As I write this column, we were 10th on the medal table, and with a population of five million people producing four golds, it's a spectacular achievement when you look at table leaders China with 21 gold from a population of 1.4 billion. That's 280 times more people.
Speaking of gold and achievements, I attended the Wellington Gold Awards last Thursday. I was again a judge on behalf of GWRC because of my role as chair of our environment committee, and as sponsors of the Green Award.