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title: "Off-topic: I’m still in New Zealand!"
date: 2006-04-05
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2006"
    url: "/tag/2006.md"
---

# Off-topic: I’m still in New Zealand!

![text](https://web.archive.org/web/20091125020811im_/http://static.flickr.com/49/119085270_e0e495859d_m.jpg)It seems a lot of people took [my April Fool’s post](https://web.archive.org/web/20091125020811/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/moving_in_to_th.php) about me moving into the TechCrunch ranch in Silicon Valley **seriously**, so I’m compelled to put the record straight. **I’m still living in New Zealand.** 🙂 I don’t think it’s a case of foolish people, rather I think my April Fool’s post was **a bit too subtle** – which is kind of how my sense of humour works. So apologies if you’ve been mislead into believing I sold my blog to Mike Arrington for $1 and am a fugitive of the US Immigration Dept 🙂

Actually today I spent a great day in Wellington NZ, attending the latest think tank meeting for the NZ Government’s Digital Content Strategy. It’s fantastic to be contributing to the future of New Zealand’s digital media landscape! Plus I also caught up with my kiwi blog buddies [Phil Pearson](<https://web.archive.org/web/20091125020811/http://www.myelin.co.nz/post/ >) (who’s also in the think tank) and [Ben Nolan](https://web.archive.org/web/20091125020811/http://bennolan.com/).

GoogNZ flag pic [by Untitled-1](https://web.archive.org/web/20091125020811/http://www.flickr.com/photos/untitled-1/119085270/).

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/offtopic_im_sti.php))*