Destination Rotorua DVD (EN)

Our second video clip on YouTube for Destination Rotorua Tourism Marketing.
The english version!

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=QMwfuE-HeOw

Destination Rotorua DVD (JP)

Our first video clip on YouTube for Destination Rotorua Tourism Marketing.
Ok, so it’s in Japanese, but the video is still great.
Will be posting the english version shortly.

httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=MT8laAK6GJI

Update 8th June ’07

Aren’t you lucky, getting two episodes of the funnies in one short week!

Big shout out goes out to my brother from another mother, James Reid, who is turning 28 tomorrow (Saturday 9 th ). Congratulations brother, I hope Norah spoils you rotten and you have an awesome weekend!

And of course my dad, who is turning 62 next Tuesday the 12 th , love you dad, you don’t look a day over 60! Look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks with the entire family!

Well, it been a busy week here at Destination Rotorua Tourism Marketing , let me recap just one day this week…

On Wednesday, we had a team building day for work. We all met at the office before heading out to Peppers on the Point (a local luxury lodge) for a team briefing/meeting, outlining the year ahead and brain storming a few ideas for the website and marketing opportunities. While we were there we enjoyed morning tea and an exquisite lunch. After lunch and a short tour of the lodge, we headed out to the Whakawareware Forest for our team building activities. It was like treasure island with compasses, where we had to find hidden clues and decode them. We also had to compete in timed activities along the circuit including bull whip cracking, mountain biking, miniature catapult building and firing and other various team activities. Needless to say, the team I was in won by a close margin of only 1 point. As it was now getting dark due to the other team getting lost in the forest, we then headed back to Action NZ headquarters where we enjoyed some laser clay bird shooting, mechanical bull riding and drinking. Then it was quickly home for a freshen up before heading to Skyline Skyrides for buffet dinner. And what a buffet I must say, first buffet I’ve ever been too where you can order fillet steak cooked to order! And of course the apple crumble dessert, Kim was gutted when she found out what she missed for dinner. It was a very enjoyable day had by all.

That about wraps up my week.

Check out the three latest websites I’ve been working on recently

ADRA
BodyTalk
QUASiMOTO

And get your fill of Joshua via three new photos and one new video titled ‘Laughing Boy’
This weeks funnies will be up shortly on AdrianHodge.com so check back before lunch.

Have a great weekend everybody, Kim and I never rest, we are heading over to Taupo after work to stay the night tonight with Jason and Jane before leaving Joshua with them for the day Saturday while we drive to Auckland for a one day seminar with Andrew Demitri . Should be interesting, and fast track our Australian stock market earning potential.

Ciao for now

First Week at DRTM

Or Destination Rotorua Tourism Marketing as the full name…

Well, it’s been an exciting week.
Monday was the first day of induction, where I reported to HR for my initial registration etc. Then myself and another new council staff employee were given an overview of the entire Rotorua District Council. It was then off to the Rotorua Tourism office, where I was given an overview of the office, met the team and ran through some of the basic systems in place. I then sat down with Sarah (who I was replacing) for an overview of the processes currently in place.
That pretty much lasted the rest of the week, just getting to grips with the new system, file structure and processes.
They have a network drive with a Terabyte of storage on it, with only 5GB of room left. Now that may not be much by today’s standards for some of you, but when you have to find one file within all that, it can get a little daunting.

I’m really looking forward to the challenge of revamping www.rotoruaNZ.com.
That will be one of my main initial tasks, along with updating all the listings on the website currently.

I’ve posted an image of my new business card and a couple of photos from my new office.

Update 18th May ’07

Big news from Rotovegas

Well, my time at TUMONZ is drawing to a close…
For those of you who do not know already, I’ve been offered a job working for the Rotorua District Council in the Tourism department as their Web Development Coordinator.
Should be a drastic shock to the system after happily working for TUMONZ for nearly 5 years.
I’ll be concentrating on web design & development, which I’ve been developing after hours and will be able to further my skills in online and email marketing.
So it’s my last week in the office here at TUMONZ next week, and I start at the council on the 28th, the following Monday.

So, what will you be doing there you ask?
Here is a little extract taken from my job description manual.

Position Purpose

• To effectively administer, maintain and develop Destination Rotorua’s Tourism Marketing external websites.
• To co-ordinate, support and train internal and external content providers, maintain quality control of content, monitor statistics, promote and develop DRTM’s presence via the web.
• To explore and develop web-based marketing and revenue opportunities to fullest potential.
• To develop, administer and maintain DRTM’s internal client management databases.

So Kim and I are very excited about this, but at the same time are sad about leaving TUMONZ, as we have been a part of that happy family team for so long.
Kim and I want to wish TUMONZ all the best for the many years ahead.

In other news,

Joshua is now 6 months, 3 weeks old and has 6 teeth!
Check out the latest 3 photos of Joshua here
He is an awesome little man, we can’t go on and on about it enough.

A big shout out Happy Birthday to the big fella Reg Hawthorne today, he’s celebrating his 33rd birthday today, no doubt there will be Tui flowing freely around at the Hawthorne residence tonight. Hope you have a great day today brother and can explain why we didn’t get an invitation…?

Also a big Happy 24th Birthday to Kate Betteridge on Sunday, our little niece has grown up so fast, and is now married and living in Pinehaven in their own house. Well done Kate, and have a great day on Sunday.

Well, hope that fills your tanks of Hodge gossip for another week.
Enjoy this weeks funnies here

Have a great weekend everyone and we’ll see you all next week for the final funnies from TUMONZ!
Over and out

Ciao