Working on a consulting engagement with a global Deloitte team is turning out to be a brilliant experience. The melting pot of accents from four different countries creates its fair share of confusion but, with the help of ‘Beached As Bro’, I’m slowly getting the team to warm to the kiwi monotone.

Furthermore, we’re making the most of our time in Rotorua. On Saturday we went hurtling down the luge track and on Sunday we took off for a day-trip to Hamilton, where Deloitte global (a kiwi, an american, a canadian, and a welshman) took place in the national dodgeball championship. Sounds like a bad bar joke and the results echoed this as we went crashing out in the second round.

So my time in the Auckland office is limited …. but not gone completely. I’ll be heading back on Friday in time to meet the new faces in the office at the first firm drinks of the new year! Good times all round.