In september we tried to unravel the private from the public at the city gallery • offered up ways to save money at te papa • cleverly made x stand for don’t touch in our alphabet • announced auckland the queen city of roadside art • worried about friends in christchurch • moaned about cnz giving all the ding to institutions (again – us moaning that is) • said goodbye to greg flint • welcomed the return of flares • appealed to the auckland art gallery to give michael stevenson a break • named an art precinct and reported on the return of selwyn muru’s gate