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Sunday wakes to a beautiful Winters morning. Perfect for the planned Sunday drive to explore Awhitu peninsula, southwest of Auckland. Total drive time is estimated to be two hours. One hour to the most western point, Hamilton’s Gap, home to Auckland’s largest sand dunes. Then a visit to the much-photographed light house at Manukau Heads,…
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Rituals often form un-intended. What starts as a one off, becomes a “second-off”, by third time surely, it’s a ritual. This ritual, an annual catch up in March in the Central Plateau (mid North Island) with my university friends who drive from Wellington, myself and one other from Auckland. Both parties leave work a little…
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To Make Believe: Using one’s imagination to create a pretend scenario. I arrive home from work a little earlier than normal this Friday to allow time for the final preparation required for an overnight hike. The next day Rose and I are hitting the road early to drive the 90 minutes southwest to Pirongia for…
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“Whatever happened to the Panini?” The Sunday paper headlines. 30 years ago, 1996, the Panini Bar opens in Christchurch. The food fad that was chicken and cranberry. Panini’s. New Kids on the Block. Kung Fu shoes. Crimping irons. Fads. Some arguably replaced by better – straighteners preferred over crinkles. Some dare to reunite. The New…
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