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Comment on Matamata – here be Hobbits by Hamilton Chiefs vs Canterbury Crusaders - Where's Welby?

Hamilton Chiefs vs Canterbury Crusaders - Where's Welby? — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:12:50 +0000

[…] to the Waikato stadium for kickoff. Rugby is such a huge part of New Zealand life (remember the farmer at Hobbiton?) and getting the chance to watch a game while we were here was fantastic. Even better that the […]

Comment on Rotorua day 1 – Pakeha/Maori Anglicanism, the Rotorua museum and Whakarewarewa’s giant Redwoods by Rotorua day 4 - Lake Tarawera, Blue and Green Lakes

Rotorua day 4 - Lake Tarawera, Blue and Green Lakes — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 22:52:08 +0000

[…] Tarawera – it was a lovely sunny morning to watch the clouds roll over Mount Tarawera (the volcano that erupted in […]

Comment on Nobody had to excavate these ruins by Tokyo day 5 - the end of our time in Japan

Tokyo day 5 - the end of our time in Japan — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 22:45:57 +0000

[…] our way to go back in the future. Perhaps it was because we’d come to Tokyo having been to Hiroshima, Miyajima, Kyoto and Nara where we’d seen Japan’s heritage and culture or perhaps it […]

Comment on Nara – one big Buddha by Tokyo day 5 - the end of our time in Japan

Tokyo day 5 - the end of our time in Japan — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 22:45:36 +0000

[…] and do something authentically Japanese? We’d been keen to do this in Kyoto but had chosen a day out in Nara instead. Tokyo does have authentic thermally heated water in some of its onsen but we would rather […]

Comment on Nara – one big Buddha by Hamilton Chiefs vs Canterbury Crusaders - Where's Welby?

Hamilton Chiefs vs Canterbury Crusaders - Where's Welby? — Mon, 26 May 2014 22:40:28 +0000

[…] emulated garden themes from around the world – a Japanese themed garden (reminding us of Isui-en and other places we saw in Japan), an American Modernist garden, a Chinese garden, an English […]

Comment on Rotorua day 2 – Canopy tour, Kaituna and Hot springs by Rotorua - Whakarewarewa and Rainbow Springs

Rotorua - Whakarewarewa and Rainbow Springs — Mon, 26 May 2014 20:11:54 +0000

[…] we’d heard yesterday the Kiwi has an extensive list of predators that includes stoats, ferrets, weasels, cats and […]

Comment on The Lord of Waipoua Forest and his fellow Kauri by Rotorua - Whakarewarewa and Rainbow Springs

Rotorua - Whakarewarewa and Rainbow Springs — Wed, 21 May 2014 22:44:18 +0000

[…] we stopped at the Waipoua Top Ten we had been told to make sure we visited Rainbow Springs to see the Kiwi and so we did. And the […]

Comment on On top of New Zealand at Cape Reinga | Te Rerenga Wairua by The Lord of Waipoua Forest and his fellow Kauri - Where's Welby?

The Lord of Waipoua Forest and his fellow Kauri - Where's Welby? — Tue, 20 May 2014 17:15:29 +0000

[…] discovered on the previous day that New Zealand had once been covered in majestic Kauri trees and our route south took us through […]

Comment on Arriving in Auckland by Pakeha/Maori Anglicans, Rotorua museum and Redwoods

Pakeha/Maori Anglicans, Rotorua museum and Redwoods — Tue, 20 May 2014 15:06:59 +0000

[…] even less so after watching us lose the first leg from our hotel room in Tokyo and had been flying into Auckland when we’d overcome the deficit to book that second trip to Wembley. And so, in the middle […]

Comment on Go fish, localgov, cosplay and curry by Pakeha/Maori Anglicans, Rotorua museum and Redwoods

Pakeha/Maori Anglicans, Rotorua museum and Redwoods — Mon, 19 May 2014 23:06:20 +0000

[…] the playoffs. We hadn’t thought it likely, even less so after watching us lose the first leg from our hotel room in Tokyo and had been flying into Auckland when we’d overcome the deficit to book that second trip […]