That title means “Welcome to y’all.” From How Tawhaki Climbed Up to the Skyland from Maori Tales of Long Ago by A. W. Reed: “It’s many years since I swung on the moari [long rope] and I never thought to do it again.” … “You weren’t afraid, were you?” “Oh, yes, I was,” Popo said. “That’s why I did it. If I hadn’t been afraid there wouldn’t have been any need to do it.” . […]
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Kiwi food gets a little old after a while, specifically after about a week. Everything is some kind of bread pie. Today it was spinach and feta stuffed inside a sort of doughy roll. Yesterday, leek and chicken in a crust. Tonight, pizza. If I keep eating like this I’m going to turn into a dumpling myself. Today was my day of driving. Just south of where we began in Turangi, on the Desert Road […]
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I forgot to tell you about a lesson that we learned yesterday: always top off your tank once it gets to half-full. We had a close call, with the gauge suddenly plummeting from a quarter-tank to empty when we were miles from civilization. All turned out well, but I was anxious. Who would have thought I’d have fun last night. We got to this B&B around 6:00 and I thought, “What am I going to […]
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See the stars on the New Zealand flag? Do you know what they are? It’s the Southern Cross, and I was quite thrilled last night to see it, embedded in a milkier Milky Way than we have back home. Here was the view from my bed this morning. And I made five new friends who followed me around until I went inside. Today was super-boring because all we did was a second day of driving, […]
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