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Kate to New Zealand (1)

Mijn lieve vriendin Kate vliegt vandaag naar haar moederland ‘Aotearoa’ oftewel Nieuw Zeeland. Het is me gelukt haar over te halen om regelmatig op dit blog verslag te gaan doen van haar belevenissen...

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Kate in New Zealand (2)

A conservation group is conducting research into the local mallard duck population. For this purpose, cages have been set up in the vicinity of a couple of ponds in Paterangi, the district in which I...

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Kate in New Zealand (3)

Bullet and Kiss are Ocicats which is a relatively new breed of domestic cat. The name comes from their supposed resemblance to an ocelot. These two are being looked after by my brother and his wife on...

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Kate in New Zealand (4)

There is a special beach in New Zealand where hot volcanic water bubbles up through the sand. It is known (OK, a bit unimaginatively!) as Hot Water Beach and it is on the Coromandel Peninsula in the...

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Kate in New Zealand (5)

This little train makes its way up the mountain to a place called the “Eyefull Tower”. That is the name given to the highest point of the line by Barry Brickell, the man who built it. He was a young...

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Sfeer

Eind van de dag komt dan toch nog even de zon door. Ik laat hem maar achter die grote boerderij in Prizy verdwijnen omdat anders het contrast te groot is. Leuk dat ik vanmorgen weer een bijdrage van...

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Kate in New Zealand (6)

Driving in New Zealand in December and January is a very colourful experience. Many roadside banks are a festoon of blue and white, the result of agapanthus blooming in profusion. When the original...

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Chevagny

De zonsondergang gisteravond om half zeven. In werkelijkheid roder dan op de foto. Onder de zon, op de heuvelrij in het midden ligt Chevagny en in een van die huizen woont Kate. Ik kreeg gisteren een...

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La grippe

Nog steeds geen winter. Vanmiddag is de dierenarts gekomen om de paarden te vaccineren tegen influenza. Dat moet elk jaar gebeuren. Of ikzelf een spuit tegen de griep moet hebben, tja daarover kun je...

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Cliff walk

Spectacular views once you reach the ridge but a steep ascent meant that the two boys, walking with their mother and her aunt, reached the top and then returned to meet us, still only half way up....

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Pohutukawa

Pohutukawa trees are New Zealand’s Christmas trees. They are largely a coastal tree and they flower from late November until the New Year. When I arrived in Auckland most had finished flowering, but...

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Mclaren Falls

En route to Tauranga, a large town and port on the east coast, I noticed a signpost to McLaren Falls. Not more than three kms from the main road you reach this enchanting picnic spot, a place where...

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Trinity Hill

Lunch at Te Awa winery situated on the Gimblett Gravels. The gravels is considered as the most important terroir in NZ for red wine. They were laid down by a river which changed its course after a...

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Wairoa

The day after we’d bought our wine we drove north around Hawke’s Bay to go to Gisborne, situated in Poverty Bay. We drove through beautiful but extremely remote countryside and for 90 kms did not pass...

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Sculpture trail

Having had time in Hawke’s Bay, exploring a few of its wineries, the husband of my niece suggested that I join them and their children in visiting some wineries in the Matakana area north of Auckland....

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