After two long flights and what seemed like a mountain of paper work I finally arrived in Auckland at stupid o'clock (5am) on Tuesday morning. I was very happy to be greeted at the airport by family who have done a fantastic job of looking after me and welcoming me to New Zealand. After sleeping for the whole of Tuesday I woke early on Wednesday and started the day with a lovely brisk walk around Blockhouse Bay, I was then shown the sights of Auckland - a lovely place, we ventured up one tree hill (there is no longer a tree there) we visited some of the bays (Mission Bay) and through Remuru and St Heilers, there were a few guys out in one of the bays kite surfing, great weather for it. We headed to
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