Flight from Kuala Lumpur took off on time and took approx 9.5 hours - not as comfortable as UK flight but still OK - we were very tired when we got here at abouty 2 am NZ time. So straight to bed and sleep. The Heritage hotel at Auckland is excellent - we have suite to ourselves even has cooking facilities. On Saturday sorted out the phone, the car and some cash. Looked around Auckland - a beautiful clean city. Went up the Sky Tower - I thought about doing the sky tower leap from the top (very safe in harness but you fall via a wire from the observation deck to the ground). When we went up the tower I chickened out (and Anne spent some time trying to persuade me it was not a
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