Our first day, on arrival in Auckland at 4am on 22nd November (no, no 21st for us - odd!) summed up the rest of our stay in NZ. What incredibly friendly and laid-back people! We were staying a few nights with a friend's (Murray's) sister and her family, south of the City in Drury. Don, Lynn's husband got out of bed to collect us, 2 strangers, didn't moan once, and then the family took us out on their boat in beautiful Auckland harbour for the day! After South America, just driving down the highway to the house, it was clear that everything was going to be relatively plain-sailing for us travellers in NZ. Lots of clean streets, rolling countryside full of cows, sheep and - one significant difference with the UK, palms and fern trees. So
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