'Twas the night before Christmas...


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December 24th 2008
Published: January 23rd 2009
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'Twas actually the fortnight before Christmas and we decided to leave Auckland and waiting for a call about a job behind us and head out travelling again! This time we headed across to the East coast starting in Napier and Hastings, both Art deco towns, but other than that not a great deal there. We went to the site of an old Pa (kind of like a Maori fort / settlement) but you really had to use ... Read Full Entry



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You wouldn't believe it to look at it but...You wouldn't believe it to look at it but...
You wouldn't believe it to look at it but...

...I couldn't sit in it longer than 10 minutes!!
Are you scared?!Are you scared?!
Are you scared?!

Us doing an impression of the maori carvings - meant to scare the enemy. Also done before war (like the haka) to prepare the body, and scare the enemy!



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