Not One but Tui

These blue birds are called Tuis and they like to drink the nectar of these flowers. The only problem is it gets them drunk and they fall out of the trees!

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The Auntie and the Hogg

October 10th 2008
Well here we are, just nine months in to our new lives in New Zealand and we have already had our very first visitors. Jude's auntie Margaret and her partner Kevin (his surname is Hogg, hence the name of the blog!) popped by for a 10-day visit to sample life in this neck of the woods. For those of you who don't know Jude's family, Margaret is the sister of Jude's step-dad, Edmond, and Kevin is ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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