self portrait

pottery, spinning and pigs eating scones

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February 2nd 2009
The night before leaving to Kiwiburn and I am sitting in Rowena’s living room eating toast with peanut butter and drinking a glass of wine while the crickets chirp outside. My soul is so in need of Kiwi burn. Months of not letting my hair down properly have taken their toll and a dose of debauchery, uncouth behaviour, dancing and frolicking and being around my kind of people is well and truly ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hamilton

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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