Running back from groceries

Hello Northland! (and my new job!)

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August 31st 2011
Lie Wei and I travelled 165km north of Auckland to accept a job at Apata, a packhouse that packs kiwis and avocados for export. Kiwi season had ended so we are now avocado packers. Whangarei (pronounced Fangarei) is a pretty small town and when we first arrived we stayed at this really homey backpackers place called Bunkdown Lodge with hosts, Noell and Peter and their pets, Sage the dog and Ta ... read more

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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