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The thing about the sea is that you can often smell it long before you can see it. It was like that as we drew closer to Napier and somehow the hikoi (long journey) North to my great grandmother’s unveiling seemed like a whole other world, a whole other time, an event that had occurred […]
On a long road trip, which recording artists would you happily climb into the car with? Which ones wouldn’t you mind having as back seat passengers or front seat drivers? As the miles ride out beneath me I thought about this and I let my mind drift back to
Making our way out of Taupo passed the lake I’m reminded of it’s full maori name, Taupo-Nui-a-Tia. “Te Arawa, one of the waka (canoes) from the 14th century fleet which traveled from Polynesia to Aotearoa/New Zealand, made its last stop at the Bay of Plenty. On board were two very influential men
Lunch in Taupo was a good falafel roll made from spiced chickpeas. “It’s a popular form of fast food in the Middle East where it is also served as a mezze. Mezze (pronounced mez-ah). The origin of the word mezze is unclear. It may be derived from the Persian ‘maza’ meaning ‘taste, relish,’ or
It’s funny what your mind gets to thinking and turning over as you drive. Mine was ripping through the gears, packed to the gunnels with unfamiliar names to put together with two or even three times met faces in places best described as the ‘back of beyond’ in that shy way that being new to […]
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