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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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Each of us has a story, infact my story is not your story and herstory is not history and that’s what makes this world so interesting. Whether we say we are or not, each of us is a global citizen, always have been.
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As we hit the Expressway outside of Huntly and travel passed Ohinewai, a shift occurs, subtle to begin with but just enough to cue me into small changes that are taking place. Approaching Rangiriri it would be easy to just keep travelling at pace and remain oblivious to the surrounds but I know there’s a
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