Kia Ora! Our last weekend in New Zealand had arrived, a little too quickly for our liking but it had come nonetheless. Luckily the weather was beautiful for us and the sun was shining. Matt and Tash originally had a fancy dress party organised for their touch rugby team on Saturday evening but not everyone could make it so they decided to just have a gathering anyway, and it just so happened that it was our last weekend in New Zealand! On Saturday morning Ma...

Kia Ora! We had heard much about Pyke's Umu's and were dying to try one for ourselves so we were really happy to hear that Pyke was going to cook us an Umu for Sunday lunch and dinner before Kie, Lappin, Matt and Pyke went to the Warriors v. Dragons game at Mount Smart Stadium. We woke up early doors and went straight to Pyke and Jo's house where we found Pyke already in the garden. He had fired up the rocks which were red hot and ready for the food. Kie and...

Kia Ora! Thursday: We arrived in Auckland after a quick one and a bit hour flight with Air NZ. Matt (aka Kiwi; one of Kie's friends from Bugbrooke RFC who returned to NZ a couple of years ago) came and picked us up from the airport and we left our bags with him while we made our own way into the city for the day by train. We started off in Onehunga, where Kiwi works, and had a look around the malls and shops. We were both very well behaved in Dress Smart - a mas...