Month: May 2007

Our first visit to Raglan (one of many to come as it turns out)

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Raglan NZ, one of the stop-offs of the Endless Summer movie.

Time to get out of Auckland and with ‘free’ petrol why wouldn’t you (I have unlimited petrol and a company car for a flat fee each month). Today we decided to head down to Raglan on the West Coast of the Waikato. As a wannabe surfer I am aware of Raglan from its appearance in the 1966 classic surf film ‘Endless Summer’ so this trip is inspired as much by that as by a desire to see as many parts of New Zealand as we can while we are here.  Continue reading →

Industrial-Scale Netball

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Netball grading at Howick Pakarangua netball centre

New Zealand regularly leads the World Netball rankings despite coming up against countries with far bigger populations to draw from. Netball is serious stuff in Auckland and today Ellie competed in her first Netball match. It is the start of the season so she has a series of games to grade the team she is so that it can be put into the most appropriate league. The grading takes place at the Howick Pakarangua Netball centre a short drive from St Heliers. Continue reading →