When I was a kid our local fire brigade would organise a Guy Fawkes night, which almost all of our thousand strong community would attend. A massive bonfire burned all evening, Guy effigies tossed into its hungry flames. Volunteer fire fighters threw lollies to screaming flocks of kids and dozens of sky rockets lit the [...]
I’d like to think that I’m not a fearful person, that I’m brave and bold and up for anything. Sure there are certain things that I won’t do: like bungee jump, or go on a rollercoaster, or be sans seatbelt in a taxi in Taiwan. It’s not that I’m a wuss, but more that I [...]
In Maori there is a word ‘Turangawaewae’. It speaks of where you come from, where your heart lies, where your feet stand. I had not stood on New Zealand soil for four and half years, my heart had somewhat forgotten it. This trip home was a chance to get to know New Zealand, the place, [...]
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