Just came back from NZ Monday 4/03/13. Spent 10 days In NapIer. FantastIc, Art Deco celebratIons stIll happenIng wIth heaps of thIngs for tourIst, especIally the ones off cruIse shIps to do. Was a trIp down memory lane as thIs Is my hometown. Met a couple of Motor homers camped up on the beach, They were spendIng the weekend there and lIved locally. Enjoyed heaps of lovely peaches, nectarInes, NashI pears and apples fresh off the trees. Lots of orchards and gardens In the area.
Just came back from NZ Monday 4/03/13. Spent 10 days In NapIer. FantastIc, Art Deco celebratIons stIll happenIng wIth heaps of thIngs for tourIst, especIally the ones off cruIse shIps to do. Was a trIp down memory lane as thIs Is my hometown. Met a couple of Motor homers camped up on the beach, They were spendIng the weekend there and lIved locally. Enjoyed heaps of lovely peaches, nectarInes, NashI pears and apples fresh off the trees. Lots of orchards and gardens In the area.
Hope you two behaved over there and did not give us Nomads a bad name ?????????????? As the wife and I fly out to the North Island for 2 weeks on Monday, So I'm hoping for a good reception
I have lots and lots of ''Kiwi'' Jokes ?? my friends said Your Not Going To Say Them Over There Are You ???? ------ So I told them Yeah !! no problem, as I am only going for 2 weeks ?? and It takes the average Kiwi, at least 3 weeks to understand them ??
Oh you are such a cheeky fella. The place is rife with Aussie jokes. Are you going rio Napier? It's such a pretty place. Behave yourself or you may find yourself in a cooking pot Have a great time :)
Oh you are such a cheeky fella. The place is rife with Aussie jokes. Are you going rio Napier? It's such a pretty place. Behave yourself or you may find yourself in a cooking pot Have a great time :)
Thanks I will, And I will try and stay out of the cooking pot, I do have some Kiwi blood in me from a generation or two back ?? and I have liked most Kiwis I have met in the past, so I will still tell my Kiwi jokes, and also listen to their Aussie jokes, after all that is the ''Anzac'' way is'nt it Besides that they do export some really good quality products out of New Zealand ?? They have for example the best ''Virgin Wool'' in the world apparently they get it from only the ''ugly'' sheep over there ? And don't forget our Melbourne Cup Race, and the Kiwi's keep sending over their Racehorses to win our Cup ?? so the do breed good horses, My Father once told me that the NZ horses only run fast '' because'' ??? they have seen what happens to the Sheep over there !!
Should be a great 2 weeks -- looking forward to it
We are going to be based at '' whanganiu'' [ spelling ?? ] it is near the top of the NI, we have a good friend who lives there, so we will use her place as the base station, and she is arranging all the travel details, so we do not miss out on much, we will be also traveling and staying at other places on our travels, we will do all the main places, ie Bay of islands, Rotarua, Auckland, etc, But from what I have read, and heard, we are not even going to scratch the surface in 2 weeks, So I am treating this like a scouting trip, and maybe when I retire next year, we will go over for 6 weeks, and hire a campervan, as that seems to be the popular way of doing NZ,
Oh really. My sister is in Wanganui (correct spelling) I will be spending a couple of nights there but will be after you have gone I'm sure. Read you post again. If its near the top of NI are you sure its not Whangarei? Wanganui is under half way up the left hand side.
Ha ha I just love all the banter about Kiwis , being Aussie born but having lived in NZ for the last 40 years and Michael being a Kiwi we are having a great chuckle about the sheep jokes and ( we only take ONE week to catch on to the jokes. )You all must go down to the South Island it is the mainland and the most beautiful. Happy and safe travels to you all.
PS Yes the cooking pots aren't for the sheep !!!!!!
Kia ora Carry1, gotta agree, Sth Island is beautiful but you got the Mainland wrong !!! Everyone knows the Nth Island has that title I was on a cruise round NZ in November, Sth was absolutely fabulous. Good luck to Dazza and his KIWI jokes eh...
Take care on yr travels might bump into you along the road.
Kia ora valnrob. We were on a cruise around NZ early December for 14 days had a great time,visited family in quite a few ports. Sorry sth island IS the mainland. Ha!ha!ha, Hope to catch up one day on the road
Oh really. My sister is in Wanganui (correct spelling) I will be spending a couple of nights there but will be after you have gone I'm sure. Read you post again. If its near the top of NI are you sure its not Whangarei? Wanganui is under half way up the left hand sIde.
hI Marj, whIle In NZ I notIced the spellIng of what was known as WanganuI Is now Whanganui and pronounced wIth 'F' soundIng. In 2009 NZ GeograhIc Board recommended It be changed and the Govt agreed and now uses th Wh spellIng. To MaorI people that Is the way It always should have beenbecause there are no words In our language that use W and not be folowed by the letter H. WanganuI stIll gets used by some.
cheers
-- Edited by valnrob on Tuesday 12th of March 2013 01:56:36 PM
Hi Val. I had heard that. My sister and her family and my cousin all live in Wanganui and they still call it Wanganui, but they call the River Whanganui. Thats most people I talk to as well. Does make it very confusing doesn 't it?
Hi Val. I had heard that. My sister and her family and my cousin all live in Wanganui and they still call it Wanganui, but they call the River Whanganui. Thats most people I talk to as well. Does make it very confusing doesn 't it?
I think people can use either. We all know where we mean anyway. You have a wonderful time over there.
I certainly will. Intend going to Wanganui, Feilding, Palmerston North, Foxton Beach, Levin, Otaki, Paraparaumu visiting family and friends after the wedding in PN. All in 10 days.
Have a great time :)
