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Christmas is Coming

Christmas in New Zealand

December 2, 2015

Christmas falls during summer where I live in New Zealand. While I was growing up I always heard about New Zealanders who spend Christmas day at the beach. Not true in our family! Christmas to me means: 1. Warm days, sometimes with rain since we live in a subtropical...

Seven Signs That Summer is Here

November 18, 2014

Signs that summer and Christmas are really on the way… 1. Some of our native pohutukawa trees have burst into flower. The trees growing near the sea have started to flower and the others closer to our home should start flowering soon. The pohutukawa tree is known as...