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Hope to see a lot of support for the farmers in the morning. It is a crucial time we are going through with the political drive to slowly destroy farming and the New Zealand economy by creating division amongst the people. If the people of this country can’t see this governments deliberate act of using Covid-19, climate change, racial rhetoric, any acts of individual radicalism and removal of information through cancellation of experts in their fields for compliant minos prepared to comply with the government rhetoric, buying off the mainstream media to spin only what the hand that funds them want you to hear, anythingRead More →

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With the season in full swing now, I’m getting used to the 05:30 hrs starts, 17:30 hrs finishing at Loadout. Loadout is where all the pallets are loaded into containers or trucks and its not umusual to do 700 odd pallets in a day. Jude is Working Packhouse and with 07:30 hrs starts working through to 17:30 hrs… thats a big day packing fruit so she is working pretty hard-out… It’s easy to see when she crashes to bed about 7:30…. well we both do actually. I’m fortunate that I am working with an amazing team who are hard working, really supportive serious about whatRead More →

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It’s been a while since we have posted as we have revisited some of the same old favourites as we do the rounds. We are obviously in the Deep South enjoying the episodic variety of weather only the South could throw at you. The weather is not always bad, but that constant westerly flow can sometimes get up the nose of the most resilient southerners. As for Jude and I, we just appreciate waking to any weather, as we know from our paramedical career, there would be many that would wish they were still sucking air to see any weather. Any way we are inRead More →

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Leaving Trevelyans we head back to Gisborne to spend a few days with Harry and Tui,😊 It was also a chance to get vehicles serviced, COF done and of course some biking and walking before embarking on a much anticipated exploration of the east coast up to East Cape. The weather was quite settled and we were hopeful of heading away, Nek Minute the heavens opened the flood gates lol it absolutely bucketed, looking at the long range forecast which was not for settled days we go to Plan B, forgo our eastern tiki tour and decide to head back inland to Rotorua. We leaveRead More →

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Well it’s been a long time since we have put a post up and many will be wondering “where the bloody hell are ya”. Where?…. This year Aotearoamer is parked up at Trevelyan’s Pack and Cool Stores…. Why?… because we are sick budgies looking for a different perspective in life, we just want to remind ourselves of what working is like and working is exactly what you do in these packhouses. Last year we experienced the kiwi fruit season in Gisborne and had an absolutely awesome time with our dear friends Ian & Tui Harrington. What a blast that was… worked our butts off forRead More →

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While the rest of the country is having a ho hum summer, Motueka has been having a pretty good summer season, not as good as the last couple of years, but overall better than most other places. Jude and I have enjoyed some hot as days and caught up with some friends we have met during our Moho life. The house sit is over and it’s now back on the road… at the moment we are still in Motueka enjoying the good weather while waiting for the NZMCA “Music In The Mountains” Rally at the end of this month (Jan). We have had a wonderfulRead More →