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Kahu Posts: 74 Joined: 10th Jan 2007 Location: New Zealand | quotePosted at 12:15 on 23rd October 2009 Hi everyone ..... I'm Kahu from Wellington, Aotearoa-New Zealand. My wife and I were last in the UK in 05, and 06 ..... maybe it's about time we had another trip over .... we certainly enjoyed our time tripping around. |
Jason T Posts: 7421 Joined: 14th Apr 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 12:22 on 23rd October 2009 |
Krissy Posts: 15430 Joined: 8th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 12:26 on 23rd October 2009 Hi Kahu!!! Like Jason, I love New Zealand too! I would love to visit there someday...soon I hope!! |
Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 12:30 on 23rd October 2009 Welcome to POE from Anna and Ron, Kahu. We did manage to get to Christchurch NZ and thought how beautiful your country is. Anyway, enjoy the POE website and forum and please do join in here whenever you can. |
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 15:19 on 23rd October 2009 Hi Kahu, and welcome to POE. You come from a lovely country. I've never been there but I know that the Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed there and the scenery was exquisite. :-) |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 16:02 on 23rd October 2009 Hi Kahu and welcome! I hope you love it here.
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Debbie Adams Posts: 2043 Joined: 8th Mar 2009 Location: USA | quotePosted at 01:14 on 24th October 2009 Hi Kahu ,,Welcome to POE!!:) BTW in your picture is that Peppers?? |
Kahu Posts: 74 Joined: 10th Jan 2007 Location: New Zealand | quotePosted at 04:57 on 24th October 2009 On 23rd October 2009 15:19, Diana Sinclair wrote: I live 5 minutes away from the Rivers Anduin and Rohan River.... a bit further away 15 mins from Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith .... and about 20 minutes Rivendell , the fords of Isen, Isengard Gardens ...... and the Orc Tree. There's nothing left to see of Helm's Deep or Minas Tirith as they were movie sets in a nearby quarry.
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Kahu Posts: 74 Joined: 10th Jan 2007 Location: New Zealand | quotePosted at 05:02 on 24th October 2009 On 23rd October 2009 12:30, Ron Brind wrote: I did quite enjoy walking around Oxford, and seeing all the famous university buildings and libraries ....... parking is certainly at a premium there though. Christchurch is one of the most 'english' cities in the country, and they are proud of that heritage.
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Kahu Posts: 74 Joined: 10th Jan 2007 Location: New Zealand | quotePosted at 05:07 on 24th October 2009 On 24th October 2009 01:14, DEBBIE ADAMS wrote: They are Kowhai [Koh-ff-ai} flowers ..... our national flower. The tree is one of the very few deciduous trees we have, and in spring simply covered in long tubular flowers simply dripping with nectar for the birds ... then the flowers drop and the leaves appear. Sometimes I'm envious of your northern hemisphere spectacular autumns .... we're green all year, except for exotic species.
Edited by: Kahu at:24th October 2009 05:11 |