From Gran Canaria to New Zealand We are on our way to New Zealand from the Canary islands. We live here, but are Norwegian. We work here as; he - nurse, she - teacher. karen lived in New Zealand years and years ago, and now we are on our way back - so karen can "show off" this lovely country of her youth.

An interesting place. In 1863, the first settlers from Bohemia arrived. They came from a city like Praha, much like what parts of it looks like today - to Aucland, which was a shack-rubble-place. And they were then sent upstream in maoricanoes to live in grass huts. Incredible that they survived! Without maorihelp they would NEVER have survived! They worked with the kauro-lumbering and they were incredibly industious.  See the historical society which had an impressive museum: www.puhoihistoricalsociety.org.nz We went to the local pub and took some good pictures and among those / a real hillbilly. Karen thought he had dressed up!