2018 Outbound – Napier, Hamilton & Waikato, New Zealand

Journey #14219

FFNEO Journey Coordinator
Mark Binnig

Pre-home stay touring – 10/30 to 11/1 in Auckland
Home Stay Week #1 – 11/1 to 11/8 with FF Napier
Home Stay Week #2 – 11/8 to 11/15 with FF Hamilton and Waikato

Seven FFNEO members made this memorable journey to New Zealand. Final report – good trip, good group, beautiful country!

The club thanks all of the members and hosts from the Napier and Hamilton/Waikato Friendship Force clubs who gave us a warm manaakitia (welcome in the Maori language) and a memorable cultural exchange experience.

11/2 in Napier – We rode in 30’s cars and took an art deco tour of Napier	11/4 in Napier – Cape Kidnappers Gannet Reserve (largest Gannet colony in the world)	11/4 in Napier – Marilyn and Mary at Frimley Park Rose Garden with Ross Stevens, Napier club president and Journey Coordinator
11/5 in Napier – Kathleen at sheep shearing demonstration at the Clifton Station Wool Shed	11/7 in Napier – Children doing Kapa Haka, traditional Maori dance	11/7 in Napier – Farewell Dinner with our new friends
11/10 in Hamilton/Waikato – Mark and Kathleen being dinner hosted by Sandy and Brian Docherty with their home hosts, George and Raewynn Chambers	11/14 in Hamilton/Waikato – MarkB, Kathleen, MarkW and Felisa with their hosts, hiking the Blue Springs Trail	11/10 in Hamilton/Waikato – Hobbiton Matamata NZ (Lord of the Rings)
Hamilton/Waikato – Sonia with local FF members	Marilyn and Felisa on jet boat ride on the Dart River during post-home stays touring of NZ’s South Island	Felisa and Mark during post-home stays add-on touring of NZ’s South Island