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These are some doors from my trip to Auckland and Rotorua in New Zealand in 2016. The depict some of the amazing Maori artwork you will find in both these interesting places.
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Great shots. That must have been quite an adventure. New Zealand is a dream destination for me, but soooo darn far 😀
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It was a very long trip for us too, Norm. 22 hours of flying. Whew!!! and such bad jetlag. We won’t ever visit again but I was glad we had this opportunity.
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Never say never, Robbie!.But 22 hours in an plane would be horrible to me too. Thank you for sharing these wonderful impressions. What a heritage, and how far away it is, its part of this world. Michael
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That’s true, Michael. Never say never. We may end up visiting again sometime.
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Train/subway doors. Those always bring back memories.
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This was the first time I’ve ever been on a ferry, Jacqui. Quite a different experience.
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Great photos and art!
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Thanks, Bette. So much talent in our world.
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Beautiful shots of the doors, Robbie. We were planning a family vacation to Australia and New Zealand. Now we have to postpone it indefinitely.
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I’m sorry, Miriam. We were supposed to leave for the UK today for our annual holiday. There is always next year and things do change.
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way cool
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They are lovely designs. The Maori art is very beautiful.
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I love the doors (including the subway doors, I always like those).
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They are actually very interesting. I realised that Norm is only away from next week.
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I’ve really been enjoying these photo journeys with doors, Robbie. Another awesome trip!
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Hi Mae, last year when we traveled, I specifically photographed doors. The earlier trip pictures, like these, are hit and miss. I am enjoying looking for the pictures.
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Amazing shots, Robbie. Though it’s just a hop, skip and a jump away, I haven’t yet been to NZ. Hope to get their one day 🙂
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It is a great place to visit, Jessica. I haven’t been to Australia. We went to NZ because my older son was a representative of the South African team for the Kids Lit Quiz which was held in NZ that particular year.
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I hear it’s very beautiful. But I hear the same of South Africa too 🤗
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They are quite different, Jessica. NZ is green and lush and South Africa is quite dry with great sweeping plains of grasslands.
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Maybe one day I’ll get to see both
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I like the one your kids are standing under – waaaaacky!
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Thanks, H. This art is incredible.
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Love these pictures Robbie, and it looks like your boys were having fun!
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It was a great trip, John. Have you been to New Zealand?
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I haven’t Robbie…honestly, it’s low on my list because in many ways it’s like the Pacific Northwest where I grew up, so it doesn’t have the same exotic appeal to me…although I read a book about ti, so there must be SOME interest!
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We went because Gregory participated in the Kid’s Lit Quiz which took place in NZ that year. I am really glad we all took the opportunity to go to this lovely country. The jet lag was horrendous though with a time difference of 10 hours.
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the worst jet lag I had was from Sydney…the upside down nature of it makes it worse…you leave in the afternoon but arrive home the same morning!
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Yes, I find the jet lag worse going backwards in time too.
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Great photos! I’d love to visit New Zealand someday
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It is a beautiful and interesting place to visit.
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The carvings are fascinating! I’ll bet each one tells a story of some kind.
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I would think so, Liz. My writing friend, Jennifer S Alderson, wrote a book about Asmat artifacts from Papua and described the art which seemed quite similar.
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Interesting!
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Oh, a very unexpected type of doors, Robbie. They’re marvelous. Thanks for sharing with us. Hugs!
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The carving is really detailed and beautiful. Thanks for visiting, Teagan.
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Amazing carvings. (K)
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I thought so too, Kerfe. Thanks for visiting and Happy Friday.
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Nice photos! I’d love to visit New Zealand some day.
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Thank you. Joan. It is very beautiful and we loved our adventure in New Zealand.
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I love doors so am looking forward to seeing some beautiful doors…Those Maori ones are stunning, Robbie and the boys look like they had fun 🙂 x
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HI Carol, we all really enjoyed this wonderful trip. NZ is a beautiful place. I have a lot of doors from various places lined up and am looking forward to sharing them.
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Hi Robbie, I am looking forward to seeing them 🙂
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I haven’t been to Rotorua since I was six. Nice picture of the wharenui.
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HI Joanne, thank you for giving me the name of the houses – I just couldn’t remember it. I’m glad you like the pictures, its a wonderful place to visit.
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New Zealand is on my bucket list. So lucky that you were able to visit there. Great pictures, Robbie.
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Hi Carla, strangely, it was never on my bucket list. I like Europe and had never thought about going to NZ. My son was part of the South African team that participated in the final of the Kids Literature Quiz in 2016, that was how we came to go there and I’m glad we grabbed the opportunity.
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Wow, what a great opportunity for all of you. Australia and New Zealand have been places on by bucket list for years. My husband and I both wanted to go. I don’t know it I will ever make it.
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I loved that gate. Quite something
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Thank you, the Maori artwork is quite spectacular.
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I love door photos and used to have quite a collection until my camera on which they were stored stopped functioning. Your Rotorua photos brought back some great memories from my trip in NZ last year
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Oh dear, I lost some pictures like that too and now I download them onto an external hard drive to make sure they are safe. I loved Rotorua, so interesting and beautiful.
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Wow, Maori house is stunning! This is the first time I have seen it. And your boys are so cute!
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Thank you, these pictures are from 2016 so they’ve changed a fair bit since.
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Maori art is ornate and very different, NZ rocks!
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It is a beautiful country, Kate. So clean and efficient too.
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yes I lived there for some years … clean and pretty countryside!
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