Aotearoa-Final destination

A bit of a chilli morning....


Well after a full on week in wellies we drove up to napier to spend our last week with my mum..It was so awesome seeing mum and to spend time with her, especially as she had a roast and steammed pudding waiting for us once we got there..ohhh boy it was the bomb.. thanks mum
After arriving in napier there was no rest for us as we headed up to the east coast the next day.. we decided to stay the night in Te Teko with my aunty flo , which was cool to catch up with her and the whanau as it had been awhile since i had seen everyone.. thank you aunty for having us!!!kia kaha , kia maia, kia manawanui..

The next day we headed up back home into our whanau lands of Te whanau a Apanui..for me this was the highlight of the trip as we went about the business of sussing out our abit of land to build our whare on.. Mum really enjoyed having me and chanel help her out with this take..although we went about it backwards at times we managed to get things done and afterwards have a clear idea of what we want to do..

getting back to Napier after the coast was good.. but our time was fast coming to an end..friday was spent doing our last minute shopping and getting final gifts for our teachers here..the day/night was also seen as cooking heaps of fried bread for my uncles hangi the next day.. the day was full on and was glad to get some moe...

Saturday we had abit of a sleep in and later on in the afternoon went down to the marist rugby clubrooms to help mum out with her catering..Chanel loved the opportunity to work in the kitchen and play shop girl.. while i was outside watching my bro faryn play in the maddison trophy final...for mum and chanel it was to be a quiet night.. after we cleaned up we headed to the taradale rugby clubrooms to join in the celebrations with my bro faryn.. what a top night especially as the TUI was free for the whole night so needless to say we got PARA.. or hammered to say the least..we had a really good night.. chur faryn for the night.. good luck on making the HB team...

Sunday was a chill day..just resting and spending our last moments with mum...

Monday we were up early and to start the day we had a healthy breakfast of mince pies.. we had to get our last fix in before leaving...really enjoyed our time being with mum so it was sad to leave.. thanks heaps mum for everthing..love you always

our trip had gone so fast and it was sad to leave. One thing is for sure is that we ate everything on our "have to eat list" enjoyed all the kai and TUI that we had while at home maybe too much, will have to hit the gym again, but enjoyed it all the same..we had many fond and funny memories on our trip home and at the end me and chanel both felt that we didnt want to leave.. but we only have one year left and not too sure what our next steps will be but we know that home will always be there.. So finally to all our Whanau, Cuzzies, Bros and friends thanks for making our trip primo. Well the best way to sum up our trip as the say on CODE is " MEAN MAORI MEAN" ... kia ora
Paora and Chanel