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New Zealand North Island – Tren’s Travel Diary

Trenna facing off with a large sculpture of a man
"Is that right?" In a gallery in Auckland. 22 November 2016.

By us both

Introduction

Trenna and I liked to record information about our holidays. Below is the travel diary Trenna kept on her iPad of a trip to the North Island of New Zealand from 11 November 2016 to 22 November 2016. The only time we went there, and our last overseas trip together.

It was a trip that turned out like nothing we were expecting, due to an untimely and devastating earthquake. I have written a brief account of … Read the rest ... “New Zealand North Island – Tren’s Travel Diary”

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The Wellington Earthquake

Shop mannequin fallen over
The earthquake was hair raising. A shop near our hotel the morning after the earthquake.

By Greg

Business Class Travel – It’s Not For Everyone

In November 2016 my then employer, Advocare Inc, gave me the opportunity to go to a mediation conference in Wellington, New Zealand.

Travel was becoming increasingly difficult for Trenna. Her eyesight was very bad and her pain management was not going well. We knew that the long flight from Perth in Western Australia to Auckland and then down to Wellington would take its toll.

On the other hand it really … Read the rest ... “The Wellington Earthquake”