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Amelia Norman spent a large proportion of her childhood travelling the world, and vividly remembers complaining about it much of the way: there was the eyebrow-raising tantrum in the Montreux market at age 3; the defiant disrobing in Bath (note: not in the bath), aged 4; falling asleep in a plate of Bangkok noodles, aged 8; and the disgusted indignation that only a 15-year-old can muster at "yet another boring glacier" in Alaska.

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Kapiti Island: Close Encounters of the Bird Kind
There's a parrot on the sugar bowl. Large and sleek with a perfectly hooked beak, his ruffled olive brown feathers are edged with a brilliant pohutukawa red....
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Culture of the North
The haunting call of a conch shell swirls through the air like vapour. Soon after, sharp Maori war cries career through the darkness....
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Karori by Night
"Stop!" cries Matt, our guide, in a loud stage whisper. I reel to a halt as something darts across the path in front of me, so close I nearly step on it....
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Waipara Wine & Food: Cause for Celebration
There's a time and a place for bluegrass music and the Waipara Valley Wine & Food Celebration is definitely it....
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Dolphin Adventure, Bay of Islands
Eleven pairs of eyes scan the ocean in baited silence... ...
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March 2008 (5)

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