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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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Dolphins & Unicycles: A weekend in Christchurch
There's only so much spoon-bending a girl can take. On stage, a skinny, mohawked Australian contorts yet another shiny spoon using nothing more than his mind. I have to close my eyes. This can't be happening......
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A Warming Weekend in Queenstown
Like all great events, our Queenstown holiday started with a bang: caused by me kicking my suitcase in frustration. It toppled over, slapping loudly onto the tiled floor of the departure lounge. Everybody looked......
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Discovering Kerikeri
I'm not going to pretend that the chocolate wasn't a highlight. Yes, the vivid orange mandarins dangling en masse from their trees and the bulbous, ripe avocados for sale on the road side were tempting. But the chocolate... mmmmm....
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Greymouth: that kind of town
I didn't expect to see bok choy on the menu in Greymouth. I couldn't exactly tell you why, it's just that, well... Greymouth isn't your average bok choy kind of a town. You know the kind I mean......
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