tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46699450894165517932024-02-07T21:19:34.286-08:00Flat Shea's Big Adventure to NEW ZEALANDWe are participating in a "Flat Stanley" Project with Shea.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-26727951509454265062015-04-20T12:36:00.001-07:002015-04-20T12:45:00.935-07:00Flat Shea is on her way home!<p dir="ltr">Flat Shea has packed her bag and she'll be on her way today. We have had a great time sharing adventures in New Zealand with her! Haere ra. (Good bye)</p>
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Today is the first day of the 2nd term of the school year for Kiwi kids. We have 4 terms every year and each one lasts for about 9-10 weeks. We have 3 two week holidays in between and we have 6 weeks for Summer holidays at Christmas time. Breeana goes to Torbay School and you will notice she is wearing a uniform. A lot of Primary schools in New Zealand have uniforms for the children. </div>
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There was a lot to see at the museum...so breeana and Shea went off to find their favourite things...</div>
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Today Breeana and flat Shea wanted to visit the Auckland war memorial museum. Its a special time of year here where we remember those who have been to war. There are a lot of displays on show to help us learn about and remember our fallen soldiers.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-1479628922698402902015-04-17T20:31:00.001-07:002015-04-18T01:43:56.644-07:00Feijoa season<div dir="ltr">
April is feijoa season here in nz.... We are not sure if you have feijoas where you live so flat Shea thought she would share her snack time with you today. We love feijoa's so its always exciting to find trees so heavy with fruit. </div>
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Feijoas have a very interesting smell and flavour....its very tricky to decribe so we are sending some sweets home with flat shea that have a similar scent and taste for you to try.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlP0sv5aXlyQhQaijqlYQgEhRDtutoKseTAOv5q5jPiYabDxrtYcOpxW-_Gt8VkSkZxFId2OsO7K-_7C6RwlKcs9zVaVJmhhOrD20XjM530xfy3A6Hq-GIShbf3emTWyYyELUHSKdiwS0/s1600/IMG_20150418_152854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlP0sv5aXlyQhQaijqlYQgEhRDtutoKseTAOv5q5jPiYabDxrtYcOpxW-_Gt8VkSkZxFId2OsO7K-_7C6RwlKcs9zVaVJmhhOrD20XjM530xfy3A6Hq-GIShbf3emTWyYyELUHSKdiwS0/s640/IMG_20150418_152854.jpg" /> </a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-70445200256182894522015-04-17T06:43:00.001-07:002015-04-17T06:51:38.380-07:00Flat Shea watches a kapahaka performance<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ABsu7VDH8_E" width="480"></iframe><br />
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Breeana's older Sister Hannah - second on the left - performed in her school Kapahaka group (we ran out of storage while filming so couldnt film the whole performance, but you get to hear some of it ) This is her Maori cultural performing arts group at school. They had been asked to perform at an opening of an art exhibition so it was great to watch and you get to see and hear a little too!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-53896971927332283652015-04-17T05:48:00.001-07:002015-04-17T17:20:06.088-07:00Waioeka Journey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Flat Shea is getting good at Spotting Volcanoes. Can you see White Island in this pic?<br />
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POHUTUKAWA is another tricky word to say - Poor - hoo -too- ca - wah<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-49553472167432217692015-04-17T04:41:00.001-07:002015-04-17T04:41:37.698-07:00Flat Shea Meets YOUNG NICK<span style="color: #333333; font-family: ArnhemProBold, Arnhem-Bold, Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 21.6000003814697px; line-height: 30px;">Flat Shea visited the Monument at YOUNG NICKS HEAD in Waikanae. </span><br />
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Young Nicks Head Cliffs - Waikanae Beach - (why ka nye)<br />
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Young Nick , Breeana and Flat Shea spot land</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: ArnhemProBold, Arnhem-Bold, Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 21.6000003814697px; line-height: 30px;">Young Nicks Head (the cliffs) was named after Ship’s boy Nicholas Young who was the youngest person aboard Captain Cooks ship. Young Nicks Head was named in his honour for being the first aboard the </span><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: ArnhemProBold, Arnhem-Bold, Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 21.6000003814697px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Endeavour (Captain Cooks ship)</em><span style="color: #333333; font-family: ArnhemProBold, Arnhem-Bold, Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 21.6000003814697px; line-height: 30px;"> to spot land. It was 127 years since Abel Tasman’s Dutch East India Company expedition made the </span><a href="http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline/13/12" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a6e96; font-family: ArnhemProBold, Arnhem-Bold, Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 21.6000003814697px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">first recorded European sighting</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: ArnhemProBold, Arnhem-Bold, Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 21.6000003814697px; line-height: 30px;"> of New Zealand.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-87650715635662380632015-04-17T04:20:00.002-07:002015-04-17T04:20:35.460-07:00Spotting Monkeys.....Okay they weren't really monkeys...but Flat Shea and the kids loved climbing this Huge tree at Tolaga Bay! <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-31913578336155732772015-04-17T03:17:00.001-07:002015-04-17T03:47:39.491-07:00Kia Ora and Welcome to Ohope Beach Flat Shea!<br />
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KIA ORA (kee a or a ) means "Greetings or Hello" in the Maori Language. It is a greeting that Shea probably heard a lot of on her stay here. </div>
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A Marae is a traditional Maori meeting place. A place for Maori communities to come together, remember their ancestors and it tells the history of the people who come from that community.</div>
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You can see the beautiful wooden carvings at the front of the Marae. Each carving tells the story of the ancestors. Inside the Marae you will also find many more carvings, weaving and pictures that tell the story of its people. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This Marae is <span style="background-color: #f6f7f8; color: #373e4d; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> called Hauiti Marae in Uawa, Tolaga Bay.</span></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-10153526825611379942015-04-17T02:10:00.001-07:002015-04-17T03:49:06.987-07:00Lemon and Paeroa - World Famous in New ZealandThere are two things you must do while in New Zealand.... One is that you must try a drink called Lemon and Paeroa or L&P for short (L&P is a lemony flavoured soda drink made only in NZ) and then TWO is to visit the town from which it gets its name and where Flat Shea found the Giant L&P bottle. Everyone stops in Paeroa to take a photo there, so of course Flat Shea had to have one too.<br />
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We probably cannot send you any L&P to try but we maybe able to send you some other L&P treats to share........ </div>
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This is a Mural of one of our native birds the Kereru or New Zealand Wood Pigeon. You can also see some beautiful Yellow flowers of one of our native NZ trees the Kowhai (Caw fie) Tree - (Kowhai means Yellow in Maori)</div>
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The kererū is a large bird with irridescent green and bronze feathers on its head and a smart white vest. The noisy beat of its wings is a distinctive sound in our forests. The pigeon is found in most lowland native forests of the North, South and Stewart/Rakiura islands and many of their neighbouring islands. http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/nz-pigeon-kereru/</div>
This is a mural of the NZ Tui (two ee) bird.<br />
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They are adaptable birds, and can also be found in suburban areas, particularly in winter if there is a flowering gum about.</div>
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These attractive birds can often be heard <a href="http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/tui/#Tūī sound recordings" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.4s ease; border: 0px; color: #00789a; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.4s ease; vertical-align: baseline;">singing their beautiful melodies</a> long before they are spotted.</div>
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If you are fortunate to glimpse one you will recognise them by their distinctive white tuft under their throat. This tuft contrasts dramatically with the metallic blue-green sheen to their underlying black colour. </div>
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Flat Shea couldnt pass up the opportunity to have a photo taken at the local police station too. One interesting thing to know about Police in NZ is that they dont carry guns around like in America. They wear Blue uniforms too. </div>
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Once upon a time when all New Zealand forest birds lived in trees, Tane Mahuta, Lord of the Forest, glided to earth. His forest alive with birdsong and his feet barely ruffling the thick carpet of leaves, he looked to the treetops. There, a flock of kiwi, the most colourful of his children, feathers aglow in the morning sun, flittered from branch to branch in a mighty Kauri.</div>
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“Ahhh,” he sighed, paused, watched and marvelled at how bright their feathers had become. A satisfied smile on his face, he ghosted through his forest breathing in the fragrance of rata and clematis. Undergrowth foliage and vines parted to form a pathway as he approached. Nikau and Totara arched their leafy heads in greeting and fantail followed in his wake. When he broke into the stand of Kauri, he winced, knelt at the base of the mightiest of them all and sifted his fingers through the mountain of fallen leaves and cones. Head lifted, his eyes followed the straight lines of the trunk where golden sap oozed and continued upwards to ghost-white denuded branches.<br />
“What is happening here?” he asked. “The soil is good and rainfall plentiful. Why are my trees dying?”<br />
On closer inspection, he discovered the ring-barking on every trunk. Enraged by the destruction of his children, he pared away the damaged bark.<br />
“Bugs, they’re the culprits,” he thundered. “How can I protect my trees from these creatures?”<br />
A day passed and another, while Tane Mahuta, astride a fallen kauri, pondered. No nearer a solution, he lifted his head skyward, “Brother,” he called, “creatures living on the forest floor are killing my trees. They bite into the bark and steal the sap. If the trees die, so will the birds. What can be done to save them?”<br />
The Sky Lord remained silent for so long the Tane thought his brother must have not heard his call.<br />
“Brother!” he called again.<br />
The sky lowered to the earth and Tane Hokohoko whispered in his brother’s ear.<br />
A smile on his lips, Tane Mahuta rose from the log and his voice ringing clear through the forest canopy he, called, “Bellbird, to me.”<br />
Within in minutes, Bellbird hovered before her maker.<br />
“Gather your kind, Bellbird. They are to tell all the birds Tane Mahuta, Lord of the Forest wishes to speak with them beneath Mount Hikurangi on the evening of the next full moon.”<br />
At the appointed time, all birds gathered. Each species roosted in trees in a close knit cluster, at the base of the sacred mountain.<br />
Tane Mahuta, his voice rumbling like thunder from the snowcapped mountain top, called, “Ground bugs are killing my children. Which of you birds will come down from the trees and live on the ground to save the forest.”<br />
Silence hung thick in the air and, as each second passed, tension grew. The Tane’s brow creased deeper and deeper until valleys furrowed his handsome nut-brown features. Eyes ablaze he turned toward the tuis huddled together on the top branches of a Kowhai tree. “Tui, will you come down from the forest roof to save the trees?”<br />
The Tui, shrank in fear. Their wings fluttered so rapidly a whoosh of air swept up the mountain slope. “Oh no, Tane Mahuta, it’s too dark there,” a spokesman stammered. “And, we’re afraid of the dark.”<br />
“Well, Pukeko,” Tane called. “Will you come down to live on the forest floor to feed?”<br />
“No,” Pukeko, chorused. “The ground is too wet and we don’t like our feet being wet.”<br />
Tane Mahuta snorted. Air swept down the slopes and through the trees ruffling feathers and chilling all perched there.<br />
“Pipiwharauroa? What about your kind, Cuckoo?”<br />
“Us?” Cuckoo cried. “We’re far, far too busy building nests for our families to go down onto the forest floor.”<br />
Tane Mahuta’s face creased with pain. His anguished roar flocked the birds into the air. The sun scudded across the sky and dipped below the Western horizon before its appointed time. Only thin shafts of its light-rays remained striating the early evening sky. Tane, eyed the species all of a twitter and waited for them to settle.<br />
“Fools!” he said when all was quiet, “If one of you doesn’t come down, not only will all trees die, but you too will suffer, for you will have nowhere to live.” His eyes again ranged over all those assembled. “Who will volunteer?”<br />
There was silence; a quiet so great it hung in the air like a heavy cloud. Finally, murmurings amongst the Kiwi broke the eerie spell.<br />
“Kiwi,” Tane Mahuta said, his eyes welling with tears, “you are the forest’s last hope. Will you come down from the trees to live on the forest floor?”<br />
The oldest kiwi, his bright green plumage crowned with reds and yellows glowing in the last of the day’s light, searched the faces of all his kind. Every head having nodded, he turned back to face the Tane. “We will come down,” he called and flew down onto the dark, dank forest floor.<br />
Air sighed from the Tane’s mouth. A smile twitched the corners of his mouth then morphed into a scowl as he looked to the other birds in the trees. Then, fingers worrying his chin and head cocked, his eyes searched each kiwi face. “You do realize, Kiwi, if you do this, you will have to grow strong legs, and loose your beautiful wings and colourful feathers to blend in with the forest floor.”<br />
“We know,” the kiwi’s chorused.<br />
“You will never be able to return to the trees, and never again will you forage in the light of day.”<br />
The kiwi’s nodded, turned their heads to the West for one last look at the sun and flew down from the trees.<br />
In a twinkling, Tane Mahuta wove his magic stood back, smiling down on the two species and six varieties of kiwi created, some brown and some spotted. “Thank you, kiwi’s. I’m sure the trees will be safe with you keeping the harmful bugs in check. I shall be forever grateful to you.”<br />
He turned to the other birds and his face darkened.<br />
“Tui,” he thundered, “from now on you will wear two white feathers at your throat as the mark of a coward.”<br />
Pukeko, you will spend the rest of your days in the swamp, and you, Pipiwharauroa, because you were too busy building nests for your families, you will never again build another nest. Instead, you will lay your eggs in the nest of others.”<br />
Anguished cries flooded the air.<br />
“Silence,” roared the Tane, “I have not yet finished.”<br />
His face softened and his voice filled with emotion, he turned to the kiwi’s. “Thank you my children for saving the forest. Because of your willingness to sacrifice your life in the trees, you will become the best-loved and best-known of all New Zealand birds.” http://blog.goethe.de/onceuponatime/archives/237-TANES-CHILDREN-by-Maureen-Green.html<br />
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At the Gisborne Town Clock!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-80882466670209287722015-04-17T00:10:00.000-07:002015-04-17T03:50:40.213-07:00Hakuna "MATATA" - On their travels Flat Shea and Breeana discovered the MOST vandalized sign in New Zealand..... ? Every time they clean off the graffiti someone else comes along and just cant pass up the opportunity to do it all over again.......... Can you guess why??? <br />
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We don't actually say MATATA the way they do in the Lion King movie, but its still a pretty funny thing to see. We say MATA-TAH not Ma-ta-ta like in the movie.</div>
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The day that Flat Shea visited the wharf at Tologa Bay the whole of New Zealand was having the First lot of really cold weather we will have coming into Winter. It was freezing and super windy. It was so windy that Breeana and Flat Shea only got half way across the bridge before they had to run back to escape the gale force winds and freezing rain. If you walk at a good pace it might take you about 10 minutes to walk to the end. If you look closely at the pictures you can see where old train tracks once were because when it was first used it was used to move the supplies to and from the ships that came in.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Tolaga Bay was named by James Cook. The Māori name is Uawa Nui A Ruamatua, or Uawa for short.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The wharf was built to provide access to this town when, back in the 1830s, there was a thriving flax trade involving early European traders. The bay itself is quite shallow and so a long wharf was required—660metres to be precise. That’s the longest in New Zealand-Aotearoa, but not the longest in the world. That distinction belongs to Southend Pier in Essex, UK. It’s 2.16 kms long.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Having said that, there is a longer wharf, but it’s not a pier type construction like Tolaga Bay and Southend. The shipping wharf at the Port of New Orleans is 3.4 kms long. It can take 15 container ships at a time.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-7834163098341564902015-04-16T22:51:00.001-07:002015-04-17T03:53:08.567-07:00Making Flax angelsFlat Shea met a lady who teaches people how to weave flax (Harakeke). Flat Shea helped make a flax angel and has even made flax fibre rope ..<br />
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.( http://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/maori-weaving-for-kids/)<br />
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Large quantities of harakeke can still be found around traditional Māori pa sites where it was cultivated to provide fibre for weaving and medicine. The nectar from the flowers was also used to sweeten food.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-90130665162925418442015-04-16T22:33:00.001-07:002015-04-17T03:54:10.088-07:00Flat Shea learns about Captain Cook....Do you know who Captain Cook was? Flat Shea found a statue of Him in Gisborne. Here are some cool facts about him!<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: omnes-pro-1, omnes-pro-2, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4;">James Cook’s First Voyage of Discovery to New Zealand took place between 1769- 1770. During this time Cook and his crew sailed around New Zealand mapping the coastline, describing the soils, plants and animals and developing relationships with the local Maori people'. When Captain Cook landed in Turanganui A Kiwa or Gisborne the Maori people didnt know who he was so they did a Wero which is a traditional Maori challenge. Captain Cook and his Crew didn't know what they were doing and shot about 6 of the Maori warriors.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-81223806003754684052015-04-16T22:25:00.001-07:002015-04-17T03:45:37.014-07:00A Visit to HobbitonDid you know that you can find HOBBITON in New Zealand ? The Movie set for the Hobbit is in a little place called Matamata. Flat Shea visited there on the way to Gisborne.<br />
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These photos are taken outside the information center which has been made to look like a Hobbit house.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-71052662969545387462015-04-10T02:30:00.001-07:002015-04-17T03:32:54.654-07:00Just in case you are wondering<div dir="ltr">
Breeana and flat Shea have gone on a big adventure with some friends. They travelled 6 hours from home and are staying in a place called Gisborne. They are away for 6 days......but they have told us they are taking lots of pics to post when they get back. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669945089416551793.post-23792862985508267912015-04-05T22:54:00.000-07:002015-04-05T22:54:28.839-07:00Easter Monday! A trip to Pukekohe!Today Flat Shea came with us to Visit Breeana's Nanni in Pukekohe. (Pook -ee -ko -he) It is about an hours drive from where we live. <br />
Nanni made us all a lovely lunch including some yummy rasberry swirl easter cupcakes. Flat Shea loved those!<br />
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Every Year Nanni makes us a new Easter toy or decoration - This Year she made us this very cute Bunny with a basket full of Easter eggs. Looks like Flat Shea has made a new friend.</div>
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Flat Shea Loved playing in Nanni's Toy box!</div>
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Nanni's House is always full of teddy bears, and Flat Shea discovered Nanni's Calendar.....</div>
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To get to Nanni's house we have to travel over the Auckland Harbour Bridge......</div>
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ON the way to Nannis House Flat Shea saw some Funny place names on the signs as we were driving.... See if you can say them....</div>
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Paerata</div>
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Otahuhu</div>
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Papatoetoe</div>
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Manurewa</div>
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Pa Pa Koo Ra</div>
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Pie Ra Ta</div>
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O ta Hoo Hoo</div>
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Pa Pa Toy Toy</div>
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