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Foxton is a small town that is north west of Palmerston North. It is a sea side settlement that comes alive during the summer months with holiday makers from all round New Zealand.

Foxton Beach, 2009: I just wanted to tell him to harden up but he is bigger than me. I watched all morning as he managed to tame the waves and ride them. He says riding a wive is just like riding a woman, but I really have my doughts about that.

I am a city boy at heart so I feel really out of place when it comes to doing farm things … whats with all the animals. Ahhh someone save me!

Now before you all think I have been getting some ideas, Rambo and I were getting along quite well.

Working from a remote place is not a problem at all. I am here in Mataura of all places right across the road from the meat works. What a stinker!

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A short walk around the bay and you come to Kairaki Beach which lines the banks of the Waimakariri River.

In the remotest of remote places in New Zealand you find out the most interesting information like this. On the 9th of August 1998 an aircraft from the Southern Air fleet had to ditch 1.75kms from the coast. Some of the passengers never made it.

The sun setting over Dunedin is always a breathtaking experience. The clear sky and glass like sea makes sitting on this hill on the cold worth wile.

With the soft white sand under my feet I went for a walk down one of most used beaches around Dunedin. The weather really is not bad and the waves are breaking enough for surfers to have fun.

I went for a trip with my mate down to the stone store. I\’m standing where the old bridge was that was washed away in the last round of storms that they had up here.