OK, so a few days in to my New Zealand experience and everyone keeps assuring me that the beautiful weather is just a passing thing and won't last. Not a drop of rain since arriving last Thursday night!

We spent all Saturday on Auckland Harbour, with a former Kiwi National Champion of yachting, Paul Meo. He took us out on his boat and we caught a few snapper with his superior fishing advice. Lots of squid bait seemed to do the trick.

We also passed very close to 2 ex-Americas Cup yachts that they take out on chartered yachting trips. People pay $100 to have a go. We just cruised up close for a few photos. I left the new 12.1 megapixel camera at home, so it was up to my 3.2 megapixel camera on my phone to do the job. Lucky we were close!

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Orientation at AUT tomorrow - looking forward to the Masters!