Monday 26/10/15 Touring North Island. The next adventure started today! We woke after a really good sleep, packed our bags and arranged a transfer to Maui motor home rental near the airport. Our 'Platinum Beach' camper was waiting for us, and after a guided tour, some signatures and some 'dos and donts' we were ready to go. Bill spent a while working out how and what did what, and then we were off! We carefully turned left out of the car park, and pulled away....

Sunday 26/10/15. Auckland. After a hot and restless night with Air New Zealand we arrived over Auckland at sunrise to spectacular red skies and a beautiful vista over the islands through a gap in the clouds. We landed at 6.15 am to a cool overcast day. Quite a change after the humid heat of Hawaii. Initial formalities were straightforward until we reached the bio security screen. 'Are you carrying any food?'. 'Do you have any water sports equipment?'. 'Have you...