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Cousin Simon and his family live in the suburbs of Auckland in a wonderful 100 year old Bungalow which they are currently renovating. The interior is finished and they're on to paint color for the exterior. Simon and Jane have two small boys, Conor and Cormac, 5 and 2. Sunday morning we went for a walk on Mt Eden, a hallowed out volcanic remnant in the middle of Auckland. You can see his family in the pix.
That afternoon, We went to a museum with a fantastic collection from the various oceanic peoples, I.e., the Hawaiians, the Pacific Islanders, and New Zealand natives or the Maori (pronounced Mowry). One thing interesting that we learned: according to Jane Ladd's father, who is a distinguished authority on religions of the oceanic peoples (their term), all of these people - Polynesians, Micronesians, etc. originally came out of Taiwan. Never knew that before.
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