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Just follow your nose

10.04.10

WHEN arriving in a new country, you might be welcomed with a firm handshake or a polite bow, maybe even a kiss on each cheek.

Having a towering, tattooed man press his nose against mine, however, has to be one of the more unusual – and enjoyable – greetings I have experienced.

In New Zealand, this exchange meant I was no longer considered a visitor, but rather as one of the people of the land.

The “hongi”, a traditional Maori welcome, made an interesting start to an unforgettable trip to the country also known as Land of the Long White Cloud after an exhausting journey through several time zones, as Air New Zealand flights from Britain to Auckland on North Island go via either Hong Kong or Los Angeles.

We eased the jet lag with a 45-minute drive to the west of the city, to the dramatic coast of Karekare, where thunderous waves pound the iron-black sand.

After a bracing walk along the dunes, which featured in Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning movie, The Piano, we headed to nearby Piha and the Waitakere ranges, a stunning wilderness area, for a lesson in nature, and even sampled some plants which provided nourishment for the Maori people in the past.

Source: Aberdeen Press and Journal

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