Jim and Jean came over on Friday evening. We went to explore Napier on Saturday morning and in the afternoon went up to Puketitiri and Balls Clearing. Balls Clearing is a 36 hectare reserve which is one of the few areas of untouched native forest which was never felled. It is full of tall native trees and lots of native birds. Jim certainly enjoyed the forest!
On Sunday we went over to see Norman Lowe (from Strangford) and his NZ wife Lynette. Norman migrated to NZ in 1973 and is a far out cousin. He is farming 300 hectares at Kereru in inner Hawkes Bay rearing beef cattle.
One of his daughters (with her Chilean husband) has developed a vineyard over at Crownthorpe and is selling her wines as far away as the UK. Check out the Monawai label.
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