paihia day 4 – breakfast walk and first trip to waitangi

today started with a stomp up a hill for the simpson family

we chose rather a steep one and wished we’d had some breakfast before we’d set off

by the time we got back down we were a bit late to eat out breakfast so we hurried back so we could get on with the day’s combined doings

here’s a strange plant seed !

and here’s some genuine blackpool rock for sale in a local shop

anyway, in the afternoon we went to waitangi which is where the import treaty was signed between the native maori people and the white british settlers

 

  

even without its historical significance it’s a lovely place with a lovely old building from the olden days (bit before 1840 i think)

 

we watched a little cultural show whilst jane went to the doctors because her eyes were really hurting

in the evening we got the boat over to russell for our dinner, and bumped in to layne and lorraine plus family who live near us and are in our church small group !

in fact we bumped in to them each of the next three days

here’s what we all had for dinner – snapper and chips

and here’s some desserts. 

 

kezia’s ice cream got a thumbs up