My family arrived in Wellington a few days ago from the UK – the first time in NZ for my brother and the first real chance to get to know Wellington properly for my parents (they had a brief visit once before but don’t remember much).
Molly and Alfie are super hyped up and have a lot of excitement and energy at the moment. Grandad was exhausted within half an hour of arriving here! They are also mega excited about having Uncle Philip here (“because he’s a little bit naughty Mum”) so he’s not getting much rest time either.
So, in amongst rushing around collecting our rings, nail polish and other last minute bits & pieces for the wedding, we managed to spend the weekend in a fairly leisurely way – we even managed some daytime beers! We showed the family some of our favourite south coast beaches and one of our favourite cafes on Sunday, and we took them to the Waitangi Day celebrations yesterday.
Waitangi Day is a public holiday and a pretty important event in NZ, so there were celebrations going on everywhere. We chose to go down to the waterfront where we watched a ceremonial waka (Maori canoe) and then the kids went wild and scootered around a lot, we had a few beers & lemonades in the sun, and then we watched a few bands, storytellers, cultural performances etc. 
Hopefully my family are enjoying their time here, although it’s not been without mishaps so far. Mum and Dad have managed to get lost every time they’ve gone out in their car so far, Dad and Philip have both managed to get sunburnt (despite a complete lack of sun/summer), and one member of the family (who shall not be named here!) had to leave the Waitangi celebrations for a while because the music was too loud for him!
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