(Barely) Working Title: How to retire in your twenties
Having left Little Norway, we had a look online for things to do in the vicinity. The first suggestion was a brewery so we didn’t look at the other suggestions.
The Tui Brewery is a rather strange place as it’s a huge national brewery in a tiny little village. You can see the famous Tui Tower in all its art-deco splendour for miles around. There’s an option to go on a guided tour and talk about how the beer is made but we arrived at the wrong time. Our response was to give ourselves a tour and discuss how the beer might be made.
People in New Zealand hate Tui, by and large. It’s strange as the beer itself is quite nice. People talk about it like it’s Carling but it’s ok. The marketing however, leaves a little to be desired. All of their events centre around the scantily-clad “Tui Girls” and their ads
Lewis George
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16 Apr 2020
Tui-many puns and Hastings
May 02, 2019
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The Tui Brewery, Hastings
Having left Little Norway, we had a look online for things to do in the vicinity. The first suggestion was a brewery so we didn’t look at the other suggestions.
The Tui Brewery is a rather strange place as it’s a huge national brewery in a tiny little village. You can see the famous Tui Tower in all its art-deco splendour for miles around. There’s an option to go on a guided tour and talk about how the beer is made but we arrived at the wrong time. Our response was to give ourselves a tour and discuss how the beer might be made.
People in New Zealand hate Tui, by and large. It’s strange as the beer itself is quite nice. People talk about it like it’s Carling but it’s ok. The marketing however, leaves a little to be desired. All of their events centre around the scantily-clad “Tui Girls” and their ads
consist of 70’s-style gems such as “Nah, Kate Middleton doesn’t do it for me: Yeah right!”.
We tried a couple of tasters of their brews then headed up to Hastings. This place claims to be an English style town, which basically means there are many roundabouts and familiar street names on every corner. We called in at a place called Common Room and struck up conversation with a couple of strays in the bar. One of our new companions was a local kiwi who had been stood up for a date that night, and our second drinking buddy was a graphic designer from Germany who was also touring the North island. Our motley crue chatted away over several hours/pints and half agreed to climbing a mountain the next morning. Then we went to sleep in a city centre carpark. That’s life.
At 8am we received a surprising text from our Deutsche friend asking if we were ready for the climb. Some things, it seems, are universal - Tinder dates rarely end in success and Germans can be counted on to be much more punctual than they first claim.
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The first trip: Miranda to Thames
2.
Land of the Long, White Cloud
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Backyard Exploring
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Hit the Road, Jack
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Under the Weather
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The Road of Death?
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An Eel called "Eel"
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Descent into the Black Abyss...
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Everybody's Going Surfing...
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Living in a van: is this the real life?
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Out with the Old and in with the New (Plymouth)
12.
Walk this Way
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The Great Taranaki
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The "Forgotten" Highway
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Chronicle + Art = Article
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Derby Day
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Mission Accomplished: Come on you Nix!
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The post-Phoenix hangover
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The Tongariro Alpine Crossing
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Whanganui 2 - This Time it’s Personal
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Tui-many puns and Hastings
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The Giant Among Us & Bell Rock
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Acoustics, Art & A Bloody Cold Sea
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Napier Calling
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Bridget Jones' Diary - Cheese, Chocolate, Wine
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Land and Sea
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Mahia-hee, Mahia-hu...
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The Gisborne Identity
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East Cape Escape
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The Long and Winding Road
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More or Less Pork.
32.
The Land of the Rising Sun
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Hikurangi: Reaching New Heights
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Stingray, Stingray!
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Bay of Plenty (of Surprises)
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Future Reflections
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Birthday Part 1 - Going Off Pissed
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Birthday Part 2 - Going En Piste
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Mid-Winter Christmas
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I Get Knocked Down (But I Get Up Again)
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Job Hunting: I Need a Dollar, Dollar
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Busy Earnin'
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Hoppy Daze
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Making a House a Home
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What to expect when you’re expecting
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Bright Lights, Big City
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Feeling Each and Every Mile
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What to export when you're exporting
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Waipapa Marae: An Unexpected Welcome
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Tane of the Sky Father
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The Boy Most Likely To
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Go Rooster!
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Friday 13th
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Mild Orange, Heavy Chest
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Champions of the World
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Wild, Wild West (Auckland)
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Team Zlatan Heineken
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Great Expectations
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Un petit rendezvous
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Duck Island (sans canards)
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It’s Coming Home?
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Culture, init?
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Sue’s Turtle Garden
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New Caledonia - It’s a Rollercoaster (metaphorically)
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It’s gone abroad...
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Future Me Hates Me
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“You can’t beat Wellington on a sunny day”
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Te Papa Tongarewa: New Zealand’s Treasure Chest
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Island in the Sun
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Wine on Waiheke
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I'm Dreaming of a Really Sunny and Warm as Hell Christmas
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A Visitor!
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New Year, New Zealand
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Worm-tomo
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A Vicious Cycle
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Tongario 2.0: This time it's actually visible
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Wow Nature, you furry
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Whakarewarewa: Living Māori Vilage
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Ain't No Mountain...
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Hot Rodders & Hotter Weather
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North Shore, Not Sure
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