08.21.06
Days 14,15,16,17 Hanging about Auckland
Spent some time on my blog then we went to visit Auckland Museum which currently has a Viking exhibition on …
Tuesday we just chilled then went to see Pirates of the Carribean/ Caribbean/ Carribbean 2 (look too tired to spell!!!) 
It was good – and I felt the 2 and half hours flew – sampled the choc topped ice cream they have at the cinema nice – not the choice we have at cine world tho … :big shock:
Visited Victoria Market which was once the site of a big old mill – the chimney The Destructor is still there – saw a neat t shirt I was tempted to buy – “Catholic School Survivor” on it – would the dep head of a cat lick school get away with wearing it I wonder …. 
We also did trips out to Long Bay and Browns Bay just so I could have my top up of sea air :LOL:
This was really a respite week after all the charging about we’d done and a chance to catch our breaths before flying down to Christchurch 
BUT I was also witness to history as on Tuesday The Maori Queen died.
I didn’t realise that there was one (and I suspect nor did alot of non Maori’s!)
The preparations for the funeral meant alot of people gathering in one place at the big meeting house of the tribe she belonged to …
The traditional symbol for Maori mourning is a garland of greenery worn on the head.