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Pam 's parents picked her up in London , and she had a whirlwind few weeks . So off we went , despite a windy forecast , setting out in 25 knots of wind with two reefs for a pleasant cruise to Man O ' War Bay on the far side of Waiheke Island . Brian departed , term began for Ian , and a few weeks later Pippa and John left too . Well , until she moved out to housesit for a friend a few weeks ago she 's been staying in our home ever since - - including looking after it while we've been away . On her monthly visits to Auckland she enjoys her brother Graham 's hospitality , plays in the Recorder Society there , and also participates in a rather good recorder quartet , which has just begun to take group lessons . They drove to Raglan , walked on beaches , visited Rotorua and all the tourist spots . ) Our love affair with the Wild West did not diminish when we moved to New Zealand , and over the past years we had kept the flame alive with two six-month periods back in Calgary .