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We see the starting area out near Whangaparoa and can just make out two grey triangles moving like shark fins above the bumpy line of smaller craft . - he made it quite clear that although looking round NZ was ok , sailing was the main event . Really not time for much more than a Bach sonata and a BBQ as they were on the last leg of a NZ holiday , but we were glad they called in . The new challenge has certainly been interesting , but there 's a long way to go before she 's proficient enough to accompany anyone with confidence , and her brave attempts so far often leave the students giggling . Anna has had a good year , and we think it has contributed to her development in a very positive way . Ian 's nephew Peter and five other medical students from Belfast came to stay with us for a few days on their way back from work experience in Sydney ; our pool table still has n't quite cooled down from all those hot shots . And on the way back to Hamilton we ate delicious kebabs at a favourite haunt : Esmerelda 's traditional Lebanese / Maori kitchen in Papakura , alongside taxi drivers and people dining out in their pyjamas ... We happened to be there on midsummer 's day , and were treated that night in the castle grounds to MitSommerNacht Traum , not Shakespeare 's play but a torchlit medieval celebration with jugglers , acrobats , fire-eaters , a ( female ) snake-dancer and spider-tamer who wore little else , medieval tradesmen like blacksmith and cobblers , and medieval craft stores . There was no problem but she wanted more freedom to find her own way , and despite distinctly anxious parents that 's exactly what happened . The staff ensemble has proudly played at school assemblies , the teachers learning first-hand , and with some surprise , how terrifying public performance is-which heightens their appreciation of the children 's achievements . In fact our first taste of blue-water swimming was at the dead centre of a cyclone , on Sunday morning in the Whangerei town pool . - - though the biggest problem in this one seemed to be how to keep the ducks out of the swimming pool , not a dilemma that Ian recalls from his student days .