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Just back from a super quick trip to the North Island of New Zealand. We have been to the South Island many times, but this was our first trip to the north.
We visited Wellington and Rotorua, here are some of the images of our trip.
We were lucky enough to visit two hand-made markets and purchase some gorgeous goodies for our store, more on that later!
To the left is a gorgeous little store in Cuba St, Wellington called Iko Iko, full of hand made and imported goodies - spotted a few Aussie items in there too!
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We browsed some wonderful second hand book shops, did some cool crafty and fun things at the amazing TePapa Museum, and travelled across some really beautiful countryside.
I even spotted this gorgeous florist also selling handmade goodies from Amy Butler fabric.
Ofcourse the bubbling mud pools were a favourite with our little one, as well as a magnificent volcano covered in snow!
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lovely pictures, glad you all had a great time and are home safely...back to work now.
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Gorgeous, gorgeous pics!
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