new home in aotearoa

greetings from aotearoa!!! (that is maori for nz ps. it means land of the long white cloud. apparantly there was a long white cloud over nz when the maori got here about 2000 yrs agoish) anyway. i have arrived in my final destination of invercargill. the very bottom of the southern island if you like to take a gander of where it is. but my new mum here in invercargill's name is heather and she is fantastic. ashe takes great care of katie jo and myself (yes my roommates name is katie as well.) but nz has been fantastic. so many adventures. we drove a lot. but that's ok. i''ve seen this entire country in about 2 weeks. i've spent a lot of time in a car, on the beach, hiking random beautiful places in mountians, streams, glaciers, etc. we were in christchruch for the world busker festival. that was really fun! if i were to live in nz and not in the country in a small cottage and lie as a shepherd w my own sheep adn cows and grow my own food then i would live in christchurch. it is a beautiful and fabulous city. anyway invercargill is great. it is grogerous and small. the beach is right close and there is an awesome parka nd tons of fun things! it is about 5 yrs behind the times but you can't find anything like what you find here. i am safe and having fun and getting tan. i'll post pictures when i can!