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Amelia Norman spent a large proportion of her childhood travelling the world, and vividly remembers complaining about it much of the way: there was the eyebrow-raising tantrum in the Montreux market at age 3; the defiant disrobing in Bath (note: not in the bath), aged 4; falling asleep in a plate of Bangkok noodles, aged 8; and the disgusted indignation that only a 15-year-old can muster at "yet another boring glacier" in Alaska.

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Unearthing Te Papa
On the day that the Whales / Tohora exhibition closed at Te Papa Tongarewa - the National Museum of New Zealand - a pod of killer whales could be seen frolicking outside in Oriental Bay......
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The Colours of Auckland
It certainly takes more than a grey morning to dull the vibrant colours of New Zealand's largest city....
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Legendary Paradise: Mokoia Island
The boat slices through the calm waters of Lake Rotorua. Ahead, I see the humpbacked silhouette of Mokoia Island rearing from the lake's centre... ...
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Waitomo: New Zealand's Underground Scene
In the depths of Ruakuri Cave, I'm surrounded by a smorgasbord of golden rock formations......
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Stop for Something Different at Punakaiki
"Now there's something you don't see every day," says Brian, our bus driver. "A traffic light." He's not kidding. As we idle at the red he tells us that this - a temporary traffic light set up for road works - is the only one on the entire West Coast of the South Island......
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