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	<title>Avalon&#039;s Guide: Emigrate to New Zealand &#187; Wairarapa</title>
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	<description>There is no &#34;One True Path&#34; to emigrating.</description>
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		<title>Martinborough Fair 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/02/martinborough-fair-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Things to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martinbororugh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martinborough Fair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having escaped the big city rugby booze-fest this weekend, we got up early and headed to Martinborough for the first fair of the year (it&#8217;s held on the first Saturday in both February and March so you get 2 chances). Now having been a number of times, we are pretty quick at getting around the [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/02/the-martinborough-fair/' rel='bookmark' title='The Martinborough Fair.'>The Martinborough Fair.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/11/toast-martinborough-2009-%e2%80%93-the-aftermath/' rel='bookmark' title='Toast Martinborough 2009 – the aftermath.'>Toast Martinborough 2009 – the aftermath.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/11/the-french-bistro-martinborough/' rel='bookmark' title='The French Bistro Martinborough **'>The French Bistro Martinborough **</a></li>
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		<title>The Wairarapa is getting popular with big names</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/02/the-wairarapa-is-getting-popular-with-big-names/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/02/the-wairarapa-is-getting-popular-with-big-names/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NZIS & Immigration issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emigrate to New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Overseas Investment Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wairarapa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It turns out that James Cameron has bought two large plots of land near lake Wairarapa, after getting consent through the Overseas Investment Office.  I have to admit to finding that a little bit exciting.  Apparently according to the article, he and his family are going to be living permanently in New Zealand after setting [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/02/stop-selling-new-zealand-to-liechtenstein/' rel='bookmark' title='Stop selling New Zealand to&#8230;Liechtenstein!'>Stop selling New Zealand to&#8230;Liechtenstein!</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/06/winter-views-from-the-wairarapa/' rel='bookmark' title='Winter Views from the Wairarapa'>Winter Views from the Wairarapa</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/06/right-to-roam-does-not-exist-in-new-zealand/' rel='bookmark' title='Right to Roam does not exist in New Zealand.'>Right to Roam does not exist in New Zealand.</a></li>
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		<title>Why does it cost so much to buy tickets to a LOCAL event?</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/why-does-it-cost-so-much-to-buy-tickets-to-a-local-event/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/why-does-it-cost-so-much-to-buy-tickets-to-a-local-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cost of living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Budgeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money saving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rip Off New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wairarapa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My family were trying to buy tickets to a Local event &#8211; the 2012 Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival. This is an event held in March to allow wineries outside of Martinborough to try and get some of the kudos (and $$$?) of Toast Martinborough which they are not allowed to be part of. Martinborough Wineries [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/03/do-you-want-fry-buys-with-your-combine-harvester/' rel='bookmark' title='Do you want Fry buys with your combine harvester?'>Do you want Fry buys with your combine harvester?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/11/toast-martinborough-2009-%e2%80%93-the-aftermath/' rel='bookmark' title='Toast Martinborough 2009 – the aftermath.'>Toast Martinborough 2009 – the aftermath.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/02/the-martinborough-fair/' rel='bookmark' title='The Martinborough Fair.'>The Martinborough Fair.</a></li>
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		<title>Sad weekend for Wellington and the Wairarapa :(</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/sad-weekend-for-wellington-and-the-wairarapa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/sad-weekend-for-wellington-and-the-wairarapa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballooning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot Air Ballooning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wairarapa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a hard blog to write. I wasn&#8217;t even sure if I wanted to blog about this at all. On Saturday morning, there was a ballooning accident in Carterton and 11 people died. Hot Air Ballooning over the Wairarapa is one of the many things I hope to do someday. We have done it [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/08/wairarapa-weekend-attempt-3/' rel='bookmark' title='Wairarapa weekend &#8211; attempt 3'>Wairarapa weekend &#8211; attempt 3</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/07/our-first-weekend-in-the-wairarapa/' rel='bookmark' title='Our First &#8220;weekend in the Wairarapa&#8221;.'>Our First &#8220;weekend in the Wairarapa&#8221;.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/03/balloons-over-wairarapa/' rel='bookmark' title='Balloons over Wairarapa'>Balloons over Wairarapa</a></li>
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		<title>Scary quake in Wellington last night.</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/12/scary-quake-in-wellington-last-night/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/12/scary-quake-in-wellington-last-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christchurch Earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earthquakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wairarapa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There we were &#8211; quietly watching TV and we got the first rumble of an Earthquake. Then it got worse with a loud bang and some pretty severe shaking. It was enough to get us up off the sofa and heading for the table to dive under it. It turned out to be a 5.7 [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/02/christchurch-has-been-hit-by-another-huge-earthquake/' rel='bookmark' title='Christchurch has been hit by another huge earthquake.'>Christchurch has been hit by another huge earthquake.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/06/thinking-of-christchurch-again/' rel='bookmark' title='Thinking of Christchurch &#8211; again.'>Thinking of Christchurch &#8211; again.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/09/major-earthquake-hits-christchurch/' rel='bookmark' title='Major earthquake hits Christchurch :('>Major earthquake hits Christchurch :(</a></li>
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		<title>20 Years of Toast Martinborough</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/11/20-years-of-toast-martinborough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/11/20-years-of-toast-martinborough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Things to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toast Martinborough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wairarapa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 20th Anniversary took place on Sunday &#8211; which luckily was 1 day&#8217;s grace before gale force winds have literally rocked the lower north Island. We have now been every year &#8211; except last year when we were in Sydney and couldn&#8217;t make it &#8211; it&#8217;s a family &#8220;tradition&#8221;. Now normally, I tend to be [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/11/toast-martinborough-2009-%e2%80%93-the-aftermath/' rel='bookmark' title='Toast Martinborough 2009 – the aftermath.'>Toast Martinborough 2009 – the aftermath.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/02/the-martinborough-fair/' rel='bookmark' title='The Martinborough Fair.'>The Martinborough Fair.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/11/the-french-bistro-martinborough/' rel='bookmark' title='The French Bistro Martinborough **'>The French Bistro Martinborough **</a></li>
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		<title>On the the other hand &#8211; Rimutaka Road ahead of schedule.</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/11/on-the-the-other-hand-rimutaka-road-ahead-of-schedule/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/11/on-the-the-other-hand-rimutaka-road-ahead-of-schedule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Driving in New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rimutaka hill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Manawatu Gorge may be stuffed, but the work on the Rimutaka hill is storming ahead &#8211; and is due to finish months early &#8211; in March next year. I cant wait. It&#8217;s impressive as it is &#8211; but right now its little better than driving on a 4wd track. Which in a low 2 [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/06/cutting-through-the-rimutaka-hill-road/' rel='bookmark' title='Cutting through the Rimutaka Hill Road'>Cutting through the Rimutaka Hill Road</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/11/a-small-issue-of-a-blocked-road/' rel='bookmark' title='A small issue of a blocked road.'>A small issue of a blocked road.</a></li>
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		<title>A small issue of a blocked road.</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/11/a-small-issue-of-a-blocked-road/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/11/a-small-issue-of-a-blocked-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Driving in New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manawatu Gorge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offroading New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palmerston North]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wairarapa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; This is the current state of the Manawatu Gorge  - the main road between the Wairarapa and Palmerston North. Its been like this for  months now, after a storm caused an initial slip back in August. Its been open for 3 days since then. The issue is causing massive problems &#8211; there is another [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/11/building-roads-1km-a-year/' rel='bookmark' title='Only in New Zealand: Building roads 1km a year!'>Only in New Zealand: Building roads 1km a year!</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/06/cutting-through-the-rimutaka-hill-road/' rel='bookmark' title='Cutting through the Rimutaka Hill Road'>Cutting through the Rimutaka Hill Road</a></li>
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		<title>A great service day :)</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/10/a-great-service-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/10/a-great-service-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in New Zealand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two shout-outs todays for brilliant and helpful service. John at South Wairarapa Autos (our favourite Wairarapa garage anyway) for coming to our rescue at the local tip because the car wouldn&#8217;t start. Actually a second shout out here goes to TAD Builders for trying to help us get our car started first. But as that [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/04/masterton-airport/' rel='bookmark' title='Masterton airport'>Masterton airport</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/08/good-service-from-meridian-today/' rel='bookmark' title='Good service from Meridian today.'>Good service from Meridian today.</a></li>
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		<title>Proper devonshire cream tea at Clear River Estate</title>
		<link>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/09/proper-devonshire-cream-tea-at-clear-river-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/09/proper-devonshire-cream-tea-at-clear-river-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avalon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Things to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clear River Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clotted Cream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devonshire cream tea in New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wairarapa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Actually we had this last weekend for fathers day &#8211; I have just been too lazy to blog about it till now. We came across this new winery the weekend before at a &#8220;Made In The Wairarapa&#8221; expo. Clear View winery used to be the Solstone Estate which closed down three years ago. We do [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2010/12/clotted-cream-really-is-now-available-in-new-zealand/' rel='bookmark' title='Clotted Cream really is now available in New Zealand!'>Clotted Cream really is now available in New Zealand!</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2009/01/how-to-make-clotted-cream-in-new-zealand/' rel='bookmark' title='How to make Clotted Cream in New Zealand.'>How to make Clotted Cream in New Zealand.</a></li>
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