aotearoa is the maori name for new zealand.

it means "the land of the long white cloud."

on this day, i joined the others for a walk

but then decided to sit on a hill

by myself while they went ahead.

(luckily, i didn't go because

they took a wrong track,

got lost after the sun went down

and the police had to search for them).

they came back hours later and

the first thing morgan said to them was:

"where are the car keys? i'm hungry."