We drove further north today, into one of New Zealand’s favourite holiday locations. The rain stopped, the temperature rose, and things began to look up. We stopped for lunch, and I had the most divine shakshuka, with lentils in the tomato sauce, and on a delicious capsicum hummus. I was in heaven. Then we continued on, past beaches, pohutukawa in flower, to our destination on a beach. The clouds began to clear, and we sat on our deck with a drink, sighing in delight.