The weather is not looking too bad. There is some high thin cloud but sunny breaks. What does the forecast say?
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A few showers expected later. It is 14℃ at the moment, should get up to 17℃ later, brrr, I don't like winter.
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I'm sure that I have mentioned before but it feels so completely wrong to my Northern European brain to go the whole of the winter without a mid-winter festival to break it up.Comment
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It will come as no surprise to discover that the real locals do have a mid-winter festival, known as matariki. Observed when the seven sisters can be seen in the same part of the sky as the rising sun, end of May or in June. It marks the start of the new year.Comment
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It is not treated as an official public holiday though and most people ignore it.Comment
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The Queen's Birthday though is an official public holiday.Comment
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Do we have that shaking head emoticon yet?Comment
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Then you get Christmas in the middle of the summer.Comment
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People use that as an excuse to take a long break.Comment
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Nothing much happens during December and January as a result.Comment
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