OrewaTel is a New Zealand resident who does not live in Orewa. Because I originally came from England, I can order beer in 9 different European languages. Now I live in New Zealand's Winterless North I have added Māori to the list. I am trying to learn Te Reo.

Kia pai to ra!

Having trained as a scientist, worked as an engineer and mathematician, and served as an elected politician, I am qualified to make fatuous comments in many fields.


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the Northland region,
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This user has visited 16 of the 16 regions of New Zealand.16
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“The purpose of satire, it has been rightly said, is to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half-truth. And our job, as I see it, is to put it back again.” Michael Flanders