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    Tea Among Kiwis
    Tea Among Kiwis
    Tea Among Kiwis
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    Tea Among Kiwis

    By Andrew Sparke

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    A journal in free verse and photographs of a ski season in New Zealand.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAPS Publications
    Release dateOct 6, 2017
    ISBN9781912309016
    Tea Among Kiwis
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    Andrew Sparke

    A lawyer and retired local government Chief Executive, Andrew Sparke has reinvented himself as a writer and indie publisher. He owns and manages APS Publications, a vehicle for fiction, poetry, food, travel, sport, erotica, music, photography, health and spirituality, which publishes other indie authors as well as his own work. News and more information is available online at andrew.sparke.com Two novels 'Abuse, Cocaine and Soft Furnishings' and 'Copper Trance & Motorways' are available. A third entitled 'Anger Limerence & Fault Lines' is in preparation.

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      Book preview

      Tea Among Kiwis - Andrew Sparke

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      Tea Among Kiwis

      Copyright ©2017 APS Publications

      All rights reserved.

      The moral right of the author has been asserted.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of the publisher except that brief selections may be quoted or copied without permission, provided that full credit is given.

      Tattoo - photograph courtesy of Stuart Yeates (CC-BY-SA-2.0). Tommy Emmanuel - photograph courtesy Janet Spinas Dancer (CC-BY-2.0).

      MIC Building -  photograph by Tony Willis (CC-BY-SA-3.0).

      ‘Cock’ - photograph from Silo Theatre publicity poster.

      The Vegas Girl  - photograph by Ingolfson (Public Domain).

      Auckland from Mount Eden - photograph by Alan Collins (CC-BY-3.0).

      Landscape with sheep near Mt Ruapehu - photograph by Jorge Royan (CC-BY-SA-3.0).

      Willis Street at night - photograph by Victor Stone

      Other photographs in this book are reproduced with the kind permission of the Ticket to Ride Group and Eddie James, Paddy James, Kate Joyce, Andy MacLeod, Will Savile, and Andrew Sparke.

      APS Publications, 4 Oakleigh Road, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 2JX

      www.andrewsparke.com

      www.tickettoridegroup.com

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      A FEW WORDS FIRST

      This is a journal of sorts. It records, mainly in free verse and photographs, a visit to New Zealand’s North Island, primarily to spend the better part of a snow sports season in the immediate vicinity of Mt. Ruapehu.

      Interestingly for a ski resort, the warning signs on the mountain inform you not only how to react to an avalanche but also what to do in the event of pyroclastic activity from the volcano or of a lahar, an overflow of

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