The towns' name is Paekakariki. The next one up the coast is Paraparaumu. Basically, they've got multi-syllable names starting with P absolutely down. Here is a complete inventory of what can be found in town: One ocean w/ black sand beach. Two giant, yellow, freaky-looking mountains. Fifty tiny, agile, surfers. We were going to take a pic of Nomadic Monkey in a speedo, and then we remembered there were kids reading this.
![]() Zoe demonstrates the finer points of coffee drinking. Nomadic Monkey demonstrates the finer points of looking round |
![]() Actually, this would be a really well-lit, artsy picture if only the human wasn't in it |
![]() Alright, that's quite enough of that |


































