The last long trip for the 2012 for Stephen was made solo. A workshop, short talk, and long session had to be delivered and a conference attended. The conference happened to be when the film "The Hobbit" was launched, so it was a strange Middle of Middle Earth few days. Paulie lived in Wellington in the 1980s, so Stephen felt the need to find the house she lived in. A tradition - he has visited her childhood home, one of her London residences and her Auckland pad that we rennovated.
Sunday- A walk back to the hotel after drinks with a few AUT and Massey Uni staff finds some nice Victorian architecture
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Monday was work on talk for later in week, and a nice big walk. All streets ready for Hobbit release on Wed
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To Oriental Bay, looking for Paulie's pad from some years ago
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A Hobbit arts fair. these are the guys who did all scultping work
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Moving sand from one beach to another
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Spotted! Paulie's street
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And indeed the house she shared a decade or two ago
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A hill to climb
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Looking for Hobbits in the hills
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Atop the hill, airport one side
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Town the other
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The windswept look
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Stephen saw architectural and geological similarities to San Francisco
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A Hobbit craft fair
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An anti-windswept haircut
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Up on the cable car
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Looking down across Victoria Uni
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Must have taken a wrong turn
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Whilst Stephen presented at Te Papa, Hobitters turned up
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Helper Elf, Judit Klein from AUT
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Ready, set, ...
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