Long days hitch

So I set out today to cape Reinga....I caught a bus out of the city to a small town called Hellensville which is about an hour and a half north by bus...It took me about ten mins to walk thru H'ville and I began holding my thumb up....about five or six miles in I got picked up by a couple guys in a pickup, I hopped in back and got about ten mins up the road with them....Finally I started seeing a bit of the country side....about an hour later I got picked up by LC and his gf Shiane (and there baby lucy)....Turns out they were on the way to see The Game in concert..Also turns out that LC is a NZ rapper....They asked me all about stuff in the US like ghettos, and the texas chainsaw massacre.....real cool people...I got there numbers and we said we would say hey later....at this point it was about two in the afternooon and I was planning on staying at teh next town which was Wellsford, that was untill I got picked up by Sharron Marsh....Sharron is one sibling of 13, a mother of two, and a grandmother of four... She picked me up and offered to ride with her all the way to her house in Opononi which is well over 200k's....So then the country side turned green....Rolling hills of green dotted with sheep, cows, and fences that never seem to end....Insane stuff....rolling hills just like i thought, and this is during winter!......Along the ride she gave me her complete history pretty much...She can trace her Maori roots all the way back...She was real handy when it came to driving corners insanely fast and rolling ciggaretes...She lives just outside of the Waipoua Kauri Forrest....The Kauri is a massive native NZ tree....She told me about the "toot" plant and how if you touched it and put your hands in your mouth or ate it you would go crazy in the head and die....nice to know right...its a roadside plant and its everywhere....On the drive I got my first look at NZ sheep and the Tasman Sea....I tried taking some pictures as we drove but they didnt do the place justice so i deleted them, Ill get some others eventually.....SHe lives in a small cottage by herself but surrounded by family...Its situated right in a valley and the winds off of the Tasman shake thru like crazy...The land her house is on has been in the family for a long time....She told me that her and her husband but a couple acres and a house that needed to be rebuilt in 95 for about 50,000 bucks!!! insane right....but it was from family....Sharron is making me steak and potato's as I write....Overall Im over halfway to Cape Reinga.....Im making insanely good time...tom I am going to head to a local backpackers and try to meet up with some local travelers....Things are good....Geez there is heeps more that I could write about ......But im tired as all...Sharron just handed me a book to read and foods about ready...oh and I have crap coverage here so no phone calls for a bit....Peace