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Illustration showing New Zealand woodpigeon or kereru perching on a brown branch with small green leaves. Bird has blue-green head, blue-green wing feathers and tail with a patch of red-brown feathers at the shoulder, a white rounded belly, short red-brown beak and red-brown claws on the branch. Background is very light blue at top and light green at bottom.

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Illustration showing New Zealand woodpigeon or kereru perching on a brown branch with small green leaves. Bird has blue-green head, blue-green wing feathers and tail with a patch of red-brown feathers at the shoulder, a white rounded belly, short red-brown beak and red-brown claws on the branch. Background is very light blue at top and light green at bottom.
Waikato Day Tripper

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  • In foreground centre is a bicycle with yellow and blue body and black handlebars and wheels, and the words Clio in large letters on the cycle frame. Behind the bicycle is a row of green and white weed flowers. At left is a glimpse of a river behind bushy plants, and more green bushes on the far side of the river. At right is a bridge across the river with a curved semicircle green frame above the grey-blue bridge. Sky is cloudy blue-grey.
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Illustration showing New Zealand woodpigeon or kereru perching on a brown branch with small green leaves. Bird has blue-green head, blue-green wing feathers and tail with a patch of red-brown feathers at the shoulder, a white rounded belly, short red-brown beak and red-brown claws on the branch. Background is very light blue at top and light green at bottom.

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Waikato Day Tripper is a travel blog founded by Alice Bulmer in 2025, helping visitors to New Zealand find out about slow travel in the Waikato region of the North Island.

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