Us 1, New Zealand 0

The scene of our triumph

It was only a matter of time until our bad luck had to stop. Still amazed at how people will freely knock on our van to tell us that we had a) parked in the wrong place b) not paid enough money to park in that place c) parked facing the wrong way d) insulted their country by even considering driving our campervan or e) all of the above, we were expecting the worst when Nic was caught speeding. These pesky Kiwi's caught her in an unmarked police car going 66 in a 50kmph zone. Fluttering her eyelids did NOTHING and PC Plod issued a $120 beast of a fine. Spurred on by our annoyance at the hefty fine we tried our hardest to find a way to get out of it. Fortunately Super Cop '08 appeared to be dyslexic. That's right, not only was Nic apparently born in '1938', according to the ticket, she was also accused of driving over 100kmph! We weren't going to lie down and pay the fee so Nic walks into the police station, queries the ticket, and within 2 minutes the Sargeant had cancelled the ticket! Gutted New Zealand! We win!