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Autumn

Mairangi Bay · Auckland · New Zealand

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LINGERING LIGHT
Apr
2026
Vol.04
Mairangi Bay · Auckland · New Zealand

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Autumn

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Autumn · Apr 2026
Mum's Note
Yussi
April Table
Yussi
When the Lights Fall
Hunt the Riddles!
Little Notes
Jin
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Inside This Issue

5 articles

Mum's Note

Happy Easter!

This year's Easter turned into a proper little mystery, and we made some lovely memories out of it. The kids combed the garden for hidden eggs, letting the chocolate inside melt on their tongues while they pieced together a puzzle. That puzzle turned into six new quiz questions, and the kids raced to the bookshelf to hunt down the answers. After staring down the shelves for what felt like ages, they finally cracked all six clues. Those clues folded into one last riddle, leading them to the final treasure site. And what was the treasure? A proper movie afternoon — popcorn included!

For Mum, too, Easter was its own kind of fun. Sneaking off to buy plastic eggs, secretly printing quizzes and a movie poster. Cutting up puzzle pieces, tucking them into eggs, slipping the clues into the very books while the kids were asleep. Not to mention the quick dash around the garden to hide it all.

A day when both the hider and the seekers had to move and think like secret agents. Building our own little traditions, our own bits of fun — the process is always this enjoyable.

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April Table

Home-cooked meals in April.
Our table, where we all gather every day,
is always lively, busy, and a little chaotic.
Nothing fancy, just warm and colourful food,
the loveliest part of home.

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April Table

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When the Lights Fall

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Hunt the Riddles!

This Easter, the usual egg hunt turned into a four-stage challenge, with each puzzle leading to the next.

STAGE 1 · THE EGG HUNT

Eighteen colourful plastic eggs were hidden around the garden. Each egg contained two things: a little heart-shaped chocolate and a strip of paper. The first mission was simple:
find all eighteen eggs. Once every egg had been collected and opened, however, it became clear that the hunt wasn’t over. The eighteen strips of paper belonged together, and putting them in the right groups revealed the next challenge.

STAGE 2 · THE BOOK QUIZ

The eighteen pieces formed six different book quizzes. Each quiz pointed to a book somewhere on the shelves, so the hunt moved indoors. Once the answer was worked out, the matching book had to be found on the shelves. Hidden inside each correct book was another piece of paper — one part of the clue for the next stage. One by one, six new pieces were collected.

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Little Notes

"I wish I had a Unicorn." A sparkling, dazzling, fantastic secret friend of mine.

— Jin

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Little Notes

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