Hi to a fellow mainlander - ex Motueka. I've been living in Samoa for the last 10 years.
Read your exploits and dread the day that what happened to you, might happen to me. Although we may do our best on safety, it only takes a split second for something to go wrong.
We get TV One news every night so been seeing the great flying weather you've been having. Here, it's flying all year but the winds pick up in the afternoons.
Enjoy your return next week to the best hobby in the world.

Fly with attitude and altitude.