Years ago, I was travelling back to Auckland from Nelson after spend a day in one of the local stores sorting a stock issue. It must have been around 2001 or 2002.

In the golden light of the late afternoon I fell in love with Nelson. The day hadn’t been the nicest, but now the sun was out, it was warm and beautiful.

Back in the day Air NZ played New Zealand music pre-flight, and as we sat on the tarmac Anika Moa’s ‘Falling in love again’ came on. It stuck in my mind, synonymous with Nelson, and quite a few years later we used is as part of our wedding music selection.

We have been able to travel to Nelson a couple of times as a couple, and later on as a family. Special place, special memory.