I keep being asked if I feel any different now I am officially a Kiwi. But, to be honest, I don't.
Since I moved to New Zealand from the UK in 2003 I've felt this is my home, and I think I've been searching for a home all my life.
I'm an Army brat, as they say in the UK. I moved around every two years in my formative years from one base to the next so I could never develop any roots. New Zealand has given me the freedom to work in my career of choice and develop new interests that I don't think I could ever have discovered in the UK.
I moved to Rotorua from Thames with my husband because of the mountainbiking. We would visit and dread the long drive back - especially after soaking our feet in the Kuirau Park footbaths and dining on fish and chips by the Lakefront.
I also took part in the Rotorua Half Ironman so would swim in the Blue Lake before running in the Redwoods as training.
