The journey: Scotland to NZ

For all you followers who have been waiting for the scintillating details of my adventure so far, I need to apologise as the WiFi has been dodgy on the journey and on arrival. This is first time I have been able to get things working using my own iPhone as a hotspot...right here we go with a condensed version so far
The journey Glasgow / Dubai / Melbourne / Auckland took well over 30 hours. The flight from Glasgow was delayed by some oil rig worker (Scottish) throwing his teddy out of the cot because he was in the wrong seat ...he was trying to get upgraded onboard but it did not work delayed aircraft by 45 mins and subsequently missed the slot.  Dubai airport is awesome the size of a large shopping mall but because of the delay in arriving did not have time to fully look around...will leave this for the return journey.  The next leg from DUBAI to Melbourne was the longest I have ever sat in the one place at least I had good neighbours a young Dutch girl and an Irish guy (same age as me). The final leg Melbourne to Auckland was delayed awaiting the arrival another flight with a load of pax for the flight.  I am surprised that I did not catch something onboard as all the other old people were coughing and sneezing.  Did not get more than three by 20 minute snoozes mainly because some Middle Eastern child repeated "fasten your seat belts" for periods of five minutes plus every time the pilot switched the sign on, and there was lot of turbulence over the equatorial region. The 380 (double decker) is a fantastic aircraft so I can see why the eejit wanted to get upgraded to first class.
On arrival Auckland immigration was exceptionally fast because I still have an old style non chipped passport.  The q for the chipped was over 100 but for me 5.  The customs  though were something else...I fortunately declared my chocolate as when they X-rayed the bag it was noticed and they swabbed my bag interior for drugs.  They are paranoid about anything coming into the country to contaminate their environment.  There was one guy getting grief for having a dirty pair of old walking boots which were going to be destroyed.  I did not give much hope for the carton on the luggage carousel which was labelled Gaunchou beef company.

Set off from Glasgow at 21:30 on Monday 16th and arrived at my hotel in Auckland at 17:00 local time on Wednesday 18th...quite a marathon...checked in straight out for a beer and a burger and bed for 12 hours straight.
Reckon I might have an issue with adding a photo here and I therefore don't want to lose this dialogue
So I will close and publish this and update things later.
DavidH