They arrived on QF47 from London, via Sydney, on May 7 2009, each in a seperate crate, but each knowing the other was close by.
Leo, the cheeky ginger boy, Shumba, the shy retiring white and tabby boy, and Luna, the marbled tabby female.
With each passing day, their personalities have developed more, and with their owners also visiting, life, at this point, is not too bad, in this new country.
The scratching post is Leo’s property. He runs down to it every morning, and sits on it looking at me, as if to say, ” its mine, and I’m not moving”. Luna, who goes to the cat jungle-gym behind the tree, and hides in the bottom, and looks down her nose at Leo and me. Shumba takes his time to get out of bed, and has at least three long stretches before he has completely unfurled. Then, if he decides he wants to, he will join the others for a taste of the clean country air.
Every morning, Lukis the Cornish Rex, comes by to rub noses with Leo. A true friendship of like minds.
Lukis has been training Leo to be his sidekick spidercat. The only problem is, as soon as Leo realises he is five feet or more, off the ground, and turns around to confirm it, he has to fall down, while the Rex continues on with his adventures, to the top of the water tank, and beyond. 
The afternoon ritual is usually the same, everyone crowds around for a cuddle, and Shumba takes his time, pondering the positive and negative, of why he should get up at this time of day.
These lovely cats are due to leave later this month, for their new home in Wellington. They will then have the luxury, of doing what they want, when they want, as only cats do.