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Civil engineer Danel Korb took the day off work to make the most of what the Antarctic blast left behind – but that was after she went for a surf and a skate. “They said ‘that’s the Taranaki Dream’.” Korb was up before dawn and paddling out at Graveyards, off Paora Rd in Wārea, in the icy darkness. She was so committed to the swell she went with “literally nobody” there, and didn’t realise how far out she was until it got lighter. “It was a bit tiring, but I got back – and there was still some frost on the grass,” she said. “It was a successful surf.”