For the love of words

A crossword to put your mind to.

Across

1 Place for a relaxing soak, found for example at He Puna Taimoana in Christchurch, or by Lake Rotoiti (3,4) 5 An avant-garde movement in cinema, art or music (and perhaps even surfing?) (3,4) 9 Memos, or musical components? (5) 10 Delicate and emotional... (9) 11 ...just like a man?! (8) 12 Site of a “luxury 13 down experience” in the Southern Alps (6) 14 See 23 down 15 The answer’s of no importance! (10) 18 North American walnut trees (10) 19 The coloured part of the eye; also a flower (4) 22 Not injured (6) 24 A bathrobe, nightdress or cape worn at the hairdressers (8) 26 A preparation used to clean and soften the skin (4,5) 27 Rouse from sleep (5) 28 Defies; refuses to comply with (7) 29 Rough shelters (4-3)

Down

1 Where Jack Worthing was found as a baby, as Lady Bracknell was horrified to discover (7) 2 Getting even (and Cockney slang for headwear) (3,3,3) 3 Kaimoana and producer of pearls (6) 4 A collection of 1 acrosses filled with 16,000-year-old water in the Coromandel (4,6) 5 The number of babies Halima Cisse gave birth to on the 4th of May (4) 6/17 1 acrosses with a spectacular geyser in Taupō (8,8) 7 Goodbye – from Old French, literally meaning “to God” (5) 8 Refined and tasteful in appearance, behaviour or style (7) 13 The source of energy for a 1 across (10) 16 A local region of low pressure that may cause a plane to suddenly lose height (3,6) 17 See 6 18 A ball outside the nightclub? (7) 20 City in northern Japan that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics (7) 21/20 1 acrosses near Kaikohe, recently revamped (6,7) 23/14 A 13 down park at Rotorua, including the largest hot waterfall in the southern hemisphere (5,4) 25 What we’re often told “is more!” (4)