Cylinder Head broken

We are safe. We were nowhere near Christchurch when the earthquake happened. We give our best wishes to those people who are involved in the aftermath.
This is Kathy on the ferry to the North Island. Stan made it to the ferry but, on the big hill out of Wellington, he boiled over yet again. Kathy and I decided to stay in the nearest campsite for two nights and set off on Monday morning for Whangarei. We did this, but had to fill up with water every 5 to 10 minutes. After 90 kms Kathy refused to go further without calling the AA. When the patrol manarrived, he led us to the nearest AA approved, Nissan garage. Dene of Buckingham Motors confirmed that either the cylinder head gasket or the cylinder head had failed. It could be fixed by Friday/Monday next week. We had Sal Darago to haul out on Thursday and Kathy had a flight to the UK on Saturday (check in 2200). We again phoned the AA and after a while, they found a hire car for us for three days from Palmerstone North. We were in Levin, but the AA had a chauffeur bring the car to us. We packed everything into the car and took the chauffeur back to Palmerstone North (52 kms). We arranged to keep the car until Monday. We then continued our 700kms journey back to Whangarei. At 1900 we pulled into a campsite in Tokoroa. We hired a cabin with a double bed, a bathroom and our own kitchen. Such luxury! By Tuesday afternoon we were back on SD. She started first time and we had confirmed we would haulout at Norsand boatyard on the Thursday. Dene from Buckingham Motors phoned to say that the cylinder head was cracked in several places and a fitted new one would be over $2000. We asked him to go ahead.