Three Days in Auckland
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Auckland, based around two large harbours, is the major city on New Zealand’s North Island. It is the most populous urban area in the country consisting of almost one and…
Relaxing at Hot Water Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula
The Coromandel Peninsula juts into the Pacific, east of Auckland. It takes about two hours to get here from Auckland and is a favourite destination for Aucklanders. The east coast…
Two Days in Taupo
Taupo sits in a postcard-perfect setting on the northeastern shores of Lake Taupo. The lake sits in the caldera of a volcano that begun erupting 300,000 years ago. Taupo has…
A Wine Tour Around Martinborough
Our travels in New Zealand continued as we crossed from the South Island to the North Island on the Interislander Ferry, across the Cook Strait. The trip took just over…
Kayaking and Hiking in the Abel Tasman National Park
Our travels in New Zealand started in Christchurch on the South Island. January in New Zealand is the heart of summer but we were here in the worst summer for…
The Wet and Wild West Coast
Hemmed in by the wild Tasman Sea and the Southern Alps the West Coast is very different to the rest of New Zealand. The far extremities of the coast have…
Wet and Windy in Aoraki/Mount Cook
We’ve arrived in New Zealand, flying into Christchurch on the South Island and picking up our home for the next month, a Britz campervan. From Christchurch we drove straight to…