Destination: New Zealand

New Zealand

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 | By the-white-rabbit | Views [1103]

SURF SURF SURF ..... but now only the washing powder. Hope to see the sea soon from the surfboard. Nadjas board is broken and  mine damaged. But we hope the insurance from air new zealand will help us. We will see. We will see.All in all we had 2 great ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Glacier Girls!

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 | By bixxie | Views [609]

Had a great time with Lous rellies and her dads cousin took us bush walking and then to a really nice pub overlooking the beach. We stayed the night with them and left for Wellington early the next morning. Had just enough time to look around the Wellington ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Auckland

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 | By ttlax | Views [282]

Well, we finally made it!  After a long trip, we arrived in Auckland.  It started with a flight to LA and about 8 hrs there where I tried on some wetsuits, we ran some errands, stopped by the Russo's to say hi to Christina and the kids and met Jason for ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

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Mon, 29 Oct 2007 | By the-white-rabbit | Views [468]

Well arrived in New Zealand. Now you can call us if you want. BUT please think of the time difference!!!! It's 12 hours later!!!     It's cheaper if you use a pre dial number. Ihr koennt uns jetzt auch in NZ anrufen. Denke dran Jost es ist 12 Stunden ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Out on the road

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 | By lisa-harber | Views [958] | Comments [1]

Paul and I hired a very funny little hire car, that won't go over 80 km per hour, we had such a massive queue of traffic behind us!  We took it off roading, and it didn't seem to like the mountains we took it up, funny that!  It has rewarded us by giving ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Oktoberfest

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 | By dsaltsman | Photo Gallery

Oktoberfest

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 | By dsaltsman | Views [433]

The past weekend I attended an Oktoberfest celebration...in New Zealand.  It was pretty low key but still had a blast.  I went with my friend Brady (who is from Texas) and my flatmate Alice(who is from the North Island).  Being that is was everyones ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Trip to Kaikora

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 | By paul_byrom | Views [636] | Comments [1]

We've taken a couple of days out from the job/home search in Christchurch to visit a beautiful little seaside town called Kaikoura. There are loads of residential marine mammals in Kaikoura, because the sea surrounding it is so rich in food, and there's ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Kiwi Adventures

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 | By bixxie | Views [638]

We are now in New Zealand and have started our camper van road trip. We picked the van up on Tues only to discover that they didn't have any manuals left at the depot so were stuck with an automatic. As neither of us had ever driven an automatic before ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Auckland, NEW ZEALAND

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 | By kmccabe | Views [609]

Kia Ora! So on Friday morning, i woke up at 4 am, and got ready for my taxi to arrive at 5 am. taxi man promptly arrived and whisked me away to Sydney kingsford smith. while checking in for my flight, the woman at the counter asked for the flight confirmation ... Read more >

Tags: Family

Gallery: Auckland City

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 | By kiwi_kerry | Photo Gallery

Gallery: New Zealand

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 | By paul_byrom | Photo Gallery

Strange Things...

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 | By kiwi_kerry | Views [7351] | Comments [7]

NZ has a lot of weirdness in the country. Here is a listing of some of things I find odd (ok, I'll be nice - just different). ]1. New Zealanders LOVE their beet "root". Yes, the purple veggie. They put it on EVERYTHING, including sandwiches, ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

Have arrived in Christchurch New Zealand

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 | By lisa-harber | Views [20341] | Comments [10]

Paul and I are now in New Zealand, after a really long flight, (two days in total) we arrived to find that it was warm and sunny! Yay, since then we have hit a patch of rainy cold weather, but I have decided that this won't last too long!! Waiting for ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Six Weeks

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 | By dsaltsman | Views [428] | Comments [2]

Well I've been in New Zealand just over six weeks and it has been amazing.  Its hard to believe that its only been six weeks since I arrived in Christchurch.  I've already been working with the Millenium for close to a month. I've met some really great ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures