Destination: New Zealand
There are [2738] stories and [45205] photos from New Zealand
Most Recent | Most Viewed | Most Commented | Most Interesting | Random
Latest stories from New Zealand
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By earthacker | Photo Gallery
Self Portrait
See all 1 photos >>
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By scanlongg | Views [239] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Antarctica. A place of extremes: the highest, driest, windiest, emptiest and coldest place on the planet, largely unspoiled by the 21st century and a feature on many bucket lists. And I think most of you would be understandably surprised when I say you ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By nathanielhornblower | Views [120] | Scholarship Entry
Walking down a pitch black forest track with two people I’d only just met, guided by a solitary torchlight, I was having second thoughts about whether this it was such a good idea. An hour after bonding with a South African and a Kiwi over a bowl of ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By catuna | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry
“Oh yeah, loads of room” - a sarcastic comment at 5:30am as the sixth and final member of our party poured his 6-foot-four frame on to the mattress in the back of the converted van, and on top of the other three of us drowsily trying to make ourselves ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By scandicno | Photo Gallery
Self-explanatory
See all 2 photos >>
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By scandicno | Views [287] | Scholarship Entry
It was another one of those beautiful days, gleaming with the merciless summer sun shining down onto Akaroa Bay. For me, that meant another day of shoveling a dozen wheelbarrows full of horse s*#& before taking guests on horseback over the property, telling ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By kirkuland | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry
"Turn right at the abandoned petrol station and follow your nose to the sea". Local knowledge offered with a smile should never be ignored from a face cracked deep with laughter. "Be sure to go just before low tide and take something to dig with". ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By bethanyallaway | Views [175] | Scholarship Entry
Monkey Bay is a place that you might expect to find labelled on a pirate's treasure map as Mermaid Lagoon. The first time I pulled into the parking area after following directions for Whites Bay, I was greeted by turquoise waves washing up on miles of ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By joestrongtravel | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry
Fourteen kilometres of unlevelled road, potholes the size of footballs and muddy puddles do not make for good rental car driving. Yet with a reluctant willingness to face the potential of being charged for a new paint job on the car, I drove towards Mitimiti, ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By waltzingsolitaire | Views [112] | Scholarship Entry
I knew the city would look different in the daylight, but I could not have imagined how different. My first visit was brief, simply an overnight stop on the way to a new adventure. It was dark when I jumped off the bus. It always seemed to be dark ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By emmagordon | Views [197] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Rural towns are not often known for their roaring nightlife. Porangahau was no exception; the wildest thing I’d witnessed so far was a man lighting a cigarette off the fireplace and drunkenly proclaiming that he’d burnt his nostril hairs. I decided to ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By lauraborrowdale | Views [229] | Scholarship Entry
Something hurtles past me, disturbing the still air, and I freeze. Acutely aware of where I am, an abandoned house in a deserted area, the startling movement and the realisation that I am not alone makes me afraid. Where I actually am is the Red Zone ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By anneislandgirl | Views [208] | Scholarship Entry
I smelled it before I saw it. The unmistakable foul stench of rotten eggs signaled our approach into Rotorua, the geothermal city in the North Island of New Zealand. I instinctively pinched my nose with my fingers and looked over at my friend who had ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By allthetrafficlightsintokyo | Views [195] | Scholarship Entry
The bars of signal on your phone drop from four to three to two to one to zero. No signal. The winding drive up the arm of the Marlborough Sounds can induce car-sickness in the even the most iron-clad of stomachs. But the paradise that lays beyond is ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By jforeman95 | Views [138] | Scholarship Entry
There was no wind, no seagulls begging for crumbs, only the faint drone of car engines on the street thirty metres back. I stood on the shores of Lake Wanaka. The arctic-blue water stretched out, fading in the distance as it met New Zealand’s Southern ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
More stories from New Zealand
< Previous 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Next >