Destination: New Zealand

Why Are We Even Doing This?

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By mkhamilton | Views [151] | Scholarship Entry

Recently I took a trip to the Hot Water Beach with some friends. It's a popular tourist spot on the North Island of New Zealand; I'd read about it multiple times before arriving and had heard about it from quite a few people. Needless to say, I was excited ... Read more >

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Talking to strangers

Sun, 4 May 2014 | By turkeypi | Views [167] | Scholarship Entry

I curled my fingers around the bar that fit behind my seat, thumbs locked and looped through my pants like a safety belt for the nagging nana on the back of my mind. Blurs of amber glows, chattering locals, and a mixture of nutty smells trailed after ... Read more >

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The Completion of the South Island Tour

Sat, 3 May 2014 | By j_m_j | Views [325]

Greetings! I have been on the go since I last posted, in fact I am no longer on the South Island. I am currently in the great city of Wellington (Bottom of the North Island) where I will be spending a week or so. Most of the poeple I have made friends ... Read more >

Step one: Trust your ice picks.

Thu, 1 May 2014 | By flynnjess | Views [195] | Scholarship Entry

I had never seen a glacier before, it was beautiful.It featured every single shade of blue you can imagine,and glistened like tiny sapphire diamonds in the sunlight. We had already hiked up most of the bare mountain, Fox Glacier,New Zealand, and were ... Read more >

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Photos: Some snaps from New Zealand!

Thu, 1 May 2014 | By themadhatter | Photo Gallery

New Year, New Zealand

Thu, 1 May 2014 | By themadhatter | Views [134] | Scholarship Entry

I'll never forget my first Christmas away from home. I was staying in a little town on the South Island called Napier - the sunniest spot in all of New Zealand and the only town I've ever been to that is completely architecturally Art Deco. I did lots ... Read more >

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Photos: Mount Aspiring National Park

Wed, 30 Apr 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery

Life change

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 | By korzeniak | Views [163] | Scholarship Entry

2012 - it was the worst year in my life. I was living and working in Warsaw. I was unhappy. I felt that my life is passing by somewhere else. I felt that I am losing it. That I am not really breathing. Then I decided I have to do something. If not now ... Read more >

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Mums can get out there too!

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 | By shyraihania | Views [158] | Scholarship Entry

I became pregnant, serving in the New Zealand Navy and travelling the world. I new from that day forward my travelling days would be over and a year and a half later so was my Navy career, as I chose to home with my family than serving under command of ... Read more >

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Home Away From Home

Sun, 27 Apr 2014 | By olliegoldson | Views [645]

New Zealand has been my favourite place (aside from Kenya) where I have been privileged enough to live. Simply put it is a beautiful and very magical country. If you haven’t been yet book a flight immediately and go and see what I am talking about, ... Read more >

Tags: cider, home away from home, mountains, new zealand, weddings

To the Depths of Middle Earth and Back

Sat, 26 Apr 2014 | By pathma | Views [187] | Scholarship Entry

To say that I have an innate thirst for traveling and an inborn spirit for adventure would be a lie. I am the youngest of two children in my family and being the only daughter made me the princess of the house. I led a relatively sheltered life and although ... Read more >

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Anzac Day

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [810]

It's time to wear my poppy proudly and make biscuits. Why? It's Anzac Day. 25 April is commemorated each year for soldiers of the Australia & New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) and their service in various wars but most famously for their landing at ... Read more >

Dunstan Downs

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 | By j_m_j | Views [339] | Comments [2]

Good day to you all!   Fair warning, this post is going to be a long one..... It has been a little over two weeks since my last post and in those two weeks I have been fortunate enough to experienced places and things that very little people ... Read more >

Photos: Mount Cook Village

Thu, 24 Apr 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery

Capital Insomnia

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 | By 6foothobbit | Views [186] | Scholarship Entry

On a domestic flight with a workplace acquired lover, a surge of anxiety passed through me as the plane took off, traveling direct to New Zealand's capital, Wellington city. The flight was safely uneventful, even the baby in the seat behind was quiet, ... Read more >

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