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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By gillthompson | Views [1066]
My HelpX experiences did not end in Wanaka. After leaving the kennels, I hitched a ride down to Invercargill - a booming metropolis in the deep south of New Zealand. The Southland region is home to two types of people - sheep farmers and ... Read more >
Tags: cows, helpx, new zealand, sheep
Sun, 16 Apr 2017 | By guild_family_of_3 | Views [982]
PART 2 - THE CITIES
Christchurch is a truly fantastic city. It is green, filled with art, easy to navigate, and has so much to see and offer, even after the earthquake which was most humbling to see the aftermath of. There is an enormous park in the ... Read more >
Tags: christchurch, dunedin, oamaru, playgrounds
Fri, 1 Jan 2010 | By ying | Views [906]
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Fri, 9 Oct 2015 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [886]
Today I was a tour guide to, believe or not, my sister's best friend from kindergarten. Dannielle and Danielle (notice the spelling difference) were inseparable as little girls and we always knew the latter as "Danielle R." A few weeks ago I successfully ... Read more >
Sat, 2 Feb 2008 | By theunit | Views [856] | Comments [1]
Sorry it has been awhile since the last blog, but New Zealand is extremely expensive and the internet is no exception. We arrived into Auckland and after looking into transportation and accomadation we decided to take the road less travelled and rent ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 2 Mar 2010 | By sx_larabie | Views [698]
Milford sound is actually not a sound but a fiord on the west coast of New Zealand. People from all over the world come to New Zealand to see this beautiful fiord. It is often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world and after seeing it for ... Read more >
Tue, 25 Oct 2011 | By canhona | Views [614]
#11: Precisely the last flight of the trip has a one-hour delay, just when I needed to get to Christchurch as soon as possible... I have no chance of arriving there while currency exchange is open, I’m not sure they will wait for me until so late ... Read more >
Tags: journey
Sun, 16 Feb 2014 | By iowflute | Views [515]
I spent a lovely few days with Pat and Chris Thorn in Wellington. I'd last seen them 30 years ago on an Indian railway trip. We cycled 15km round Miramar peninsula and walked along a few tracks to lookout points along the way, watched 'Last ... Read more >
Mon, 14 Dec 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [514] | Comments [1]
Mum, we're alive. Today we woke up, went back to sleep, woke up again and went to the beach. It's the nicest beach i have seen so far in NZ - there is actually sand! I went back early (because i got someones fair skin - thanks a lot pete). The rest ... Read more >
Thu, 1 May 2014 | By | Views [213] | 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 >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 17 Apr 2014 | By | Views [187] | Scholarship Entry
My years at high school shapes me into the individual I wanted to be. At the start I was no one but a 13 year old in a neat and tidy uniform that was too neat. “Turd” is what the older years called the first years. I was sad lonely girl who dreams big ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Tue, 8 Nov 2011 | By wanderloz | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I was really hoping I could find the paper I wrote in the third grade stating that I wanted to be a National Geographic photojournalist when I grew up. I remember that day - feeling so smart for knowing the word "photojournalist" and beyond ecstatic to ...
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Tue, 6 Jun 2006 | By ray-charles | Photo Gallery
April-June 2006
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Mon, 5 May 2008 | By mattnpete | Photo Gallery
Whales And Mountains
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