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And finally home again

Fri, 7 Jan 2011 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1210]

We arrived back in NZ on the 3rd of December, today is the 7th of January and that month has flown by. As yet we are still not settled and have been buzzing about like bees in a bush over the last few weeks. The first week was spent in Auckland staying ... Read more >

DAY 1. Top Bunk Sleeper

Thu, 27 Oct 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [786]

Finally departed LA after a frustrating but fortunate overnight layover. The flight to Fiji was long and hard to sleep through. Fiji was cloudy but humid and adorned a small, rundown airport. Grabbed a coffee and waited a few hours for the next flight.... Read more >

Tags: auckland, hostel, new zealand, nomads, nz

Wellington

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By the-white-rabbit | Views [747]

We arrived yesterday in Wellington to spend some days here and meet Malte a friend of Nadja.Had some nice days before. A lot of adventures as everyday. Went up to Mount Ruapehu scenery of "Mordor" in the Lord of the Rings movies. Nice place ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

New Zealand is Not Tasmania

Mon, 5 Apr 2010 | By sarahreinertsen | Views [668]

Kiwi Humour I lived in Australia for 10 years of my life and never ventured across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand. Given I was heading across the Pacific back to the US, I thought it was about time to meet my Kiwi neighbours properly.... Read more >

Tags: australia, beer, new zealand

Heading North to Auckland

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 | By swhateley | Views [648]

Not as interesting on this leg although this being New Zealand - breath taking scenery is a guarantee on every single trip so there is no such thing as a boring trip here. We left Wellington rather early in the morning with Mungu (my spelling could be ... Read more >

Who are we?

Wed, 6 Jul 2011 | By deepsouthrugby | Views [644]

Good question. We're recently retired school teachers who spent the last 3 years at a small school in Honduras planning this trip to New Zealand for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Four years ago we took a rare break in our 35 year careers in education to ... Read more >

Tags: rugby world cup

New Zealand, 2014

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 | By jazwalker | Views [533]

In September of 2013, I made a fabulous friend over instagram; a 16 year old kiwi gal called Jaime . We instantly clicked and shared our lives with eachother despite being so far away. We confided in eachother and helped eachother along through ... Read more >

Tags: april, christchurch, friendship, nature, new zealand, nz

New Zealand round up

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 | By wander-wonder | Views [338] | Comments [1]

Trying a different 'diary' style - mixing it up a little. So... Mount Cook - 16 Jan Driving to Mount Cook we passed the most incredible lake of bright blue water. The lake and stream at the bottom of the mountains were a pale grey colour which was ... Read more >

DAY 53. Waihi Take Three

Sun, 18 Dec 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [255]

I showered and started to pack up all of my things. I've accumulated so much since the beginning of this trip that I've long ago ran out of room in my pack. I left the hostel and walked down to the waterfront and spent some time there. I meandered around, ... Read more >

Photos: Me and my travels

Thu, 21 May 2015 | By hexbomb | Photo Gallery

Me and my travels
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Photos: My Scholarship entry - nature escape

Thu, 20 Nov 2014 | By thirrin | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

I'm a young women with an intense interest in photography and learning about the world. In my life I've been told "no" and that I won't succeed more often than I can count, and it only makes me more determined to succeed. This experience would be invaluable ... Read more >
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Tags: 2014 travel photography scholarship