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Fri, 21 Jun 2013 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [834]
I shouldn't have looked at the pics of my last writing, big mistake. We have finally hit the winter button and those pics remind me just how far away from warm we are. Actually until this week the weather has been fairly warm, haven't even had the fire ... Read more >
Wed, 6 Nov 2013 | By reecemarcel | Views [751] | Comments [4] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Our inspiration for this documentary is to demonstrate to viewers the art of whitebaiting; catching, cleaning, sorting, preparing and of course eating this iconic delicacy. We also want to show the stunning landscape surrounding the location, immersing ... Read more >
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Thu, 19 Apr 2007 | By jo | Views [735] | Comments [1]
And it was such a good road trip. We crammed loads into our 4 weeks in New Zealand. I managed to parasail and paraglide in Queenstown, swim with seals in Kaikoura, abseil into gloworm caves and rockclimb out of them again after floating through them ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Wed, 4 Dec 2013 | By jn1613 | Views [706]
11/24/13
I've been at my first WWOOFing spot, The Matatoki Cheese Barn, for about a week now, and I've only been in New Zealand for about eleven days. In that time I have already seen and done so many cool things that it feels like I've been here ... Read more >
Sun, 31 Jan 2016 | By travelerdiaryinusa | Views [682]
Pour cette nouvelle année on va commencer par un article assez drôle (désolé de ne pas avoir écrit plus tôt, mais on a été assez occupé). Le mois de Janvier touche à sa fin, le 6 fé... Read more >
Tags: #nouvellezélande #2mois #vivrecommeunlocal #franz
Mon, 30 May 2011 | By dancinnadz | Views [666]
I'm about a week behind on my blog so pretty much just a quick one what i done in Napier and Taupo (considering it wasn't all that exciting). It was around a 5 hour journey to get from Wellington to Napier, but there wasn't much in between that i wanted ... Read more >
Tags: napier, north island, taupo
Sun, 3 Oct 2010 | By bettedarling | Views [503] | Comments [3]
After a 12 hour bus ride, a short train, and a shorter drive, I arrived late in the evening at my first Wwoof Farm. I was welcomed by my hosts, a very nice family who immigrated from England a few years back, and promptly went to bed. When I woke up, ... Read more >
Sat, 10 Dec 2022 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [485]
What an ominous name for a place. It sounds like somewhere Superman wouldn't want to be near. Cape Kidnappers, known as Te Kauwae-a-Maui (the fish hook of Maui), is named due to the local Maori attempting to kidnap a member of Captain Cook's crew in ... Read more >
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By debbie_sanook | Views [450]
Driving got v boring as we approached across a long plane. Mum started sneezing and we thought she must be allergic to the sheep! We stopped at an after hrs chemist and discovered we were in a Chinese/Korean neighbourhood. It was quite late ... Read more >
Wed, 28 Nov 2012 | By bob-claire | Views [317]
Up early and out the door door for a two hour ride to Lake Manapouri to begin the bus/boat/bus/boat trip to Doubtful Sound, a rainforest at a similar latitude to northern Maine. through mostly spitting rain, we saw penguins, shags, gulls and a ... Read more >
Thu, 28 Aug 2014 | By exchange | Views [308] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Hey there! I have always been on my way and off to new adventures. I waved "bye -bye" to mum and walked away with my packback on, like the independent four year old I was. I spent my last year in New Zealand as an exchange student and it has really inspired ... Read more >
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Sat, 19 Apr 2014 | By | Views [261] | Scholarship Entry
"The Little Big City". The name that we have given this place. It is New Zealand's most populous city, home to two world class universities, the standing place of the tallest free-standing tower in the Southern Hemisphere and it is also extremely secretive.... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Mon, 5 May 2014 | By | Views [177] | 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 >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [157] | Scholarship Entry
I have not been everywhere in the world but it is safe to say that I have found one special place that I will forever treasure. Wanaka in New Zealand is the one. The moment I got off the bus and arrived in front of Lake Wanaka last year, I knew I have ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [145] | 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