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Day 3 - Cathedral Cove and Hot Water Beach

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 | By anijensen | Views [6325] | Comments [2]

Our kayaking trip to Cathedral Cove was canceled last night due to expected high morning winds, so we changed our plans and planned on heading out early to enjoy the thermal pools at Hot Water Beach. Low tide was at 7:00, and for two hours on ... Read more >

Odd

Mon, 3 Aug 2015 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [978]

I'm not really a cat person but every chance she can get our cat Molly comes and sits on me, on the couch, on the bed... I give her her biscuits now and then and she gets a stroke down her back but other than that not much TLC from me as she is Kent's ... Read more >

New Zealand

Sat, 9 Jun 2012 | By mattandnetty | Views [957]

Arrive in New Zealand on the 16th April. We have two friends who live here, Charlotte and her new man Clayton, and my brothers friend Paul, who I have known for some...28 years! so some 'normal' living, for a while, at least! We have decided ... Read more >

From Nelson Onwards

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 | By gillsherratt | Views [676]

Well, this is a new way to share my stories! We left Nelson and headed back towards the West Coast for Kaikoura and the whale watching. Was a lovely drive over there and just outside Kaikoura was a place you could stop at the side of the road and have ... Read more >

Glow Maggots

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 | By wtarmstrong | Views [657]

Fun Fact: The Kiwifruit was originally known as the Chinese Gooseberry. It originated in northern China, not New Zealand. In fact, New Zealand isn’t even the world’s top producer of Kiwifruit. That title goes to Italy. The name Kiwifruit ... Read more >

Tags: cave, dunedin, fjordland, glow worms, kepler, lord of the rings, milford, otago, te anua

Tongariro Crossing!

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 | By homeless-hannah | Views [520]

The Tongariro Crossing is widely regarded as the best one day walk in New Zealand, so I decided to give it a shot. Coincidentally, when I went to pay for the shuttle ticket at Reception the night before, the woman in front of me was also buying a ticket ... Read more >

Nunca pierdas tu pasaporte. Nunca pierdas un amigo como Ale.

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 | By marsrimbaud | Views [469] | Comments [7]

Hola de nuevo! Ya estamos en Auckland, luego de unos días de aventuras de no creer. Llegamos a Buenos Aires y nos recibieron mi amigo Alejandro con su hija Maia y mi amigo Pato con su chica. La ciudad está tan linda como siempre. Esas calles tan ruidosas, ... Read more >

Aurora Australis

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [464]

In '18 I braved -16 cold on a short journey to Scandinavia to photograph the aurora borealis (northern lights). My friend Craig has an aurora forecast app on his phone and told me there would likely be an "event" going on this evening. As I walked up ... Read more >

Milford Sound, Glenorchy

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 | By stefylein | Views [381]

I am sooooooo tired. The days really are quite action packed with so much to see so you come home pretty tired and no no no resting time because of thos lovely people that prefer to spend their cash on booze rather than discovering NZ nature. ;) but ... Read more >

Hangi

Mon, 7 Sep 2015 | By indiginz | Views [353] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Kia ora, I am a Maori film maker from Aotearoa (New Zealand) Although I have made a feature film (The Pa Boys released 2014) my true passion is making low-budget films about people, culture and land. I love to just turn up and start shooting, creating ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia

Passing my time in Taupo

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 | By henrika_traveller | Views [345]

So I arrived here in Taupo after my early finished Au Pair experience and I am still here. People come and go almost every day and I stick like glue here. I fancy independence of coming and going after leaving with a family, planning my own meals ... Read more >