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Auckland. All's well that ends well.

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 | By paul_byrom | Views [2732]

Aah.... Finally we can relax. The road to Auckland was surprising and our final evening in the bus wasn't quite as I'd expected.  I 'spose it shouldn't have been a surprise to find that the sprawl began over fifty kilometres from the centre of the ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!

Thermal inactivity

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [1152]

Rotorua is a major centre for Maori culture so whilst we were there we decided to visit the Te Puia Moari Arts and Crafts Institute. Here they teach traditional Maori arts such as wood carving and weaving, and have a replica Maori village. The centre ... Read more >

Forgotten In Queenstown & Sight-seeing in Chirstchurch

Tue, 5 May 2009 | By obonini | Views [961]

I decided to spend my last day in Queenstown just walking around and taking in the scenery. I took a walk along the lake front and around the park. It was a really nice clear, crisp, typical Autumns day so everything looked amazing. I then had possibly ... Read more >

Mouse madness in the mountains!

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [959]

After leaving the glaciers we headed south enroute to Queenstown. There is only one road along the west coast of New Zealand and it passes through Haast and then crosses the Southern Alps via Haast Pass in Mount Aspiring National Park. Although it was ... Read more >

Learn New Skills - Whitebaiting on the Waikato

Wed, 6 Nov 2013 | By reecemarcel | Views [738] | 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 >

Tags: travel film scholarships 2013

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Wed, 12 Mar 2008 | By johannhermann | Views [654] | Comments [6]

(BB) Da sieht man's mal wieder. Wenn die Headline nicht aus "Sex&Crime" besteht, sondern von lieben Tierchen handelt, liest keine Sau unseren Eintrag, geschweige denn macht einen Comment. Wir sind enttaeuscht. Aber wir schreiben weiter.... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Fiordland & Te Anau_HelpX-Experience#5

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 | By boutdumonde | Views [526]

  Après 2 jours de précipitations (pluie ou neige selon les endroits) la route qui relie Fox glacier à Haast est réouverte. En route pour les 550km de montagne qui séparent Fox glacier de Te Anau dans les ... Read more >

Tags: farming, hicking

Traveling (wo)man.

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 | By bettedarling | Views [504]

Hi All. Well, I'm leaving Camp Hill, and I had a wonderful time. The universe did remind me about balance, however, as after I wrote my glowing account of my time in the mountains, we returned to a power outage thanks to a storm. So, in the rain, we unpacked ... Read more >

Few words on Christchurch

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By debbie_sanook | Views [443]

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 >

Winter in Wellington

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 | By pocoloco | Views [364] | Comments [1]

Late July: With about 7 weeks to go, and about 50 boxes to fill, life at home is enjoyable and focuses on reducing our amount of clutter before putting it into boxes, and finally into a storage. Wellington is still interesting;... Read more >

Nelson Coastal Barnstay

Thu, 21 May 2015 | By matthewjbrowman | Views [224] | Scholarship Entry

The French doors swung out to a wee stone patio. Stepping into warm early evening and passing a lemon tree, I plucked a large, thick-skinned specimen to take back to the kitchen. The smell of chopped garden herbs reminded me to rub them into the butterflied ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

The Kiwi Thrill

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By | Views [223] | Scholarship Entry

When speaking about spending my exchange semester in New Zealand, the majority of the people expressed with a flat 'Cool!'. Sometimes I had wondered why I had picked this place, the most distant place on Earth from where I was coming, but after having ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Photos: Day 1 - Rally Drive NZ & Otorohanga Kiwi House

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 | By mudskipper | Photo Gallery


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Tags: dale perry, hot seat rides, kea, kiwi house, mark tapper, otorohanga, rally drive nz

Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Sat, 5 Jan 2013 | By tanjas | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

As part of life is always those awkward moments in photography where you pull the worst face ever, But i aim to make those moment less awkward and i have passion for getting the Perfect photo.I enjoy taking photos, and my passion started at an early ... Read more >
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