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Sun, 9 Aug 2009 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1697]
After four months in the most touristed area of NZ, I find myself in Gisborne, or "Gissy" as it's often called. The eastern half of the North Island probably has the smallest concentration of tourists in the entire country. There's a very ... Read more >
Tags: culture
Fri, 1 Jun 2007 | By anna | Views [1568]
It's been seven days since I was last on the net to update this blog and I was starting to miss everybody and being in contact with the outside world! It is really hard to set aside the time to get on the internet though and it has to be during the day ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Thu, 22 Mar 2012 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1459]
Must be a good time to write some more about our lives. The new year got off to a good start with Kent buying me a most beautiful ring which I love. The rest of the year has to be fantastic after that good start don't you think? On Valentines Day ... Read more >
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 | By jakeandgenny | Views [1406] | Comments [2]
With one day down on our round-the-world tour, we started our second day with high hopes for what our future tour of "New Zild" held. In the early morning hours of the day, as native Kiwis made their way to work (none dressed nicer than ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 7 Jun 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [1156]
The North Island bus trip begins just as it is getting light on Bank Holiday Monday. Much has been made of the Queen’s birthday weekend, and I suspect that there is more patriotism over here than on her home turf!
The trip up to Paihia on the ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, bay of islands, culture, maori, naked bus, new zealand, paihia, rotorua, sulphur springs, tamaki
Mon, 9 Apr 2012 | By mudskipper | Views [921]
Intro: This blog summarises our NZ holiday. We seem to only do an overseas trip once every 3 years, and what with our son now 15yo, I had wondered if this may be the last time he would want to travel overseas with us. Considering this, I wanted ... Read more >
Tags: apollo camper, apollo motorhomes, auckland, nz
Thu, 8 Mar 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [792]
After our return to Motueka, we sorted out a hire car so we could explore the rest of the south island. Unlike our Hyundai Getz in Australia, this was more of a "rent-a-dent" and we ended up with a 14 year-old Toyota Camry (nope, we'd never ... Read more >
Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By lockers | Views [767]
January 5 th
– January 21st
Route
Christchurch – Akaroa – (Route 72) – Geraldine – Lake Tekapo
– Lake Pukaki – Hunter Valley (Mt. Cook Village) – Oamaru –
Dunedin – Otago Peninsula – Taiaroa ... Read more >
Wed, 6 Nov 2013 | By reecemarcel | Views [754] | 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
Wed, 13 Jul 2016 | By wendyandkevin | Views [532]
On the road heading further south to the Glacier Region by 8.30. Our first stop, at 10.30 was at Franz Josef where we went to the information centre where we had a cuppa before going inside. We obtained a map for both Franz Josef ... Read more >
Tue, 30 Oct 2007 | By ttlax | Views [355]
Well, we finally made it! After a long trip, we arrived in Auckland. It started with a flight to LA and about 8 hrs there where I tried on some wetsuits, we ran some errands, stopped by the Russo's to say hi to Christina and the kids and met Jason for ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 1 Nov 2013 | By taylortreks | Views [250]
Napier was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1931 (http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/historic-earthquakes/page-6, page-7, and page-8). There are about a dozen informational kiosks scattered throughout downtown – each has details and photos ... Read more >
Mon, 11 May 2015 | By | Views [182] | Scholarship Entry
I last visited Florida’s Blue Spring State Park about ten years ago. At that time, it was one of these places that really only locals knew about. I only knew about it because I’d read about in the local paper! Blue Spring is really only known for two ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 | By taylortreks | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 2 Nov 2011 | By thomaslord | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Photography has always been a passion of mine and for as long as I have owned a camera I've aimed to raise questions and tell stories through my imagery. Coming from New Zealand the outdoors has also been a part of my life with many days spent absorbed ...
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Tags: #2011wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2011