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The Taming of Te Mata

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [1940] | Scholarship Entry

It's not often you can say you've faced death and conquered a centuries old giant, in an otherwise mundane Thursday. But on a sweltering day, with a Hawkes Bay hangover, I did just that. High above the Heretaunga Plains of Havelock North, New Zealand, ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

As things come to a close...Aug 5th NZ

Sat, 4 Aug 2012 | By OandSoph | Views [1015] | Comments [1]

. With only a few weeks left till our return home, I thought a little personal account of my emotions might be something interesting we could look back on one day. Firstly all my apprehensions of leaving work and stopping training, jumping off the bandwagon ... Read more >

Tags: thoughts

Hello Kerry & some Rugby!

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 | By abelaine | Views [823]

Got to see an old mate Kerry and her boyfriend Evan last night. Went for drinks and some Thai dinner. Had fantastic NZ WHite Wine. Best I have ever had. I just drank that all up. I will have to do the wine tour of that. It was great seeing Kerry and ... Read more >

Northland, Hobbiton, White Island

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 | By beckandphil | Views [774]

Oh my goodness! Where to start...I'm sitting in a caravan typing as fast as I can see my credit running out!! From Auckland we headed North up the East Coast. To break the drive we stopped at Goat Island Marine Reserve. The island was about 50m off ... Read more >

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Good Bye Auckland

Thu, 17 Oct 2013 | By globalgabi | Views [643]

Well, time to leave. Hard to say good bye to friends. One eye is smiling, the other has a tear. Will miss Nico. Had my last dinner with him on the way to the airport. Yummy, yummy. Finally made it Gina's where we'd been wanting to go for a long ... Read more >

Tags: airport, auckland, travel

Wilderness Days

Tue, 3 Aug 2010 | By mdcamps | Views [636]

The big draw for this New Zealand trip was getting outdoors and exploring their great tracks and hut system. Unfortunately, trying to see both North and South islands in 3 weeks, without your own transportation, that is a bit difficult. But finally, ... Read more >

Tags: tramping

Auckland

Wed, 2 Feb 2011 | By geri | Views [497]

Nach einem Umweg über Bangkok bin ich in Auckland gelandet. Vor dem Einpacken habe ich meine Bergschuhe zwar geputzt, aber nicht sauber genug für die neuseeländische Einreisekontrolle. Da war anscheinend noch Erde von der letzten Wanderung am Uetliberg ... Read more >

The 'Affair'

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 | By tizleilani | Views [484] | Comments [1]

My Aunty Ange made a big impression on me at a very young age with her idyllic stories of travel and recapturing moments of the things she saw and did in far away lands. It started with her that I began the love affair I now have with travel. She used ... Read more >

MOTHER NATURES ' Red Night, Shepherds Delight'

Tue, 3 Jun 2014 | By nzfreespirit-worldclasstravels | Views [431]

The last weather report handed out severe warnings. It warned of high wild winds reaching over 140 kilometres, heavy torrential rain with major flooding and snow down to 400 below sea level. The forecasters expected the storm to cause havoc in certain ... Read more >

Tags: faith, flying domestic, mother nature, new zealand seasons and weather, sunsets

Frozen Moments

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By | Views [243] | Scholarship Entry

I have seen many beautiful views here in New Zealand, in fact we take pride in ourselves for having such views. The one view I will never forget lies in a photo album in my room, it was taken before I had Facebook. It had been a slightly disappointing ... Read more >

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