Destination: New Zealand

Rotorua - Normal people at last

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 | By mattnpete | Views [1043]

We arrived into Rotorua and were thankful to see a decent sized city with locals who obviously knew what a dentist was. We did what we normally did which was park up somewhere in the centre close to food and pubs and then went for a walk. Rotorua is ... Read more >

Lake Hayes

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1025]

Queenstown can get really hectic after awhile, both on the streets and in your mind. Thankfully there's a plethora of easy escapes from New Zealand's most popular tourist town. Clyde, as well as the various tramping tracks near Glenorchy are my favourites ... Read more >

NZ - coming to an end

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 | By sandn | Views [908] | Comments [3]

It has been ages since we updated our blog.......ahhhhhh where to start.  Well from Dunedin (another nice city but nothing amazing to write home about....oh except we saw penguins!!) we traveled up the East coast, stopped in Christchurch again for the ... Read more >

Hanmer Springs, Christchurch, Hokitika

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 | By sam_jackson86 | Views [819]

So here we are again, 24/6 We left the picturesque town of Kaikoura and headed for Hanmer Springs.  A twin room worked out cheaper than some dorm we have stayed in so we treated ourselves to a twin room for 2 nights.  So nice to have our own room, ... Read more >

Pondering

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [714]

I was right to be concerned when I saw the driver sitting ready to leave when we arrived with a bare 5 minutes to spare to catch my bus to Auckland. He rudely told a woman she should 'go and sit down because I am leaving' as I entered the bus, she just ... Read more >

See You Later Auckland

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 | By obonini | Views [554] | Comments [2]

Finaly, I got round to doing it! Today I went over to IEP and I booked my Kiwi Experience bus. I leave tomorrow morning at 8.20am, heading down to Mercury Bay (Whitianga), stopping at Thames and Hahei on the way there. As nice a city as Auckland is, ... Read more >

New Zealand South Island part 1

Sat, 2 May 2009 | By harrisg | Views [537]

There was quite a significant drop in temperature from Brisbane to Christchurch in New Zealand, and the grey sky was very reminiscent of our own sunny country. After spending a night in quite a nice hostel, we stayed a couple of days with a kiwi girl ... Read more >

Fährüberfahrt und Abel Tasman Nationalpark

Fri, 3 Mar 2017 | By bernardmarlenlilly | Views [520]

Von Wellington aus haben wir die Autofähre Interislander von der Nordinsel zur Südinsel genommen. Neben allerlei Autos und Campervans waren auch zwei Kuhtransporte mit auf der Fähre. Zunächst wurde die Fähre über mehrere ... Read more >

Coromandel-Waitomo

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 | By joannah_metz | Views [439]

April 27- Today I boarded the bus to the Coromandel Peninsula.  Unfortunately, it was raining so I couldn't go kayaking.  But, I did do a walk to Cathedral cove which was really pretty... there are bits of rock sticking up out of the ocean. April 28-... Read more >

Toujours en vie!

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 | By genebi | Views [432]

Bonjour à tous! Et oui, nous sommes toujours en vie. Les dernières semaines on été très occupé. J'ai vous ait donc un peu négligé. Je m'en excuse! Je me promets de prendre quelques temps d'ici les prochains jours pour vous raconter nos aventures à Mission ... Read more >

Auckland - One crazy place

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 | By adevine | Views [313]

I've been to Auckland before.  Everyone was so friendly - it didn't feel like a big city at all.  That was just one day - a stopover to Sydney. This, my second visit, (another stopover) has been quite different.  There is a different feeling in the ... Read more >

A Coastal Paradise

Mon, 12 May 2014 | By letrishamouton | Views [293]

When people travel to New Zealand they end up in the big towns, Auckland and Hamilton, but on the North Island there is a coastal town rich with history, diversity and a walkway which offers quiet and peaceful thinking.  New Plymouth is a coastal ... Read more >

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Photos: NZ

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A 'place' I have visited

Tue, 2 Jul 2013 | By paekakariki | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013

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