Destination: New Zealand

Welcome to The Orphanage Experience

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 | By hanna_and_sarah | Views [5109] | Comments [8]

Remember making pirates hats out of old newspapers? Flying a kite made from sticks and magazines? I bet you do. But thousands of kids don’tNo matter where in the world, kids are kids. Working with children in India I was making trains and crocodiles ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

The Queen Charlotte Track

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [1684]

We travelled to the start of the Queen Charlotte Track on the mail boat, which delivers mail to the remote houses on the Marlborough Sounds as often there are no road connections. It was a beautifully sunny day and the skipper/postman gave us a great ... Read more >

Christchurch and the Marlborough Sounds

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [1336]

We arrived in New Zealand to a rather chilly Christchurch night...13 degrees. John revelled in finally feeling cool for the first time in a while whilst Sarah immediately started putting on a variety of fleeces from her pack. We arrived at our hotel, ... Read more >

Waiheke Euphoria

Thu, 13 Mar 2014 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1120] | Comments [1]

With a deep sense of euphoria, I climbed the stairs on the ferry. On top of the life rafts I stood, arms outstretched, tea bottle in hand, head high, breathing deeply. In my head I was screaming "I'm on top of the world!!!" For several minutes I just ... Read more >

May B for Birthday

Wed, 17 May 2017 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [925]

I had a wonderful birthday this year. It was a lovely day and I couldn't think of anything more enjoyable than using my bike as it will get cold and gloomy soon enough. I rode to Maori class, the class was fun and interesting, my brain is not the best ... Read more >

Oct. 22 - Eve of World Cup Final

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 | By deepsouthrugby | Views [793]

Oct. 22 nd -We spent the eve of the World Cup Final at the Ellerslie races in Auckland. Despite being sure we had chosen all the winners, we only succeeded in the last race when Apache Sky landed us $2.90. However it was a fun afternoon and we had ... Read more >

Tags: auckland, devonport, sky tower, world cup

Off to Paihia.

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By em-and-andy | Views [663]

Paihia is a small place on the East coast of the Northland area of NZ, a place we would’ve liked to have spent more time at; loads of trips and things to see.  We arrived about midday, put our steaks away and headed down the short walk into town; we explored ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Who are we?

Wed, 6 Jul 2011 | By deepsouthrugby | Views [645]

Good question. We're recently retired school teachers who spent the last 3 years at a small school in Honduras planning this trip to New Zealand for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Four years ago we took a rare break in our 35 year careers in education to ... Read more >

Tags: rugby world cup

3200kms Later

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 | By reidy | Views [592] | Comments [4]

Well what a ride we have just been on. It all started on Wednesday at Machu Picchu where we caught a train for 2 hours to Ollantaytambo.  We then jumped in a cab for an hour and a half to Cusco.  The cab only cost $5nz each but almost cost us our lives.... Read more >

Nouvelle-Zélande nous voila !

Sun, 13 Sep 2015 | By travelerdiaryinusa | Views [455]

voici mon premier article sur la Nouvelle-Zélande afin de donner au mieux des nouvelles ! Cela fait longtemps que nous en révions, voici notre rêve devenu une réalité ! Nous sommes enfin en Terre du Milieu *o* ... Read more >

Tags: #nouvellezélande #arrivée #visites #conseil

And we're off!

Thu, 28 Aug 2014 | By gav_and_do | Views [423]

28 August - I write this from the Singapore Airlines Lounge in Singapore post a 10 hour+ flight. It's around 11:30pm NZ time, 7:30pm Singapore time - and we feel surprisingly awake. There's a 4 hour wait here until our flight to Paris so hope we can ... Read more >

Tags: singapore, singapore airlines lounge

Photos: NZ

Mon, 12 Jun 2017 | By spaghettilegs | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Picton

Sat, 8 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Photo Gallery

Photos: New Zealand continued

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 | By emily_zitcer | Photo Gallery

Photos: New Zealand

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 | By limoncellodicorleone | Photo Gallery