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April 8, 2015 at 4:27 PM
If you had told me during my childhood that there was a beach where, if you dug a hole deep enough at a certain time of day, hot water would come up from the depths of the sand, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
Read More »April 8, 2015 at 4:07 PM
When you reside in the cloudiest city in the country that has an average temperature of 9. 9˚C and 1112mm of rainfall per annum (I’m looking at you, Invercargill), you tend to spend the year looking forward to summer.
Read More »April 8, 2015 at 3:55 PM
‘I think we should head north,’ Sarah said, as we sipped cocktails in Wellington. ‘I’d like to do the Tongariro Crossing.
Read More »April 7, 2015 at 2:13 PM
On the final day of summer holidays, I almost died. My name is Zara Jillings, I am 16 years old. It was a king tide when my friends and I ascended the rutted clay cliffs, using twisted tree branches for hand holds as we scrambled to the top.
Read More »April 7, 2015 at 2:05 PM
Nelson fills with visitors in the summer. I live here so I plan to stay home, gardening, swimming, reading in my favourite chair under the plum tree, till my work resumes in mid-January.
Read More »April 1, 2015 at 9:14 AM
The story starts in Auckland where most of the backpacker story begins, it is about fun and friendship that you make along the way. It was right in the middle of the summer and we all had a calm down in our activities, perfect timing for a city break.
Read More »April 1, 2015 at 8:42 AM
Day 1 (Christmas Eve): Drove out of the office carpark at 4pm – Woohoo!!! Let the Auckland staycation commence! Licked a gelato at Mission Bay and hung out at the beach watching yachts racing in the molten silver waters near Motutapu.
Read More »March 27, 2015 at 4:18 PM
Taking the road less travelled led me to love; the love of unspoilt virgin podocarp and beech forest, limestone arches and lush ferns and mosses of varying shades of green. No longer do I think of green as one colour.
Read More »March 24, 2015 at 3:38 PM
New Zealand gets a lot of rain, so we knew that attempting the central North Island’s Tongariro Alpine Crossing in January was taking a risk with the weather.
Read More »March 19, 2015 at 11:14 AM
Leaving our luggage at Motu Trails Limited’s base to be transported to our evening’s accommodation we set off.
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