Omega Rental Cars Blog

March 3, 2015 at 9:19 AM

It rained during the night.   Hard slashes pounded the window, hammering through my attempts at sleep.   Please let it stop before morning.  

            Last week, we’d tramped 19 kilometers on the Hump Ridge Track.   Our high-end gortex was no match for nine hours of relentless precipitation.

February 20, 2015 at 2:26 PM

Cody Byrne is a US based Omega customer who arrived in NZ with a backpack, camera, and a working visa good for one year. In Cody's words "I had absolutely no real plan other than which hostel I could stay at for the first four nights.

January 27, 2015 at 9:48 AM

New Zealand has so much to offer that it feels there's not enough time to do everything you want. When my friend Fraser arrived for three weeks of travel, I decided we definitely had to head to the centre of the North Island.

January 16, 2015 at 10:55 AM

I shifted to Australia earlier this year, so after spending the most part of 2014 away from New Zealand I was eager to return to our lovely country for an extended three month holiday. My journey began as I touched down on the Wellington tarmac.

December 24, 2014 at 7:23 AM

Waitangi, sometimes called the birthplace of New Zealand, is one place you have to tick off the list. Situated about 3 hours’ drive from Auckland, up State Highway 1 north to Whangarei (165km) and then Kawakawa (a further 60km).

December 24, 2014 at 7:21 AM

Seven months in New Zealand, but thanks to finding work in Auckland we had only seven weeks for the South Island.

December 24, 2014 at 7:20 AM

Most people, if not all, were exposed to New Zealand through the Lord of the rings trilogy in the past, and the "hobbit" in the present.

December 19, 2014 at 2:39 PM

New Zealand, the SouthDiary by Robert Höerhann, Austria EuropeAfter visiting the North Island in 2011 we promised to come back to the country of our dreams New Zealand. This time it should just be the south island.