Category Archives: New Zealand North Island

Glow-worms at Waitomo to Zorbing in Rotorua

We’ve seen a lot now…so many things in fact that we need this blog to look back on to keep it all straight in our minds! It’s hard to believe that it’s been 5 months since Ben, Dan & the … Continue reading

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Welcome to Middle Earth!

  We have been transported to the incredible land of the Shire.  You need to be short, have hairy feet and like a good journey.  We got to be Hobbits for the day.           We had … Continue reading

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The Kauri Coast to Coromandel Peninsula

  Finally, it was down south to the Kauri Coast where the enormous and beautiful kauri trees can be seen. The road took us through many towns with the original wooden buildings still intact. We’ve heard people describe New Zealand … Continue reading

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Scuba, Steinlagers and Toilets: The Bay of Islands to Cape Reinga

Our first destination out of Auckland up the main (and almost only) road north was to Whangarei, where we took a little detour across to Whangarei Heads.  Here the road winds around bay after bay of lovely little hamlets of … Continue reading

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Having fun in Auckland, New Zealand

We arrived in Auckland at four o’ clock in the morning after a twelve hour flight, having lost Friday somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. Dad met a nice man called Pedro from Brasil who was going to study in New Zealand, … Continue reading

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