I’m truly sorry. I hate to dash people’s perceptions. But I have found somewhere in rural New Zealand that can be crowded and, at times, deafeningly noisy.
Don’t panic. Because here nature provides the soundtrack and the crowds ebb and flow with the tides, for I have discovered Punakaiki,...
I was in desperate need of a holiday, the time had finally arrived for an adventure around my home country's next door neighbour, New Zealand
It is the first day of the tour and I arrive at the airport, tired, excited and curious about the trip that lies ahead. There are lots of people around for...
One thousand years ago the region around the Kaikoura Peninsula was the hunting ground for the largest bird in the world – the moa. Less than one hundred years ago it was a whaling and seal fur station. However it is now one of New Zealand’s foremost eco-tourist destinations and is known as the...
The unmistakable sound of crampons on ice slowly echoed through the early morning fog ahead. It was early, not headlamp early, but early enough that the bright, down-under; no-ozone sun had not broken through the thick layer of cloud and fog that seems to collect in these valleys every night. A...