First of New Zealand’s great trail rides is now open
The first of New Zealand’s ‘Great Rides’ - a national cycle trail showcasing some of the country’s most spectacular landscapes – is now open. The St James Cycle Trail passes through an iconic South...
View ArticleParty into 2011 with a New Year's in New Zealand
New Year’s in the UK will be freezing, so why not head to New Zealand where the summer is already in full swing and temperature will be a soothing 25 degrees Celsius for New Year’s night! The city of...
View ArticlePoor Knights Islands: top dive site in New Zealand
Two clown nudibranch in the coral reef off Poor Knights Islands. Photo: Jon Radoff Just twenty three kilometres off New Zealand’s Tutukaka Coast are a cluster of islands that are a top international...
View ArticleDoubtful Sound – New Zealand’s deepest fjord
Watch out for dolphins in Doubtful Sound. Doubtful Sound is the deepest (421 metres) and second longest (40 kilometres) of the South Island's fjords. It is quite untouched by the modern world – with...
View ArticleIn need of rugby detox? Plenty of soothing events this November in NZ
The Rugby World Cup may be over but all reports suggest the party is continuing. You may wish to spend your time in New Zealand joining the Kiwis in celebration and re-watching matches, but for those...
View ArticleNew Zealand’s New Year zest
If you missed the New Year celebrations in New Zealand, don't worry as there's still plenty of things to do across the country in January, from comedy to cuisine and plenty in between, you'll be hard...
View ArticleExtra Extra! New Zealand working holiday makers wanted to audition for parts...
An open casting call has gone out to anyone in the Wellington area to go and audition for parts in the upcoming two part epic The Hobbit, the prequel to the phenomenally successful The Lord of the...
View ArticleNew Zealand February fun - that doesn't involve Valentines Day!
What's the point in February? The shortest month of the year, still cold and broke from Christmas, the only thing of note in February is Valentines Day, and that's hardly great. If you're in a...
View ArticleNew Zealand's Midsummer March Madness
While the British sun is still trying to make its first feeble appearance, peeking out behind a rain cloud before being blown back in by a bitter wind, New Zealand's summer is still keeping the days...
View ArticleApril activities in New Zealand - Jazz! Easter! Comedy!
While Spring once again shines bright in the UK, taunting everyone that for once maybe it won't chuck it down all summer, on the other side of the world where the weather keeps its promises, New...
View ArticleNew Zealand MAY be the best place to play
Britain must be the only country in the world where you can stand wearing wellingtons, under an umbrella in the pouring rain, for a bus to splash past you with a sign on the side saying 'We're in a...
View ArticleSeasonal September - Things to do this month in New Zealand
So while winter edges its icy fingers around the corner in the UK, it's only just beginning to recede in New Zealand, meaning that thanks to a landscape with more beaches and mountains and fields and...
View ArticleThings to do in New Zealand in October
While coats are being dusted off and last year's fashions are being goggled at in British wardrobes this month, on the other side of the world in New Zealand spring is just getting underway. And when...
View ArticleNearly New Year in New Zealand - Events in December
It's just turned December in the UK but with time differences, International Date Lines and life on the other side of the world, who knows, it could be New Years Eve right now in New Zealand. With that...
View ArticleKiwi April
April is supposed to be a transitional month, as the season shakes off the last vestiges of winter and basks in the nascent sunlight of spring. Why it's still chucking it down with snow and freezing...
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