 | NEW ZEALAND - Auckland
2009-10-26, Auckland, New Zealand. By: kito | | Back to where we started...
...on October 24, 2009 we left Munich bearing in mind that this 28-hours flight to NZL will probably be a never-ending thing (Munich-London; London-Hongkong; Hongkong-Au... |
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| Finally - a life sign
2009-11-18, Christchurch, New Zealand. By: kito | | Hi there,
sorry for having you kept so long without any information concerning our time in New Zealand...which is, unfortunately, almost over, we are flying back home tomorrow. :-((
Anyway, our t... |
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 | outstanding october
2009-11-02, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68 | | surprise! it's time for another update. this is a look at the month on October:
Like a whirlwind, the students blew in from Canada, the USA, Holland, England and New Zealand. We have 22 students fr... |
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| Hunger for Holiness
2009-09-29, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68 | | It's been an interesting experience these last few weeks. I moved out from the house I was living in with a great kiwi family and I moved back onto the YWAM base. I also ended my work at the old folks... |
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 | Interviews and new friends
2009-09-07, Auckland, New Zealand. By: fuma121 | | So it took me a little longer than I liked but ive started to settle in. Made a few mates and getting used to life in the slow lane. And let me tell you....I could get used to it. The weathers not per... |
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| So I arrive in Auckland
2009-09-02, Auckland, New Zealand. By: fuma121 | | So I've arrived in Auckland, and let me tell ya. I thought I new jet lag.....I was wrong. Now I know only to well how shit it can make you feel. Well following my flights I touched down eager to meet ... |
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| the old people I love
2009-08-21, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68 | | I can't believe it, but I am down to my last week of work at my old folks home. After next Friday (28th)- two exciting things happen. One, I celebrate a year of being in New Zealand. Unbelievable and ... |
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| my work
2009-08-01, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68 | | Joys of working with the elderly. Anyone with a job working with kids almost always come home with funny stories they want to share. I know parents and teachers who love retelling a funny or endearin... |
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| FREEDOM and JOY
2009-06-29, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68 | | I had no idea when I left the US last August what God had planned for me. Well, do we really ever know? He is a far greater planner than I could ever be. I have been back in Oxford for three months no... |
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 | 2 weeks to go
2009-06-21, Dunedin, New Zealand. By: Joneses | | We've been counting down to our trip, but we really are in the final stages of counting down now.
We fly to Christchurch on Friday evening, 3rd July, then leave the country on the 4th July. Christ... |
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 | Junkies Day 4 - Rock Climbing
2009-03-05, Wanaka, New Zealand. By: dalasnlily | | One of the great things about Adventure Junkies is that breakfast is provided every day. Many of those days included purchases of muesli, eggs, juice and toast from the store so we could make our own... |
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| WINTER
2009-06-04, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68 | | I never knew it was possible to love old people so much. Yes, I mean this with complete sincerity as my heart oozes with kind thoughts of my residents that I take care of. I started a job, working wit... |
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| God surprised me today
2009-05-18, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68 | | A whole day of blessings!
Here at the YWAM base, there is a a room called the "FREE BOX" with used clothes, shoes, etc from the students. It's set up as a give and take box. When students get here... |
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 | A Really Ridiculously good Looking Team
2009-05-17, Oxford, New Zealand. By: SurAmerica | | Today May 18, 2009, eight really ridiculously good looking people our setting off to Chile, South America. Who are these really ridiculously good looking people? Joshua Cho 17 from South Korea, Kadi... |
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| April Update
2009-05-11, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68 | | The month of April proved to be interesting time- I spent many weeks looking for permanent work and in the mean time working random temp jobs. It's been great to live near the YWAM base and not be an ... |
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 | Hike on Franz Josef Glacier
2009-04-25, Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. By: edculpin | | After staying the night in the small town of Franz Josef, we set off on a half-day hike on Franz Josef Glacier. It is 12 kilometres long as it descends down the valley, and, unlike most glaciers which... |
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 | Overnight boat on Milford Sound
2009-04-22, Milford Sound, New Zealand. By: edculpin | | Sorry everyone that i havent written anything for a couple of weeks - I have been just too busy! But now I am here in Sydney for a couple of days I have time to catch up with what I have been doing.
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| Trusting in God
2009-04-28, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68 | | Today at 3pm, my flight home from Christchurch, New Zealand to Oregon, USA will be leaving without me. Yup- that's what I said, WITHOUT ME!!! I guess this is what it's like to fully trust in God and b... |
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| Luke 13:6-9
2009-04-20, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68 | | "And he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedresser, 'Look, for three years now I have come seeking... |
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| Campervan!!!
2009-04-13, Greymouth, New Zealand. By: sayer | | Today we left the hotel and picked up out Transit campervan which is about 5 years old. We got all the paperwork signed off and we were back on the road!!! Pikeys again! We headed off to Greymouth and... |
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| Christchurch
2009-04-12, Christchurch, New Zealand. By: sayer | | Today we got a tram around the centre of Christchurch which was 100 years old stopping off at an art gallery and a little market. We also saw the school which Harry Potter went to in the films. Not mu... |
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| Fiji to New Zealand!!!
2009-04-11, Christchurch, New Zealand. By: sayer | | Today we left Fiji and jumped on our pland to Christchurch via Auckland!!! We arrived in NZ at 5:00 and got a shuttle bus to our hotel. The hotel was amazing!!! Free internet with sauna and gym and th... |
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 | Flying a Plane!!
2009-04-15, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: edculpin | | I have just got back from Kaikoura Airfield where I got to fly a plane!
It was a two-seater Cessna 150 Acrobat, and I got about 20 minutes of flight-time, plus take-off and landing. It was really b... |
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 | Bay of Islands - Last Stop
2009-04-14, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. By: nunns | | THREE days in the Bay of Islands based in Paihia. Great, time to stop for a while. Been doing too much travelling and we need to stay still for a while. Now rethinking our US/Canada itinerary which en... |
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 | Wellington
2009-04-12, Wellington, New Zealand. By: edculpin | | Today was our last day on the North Island of NZ. The time has gone by so fast! We spent it in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, which is right at the bottom of North Island.
We all walked ar... |
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 | Two days up in the mountains
2009-04-11, Whakapapa, New Zealand. By: edculpin | | We spent a couple of days up in the mountains at Whakapapa, on the north-easterly slope of Mt Ruapehu. It is New Zealands biggest ski area, but at this time of year the snow was only up on the very to... |
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 | Bungy Jumping!!
2009-04-10, Taupo, New Zealand. By: edculpin | | Today I got up enough courage to do bungy jumping! We headed to Taupo, where i jumped off a cliff into the the Waikato River. It was 154 feet, 47 metres, and i have put the video online now for you al... |
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 | Springs and geysers at Rotorua
2009-04-09, Rotorua, New Zealand. By: edculpin | | Today we drove down to Rotorua where we stayed in the nice Youth Hostel there. Me and Rosie took a walk around the edge of the city and the edge of the lake, and saw some cool hot water spring and hot... |
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 | Overnight stay on 'The Rock'
2009-04-07, Paihia, New Zealand. By: edculpin | | Today we drove up to the Bay of Islands, right up at the top of North Island. We boarded a really cool floating hotel called The Rock, a converted car ferry. It had two floors, one of rooms and the ot... |
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 | Parry Kauri Park
2009-04-06, Warkworth, New Zealand. By: edculpin | | Today we stopped off at Parry Kauri Park near Warkworth to look at the huge Kauri trees. They are New Zealand's version of the Giant Redwoods of America, and when the area was first being populated sa... |
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 | Arrival in New Zealand!
2009-04-05, Auckland, New Zealand. By: edculpin | | Arrived at Auckland Airport in New Zealand at midday today. Compared to England the weather is warm, but compared to Fiji it is cold, so i am feeling pretty cold over here!
I took a bus to the hote... |
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 | Hot Water Beach
2009-04-09, Whitianga, New Zealand. By: nunns | | Special entry for this bizzare natural feature. Read about it and decided to take a look. Geothermal activity heats underground springs which then bubble to the surface within a few square yards on th... |
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| Auckland
2009-04-12, Auckland, New Zealand. By: nunns | | Drive from Bay of Islands to Auckland on Good Friday - glad we weren't going the other way. Seems like the whole population of Auckland is heading for the coast! Arrive at hotel right next to Sky City... |
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| Bay of Plenty
2009-04-10, Whitianga, New Zealand. By: nunns | | A 2 day sortee to the Bay of Plenty and the Coromandel on the East Coast before we go to Auckland for a couple of days. Probably New Zealands best beach area stretching up the coast. We stop off at a ... |
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 | Smellee!
2009-04-07, Rotorua, New Zealand. By: nunns | | We look forward to our stay in Rotorua as we decide it’s time we stopped somewhere for more than 2 days! So 3 nights it is then!
Our immediate introduction to Rotorua (and everyone else’s we imagin... |
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