 | North Island Arrival
2009-04-04, Taupo, New Zealand. By: nunns | | We arrive in Wellington for a night and decide that was a good choice. Not much to keep us there really, big city with a few decent sites.
So onwards to our first main stop – Lake Taupo, the larges... |
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| Awesome Tasman Park
2009-03-30, Nelson City, New Zealand. By: nunns | | On the long drive to Nelson, we stop off for a night at Punakaiki – the Pancake Rocks. Strange limestone formations which look like (surprisingly) giant stacked pancakes. Suppose the real attraction i... |
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 | World of Ice
2009-03-28, Franz Josef, New Zealand. By: nunns | | So, after the excitement of Queenstown, it’s on to the Franz Joseph Glacier via the Fox Glacier and a delightful place called Wanaka (the razor sharp wit in me had some fun with that name (sic))!!
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| Adventure Capital (for some)
2009-03-28, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: nunns | | Queenstown is dubbed the ‘Adventure Capital of the World’ – so we arrive with thoughts of White Water Rafting, Bungy Jumping, Paragliding, etc and leave having been Horse Riding and on Winery visits! ... |
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| Wonderful Scenery but Missed Opportunity
2009-03-24, Te Anau, New Zealand. By: nunns | | Te Anau provides the ideal base for trips to Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound – our planed destinations for the next 2 days. We find a great hotel overlooking Lake Te Anau and ‘hit’ the Town – a very ... |
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 | Mixed Gems
2009-03-20, Dunedin, New Zealand. By: nunns | | We arrive in Oamaru for a one nighter still buzzing with the memories of Mount Cook. Immediately, we are brought back to reality. Nothing to not like about the place but not a great deal that ‘grabs’ ... |
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 | Mount Cook Strikes High
2009-03-18, Mount Cook, New Zealand. By: nunns | | A fantastically scenic drive of 40 miles to Mount Cook Village (or so it should have been if not for the downpour we drove through all the way) sees us arrive at the historic Hermitage Hotel for a nig... |
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 | Peace on a Lake
2009-03-17, Tekapo, New Zealand. By: nunns | | Lake Tekapo lies about 170 miles South West of Christchurch. The drive gives us the chance to appreciate the contrasts of flat as pancake plains and vast mountain ranges. The most striking feature of ... |
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| It's Not Oz!
2009-03-16, Christchurch, New Zealand. By: nunns | | So, we arrive in Christchurch, our first port of call in New Zealand. Immediately we are struck by the resemblance to a typical English town – not a good sign we think. However, we delve deeper into t... |
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 | Last Day
2009-03-17, Christchurch, New Zealand. By: inky2 | | Thanks again for all our lovely guests to write us a quick note. They are so uplifting. Well tonight is our last night in New Zealand, we fly to Samoa tomorrow. We had a great time in Queenstown, d... |
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 | Missing some days
2009-03-14, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: inky2 | | We really need to get some pics up here. We have found a free internet place so tomorrow morning we want to get the last 5 days up. We climbed our glacier, drove down the coast, and have spent a cou... |
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 | Cruising down Island
2009-03-10, Franz Josef, New Zealand. By: inky2 | | We had two awesome days with Sarah and Russell in Blenheim at Nelson Lakes and an all day cruise through Marlborough Sounds where we got to watch live underwater video. Blue Cod look awesome and tast... |
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 | March 1
2009-03-01, Rotorua, New Zealand. By: inky2 | | Today we went to Whakawarewakwarewa or something like that. Short form for Whaka, where we experienced geothemal areas and spent time in a Maori village. We learned the Haka, better known around the... |
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 | We Made It!
2009-03-01, Christchurch, New Zealand. By: dalasnlily | | So, after a 12 hour flight to Auckland we realized as we were getting off of the plane that our transfer flight to Christchurch was actually delayed by 9 hours! Yikes. Why didn't we notice that 2 day... |
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| One Week Done, 3.5 To Go.
2009-02-28, Rotorua, New Zealand. By: inky2 | | We arrived in Auckland and immediately met Sue's Aunt Audrey and Uncle Colin for lunch, what a treat. Next day we went sailing with Sue's cousin in Auckland Harbour, again, a treasure of a time. Bil... |
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 | NZ - The North and the Finale!!!!
2009-02-24, Auckland, New Zealand. By: alexvale | | So the North. We flew into Wellington from Christchurch and as time was starting to get a tad tight we only had the one night here. Nothing really to do but at least we got to see the Capital, much ni... |
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 | end of the school, start of something new
2009-02-24, Oxford, New Zealand. By: isaiah68 | | Last update!
All the teams returned to base this last week! We spent a wonderful week together debriefing what God has been doing in their teams and in our lives. We spent a lot of time discussing ho... |
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 | The South Island Part Deaux
2009-02-22, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: alexvale | | Wow I really have been utterly rubbish at keeping upto date with my journal in New Zealand and now I've just arrived back in Oz I thought I better finish off with what I did for the second half of NZ.... |
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 | life is getting exciting...........
2009-02-21, Oxford, New Zealand. By: kimgolden | | Life updates are hard to come by when you have a lot going on. Today was our first free day in three weeks and I slept in until 11am because I was so stinking tired. It's good. It's about to get reall... |
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 | The Land of the Kiwi's so far......
2009-02-03, Lake Wanaka, New Zealand. By: alexvale | | Okay New Zealand baby! Having a great time here so far. Nearly half way round the south Island and today I think is the first day I've not had to get up stupidly early but did anyway just because I'm ... |
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| Out of the rain and into the sunshine
2009-01-21, Nelson City, New Zealand. By: isaiah68 | | Friends and family,
It has been far too long since the last update and this email will try to make up for it. :-)
After leaving Queenstown at New Years, our team went to Te Anau... in the Fiordl... |
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