Well, we've just sailed out of Wellington towards the South Island, so after 11 days in NZ, I have time during the crossing to summarise what we've done: Auckland: A sprawling, big city which lived up to expectations. The overriding memories will be of: feeling vertiginous going up the Sky Tower, possibly due to just having flown in, not helped by bungee jumpers flying past the window. Being woken up in the middle of the night at our hostel by someone ...

Well, we've just sailed out of Wellington towards the South Island, so after 11 days in NZ, I have time during the crossing to summarise what we've done: Auckland: A sprawling, big city which lived up to expectations. The overriding memories will be of: feeling vertiginous going up the Sky Tower, possibly due to just having flown in, not helped by bungee jumpers flying past the window. Being woken up in the middle of the night at our hostel by someone ...