We arrive in the country's capital late and tired. In Wellington we went on the 'famous' tram cars to the top of the hill to see all of Wellington and the harbour. From the top of the hill we saw all of Wellington and the harbour. From there we went on a walk down back to the city, which a large part of this happy walk was through a cemetry. Just lovely. At the end of the walk we came by the Parliament buildings, this was supposed to be a highlight of the t...

Heading down from the Bay of Islands we stopped off in Auckland to buy some clothes that may be suited for the colder weather and we then headed off to Rotorua. We were warned that it was a 4 hour drive and we might want to stay somewhere in between but since we had driven for 29 hours straight in Australia I think we were going to be able to cope with the drive south! We were also told about Rotorua having a certain smell to it, something to do with the Thermal ...

We arrive in Auckland airport after filling about 20 pages of immigration papers, apparently New Zealand dont take this thing lightly! After we buy some cheap Alcohol, litre of gin and a litre of Vodka, for less than 20 pounds, and Charlottes worry that we wont drink it all ( i think she forgot who she was with) we head to passport control! Here we are interogated on where we have been and what we are planning on going and what colour of pants we are wearing an...