Hello!!! After staying at hannahs relatives for a few days we are inAuckland at the last pointof our trip. We went to Kelly Tarlton's arctic adventure where we saw yet more fish and king penguins!! these are huge things and are really quite funnny in the way that they waddle along and also sit there getting a a sun tan. We then went up the sky tower - the huge building in Auckland 328m where u can rappel off it like a stuntman - not for us 2 thanks,...

Hello all We have been to the coromandel peninsula where there is yet much nmore scenery to see. Its just north of rotorua in the jtting out bit on the map of new zealand. We basically drove up to there and stayed ina nd around coromadel town, stopping at various beaches including cathedral cove a huge limestone place and stingray bay. Coromandel town was a nice picturesque place. we then stopped in thames overnight and looked around there. We went to a gol...

We went from taupo to a place called waitomo where they have many caves. We decided to go black water rafting where u ride down natural waterways in deep caves on a rubber tube!!! So we went down to the visitors centre and went off with the guide. I was the only bloke with about 9 other girls....hmmm We squirmed into our wetsuits and then donned hats with lights on and big wellies and trampled down to this cave.. We had to squeeze thru tiny holes i...

Hello Wenet on from wellington to napier - a city west on the north island. stayed inba nice place where we went out to first do the washing!! then the next day we went to the beachfront, had a lokk around. hannah bought some sunglasses and then we played crazy golf which was a good laugh. we then went out in the car up to the viewponint across the herbour which was an awesome vieew. we then went to a honey making place where we were showed how hoiney was ma...

Hello We got the fery to wellington where we picked up our hire car. A nice old yoyota corsa, where the ABS brake light keeps coming on and off ove bumps.... hmmm, but the mechanic said its ok. So we have stayed in wellington in an old world war 2 hostel - and its a bit of a dive really - nice house, but unhygienic inside. We went around the city and went to the famous museum - realy good, up to mount victoeris to a look out over the city and then on t...