Me and sarah just got bk from our day at Tiritiri Matangi island, it was amazing! Great way to spend our last day in NZ, tonnes of wildlife and its a beautiful island- very different, loads of flax, different types of trees including some 1000yr old pohutukawa trees, used to cover NZ but are now rare. The island is one of the most successful conservation projects in the world- its natural habitat was destroyed by grazing and then introduced pests, but they wiped...

Hey, me and sarah had a wierd kiwibus driver from Rotorua to Auckland! His name was Steve-O and he was fine really, he just seemed mega keen about everything and spoke all the time! Constantly said 'alrightio', 'f***ing awesome' and said every word really slowly. Like when we got to auckland he said 'Auuuuccccckkkk...llllaaannnddddd. Cool things. Alrightio. Great dude. Wow. f***ing awesome ay? Auckland ay?' instead of just saying 'were in auckland'.... Anyhow, w...

Hey, me and sarah have had a nice couple of days, theyve been pretty chilled out which is a change. We went from wellington to Taupo on the kiwi bus with Duncan, and in Taupo we stayed at Urban retreat, a nomads not base, and it was a really nice, homey hostel. We did the walk out of town to the hot springs that you can swim in, set in a gorgeous parkland along the river. The hot stream flowed into the river and you had amazing views of the cliffs on the opposite...

Hey, me and sarah got on the kiwi bus from christchurch, with Duncan as our driver (a normal name for a change, no nickname!). It was a short drive up further north to Kaikoura, this place is amazing for sealife- loads of people go whalewatching, walk to the seal colonies, swim with dolphins or seals. We tried to book a swim with dolphins on the bus but they were fully booked for the day, so had to do it the next morning early before the bus- but even though its ...

Me and sarah had a really nice, chilled out day in Christchurch- this is our favourite town in NZ! Its beautiful, its actually very english, but with better weather and cool plants and wildlife. We got up at 9, good lie in, went round some shops, got a day ticket for the old style trams that go round the town, and started at the arts centre- there was a market on, its easter sunday so loads of people about, and I found a Manaia necklace there, maori jewellery. Be...