Hello Team, Well what a busy 12 days we had on the South Island! We started by going to Kaikoura to do some whale watching but unfortunately we encountered our second day of rain in 3.5 months and it was cancelled. So we continued south and went to Franz-Josef glacier where we did a glacier hike for the day, it was awesome and warmer than you'd think. We then made our way to Queenstown to begin our thrill seeking adventures! First came the 12,000ft skydive ove...

Sorry for the delay, NZ's internet access is quite poor. Anyways, we landed in Auckland after our 11hr flight from Shanghai and to pick up our campervan which is now our new best friend! We drove to our friends Peter and Kate's for a hot shower and some help in planning our trip. We started by going north to Northland (funily enough) and visited Paihia & Russell in the Bay of Islands we then came back down the west coast visiting Hokianga natural harbour wh...