Hi everyone - Lydia and Naomi here! While Dad is out cavorting with Australian old women, we are here in Tauranga in the North Island! Lydia was at school today and left before I woke up, but left me a little message which was cool - athough I didn't find it until lunch time! So today I went out to Tauranga city centre with Emily and Jim because I needed to buy some long sleeved tops, it is cold here. We went to this cool cafe that Lydia had told me about, call...

Hello playmates, It's Stuart here, branching out on his own. I left Naomi up in the North Island being Lydia's twin and I flew today from Rotorua to Christchurch, the most English of all NZ cities - punting on the River Avon, a large Anglican cathedral, trams etc (plus KFC, Burger King and Macdonalds). I am staying at Charlie B's Backpackers - which reminds me of Army Camps I stayed in when I was in the army cadets at school. Maybe the mistake was to ask for t...

Hi everyone! Sorry we seem to have been a bit slow bloggage wise, but I'm going to write you a proper blog now! So, today Dad and I are slightly going different ways - he is off to explore the South Island from now until Saturday and i am staying here in the Bennett household in the North Island! He is flying from Rotorua to Christchurch today and then back on Saturday when we will all spend the day in Rotorua! The past few days we have been exploring Tauranga ...

Hello! This is just a short blog to say we have arrived in New Zealand and met up with the Bennetts! We arrived yesterday morning and were met at the airport in Auckland by Lydia and Jim. We were shown round Auckland a little bit, before coming back to Tauranga with them. It was a fun day and very strange being back with the family like i used to be all the time! We are having a lot of fun though and Lydia and I are spending our time laughing and eating chocola...

Hello all! We had a comfy nights sleep, so comfy in fact that we didn't wake up until 9.30 and were supposed to check out at 10! We left our bags at the hotel and caught the train up to Harajuku, stopping at the bakery on the way. Before going into the super-trendy boutique area we walked to the Meiji Shrine which commemorates the Emperor who brought Japan into modern world culture at the start of the last Century. It was wonderfully cool walking up to it throug...