We arrived in Hamilton on Friday 7th december, and it was a cloudy, cold day - just what you wanted! We were told the walk to our hostel took 10 minutes, but they did not take into account that we would be carrying 10 months worth of stuff on our backs and that the Fijians had moved all my straps so they were not set up properly! Plus we had eaten something really nasty the day before and neither of us felt well. 30 minutes of walking up several hills later we a...

Hi all! We are just about to leave Auckland for Fiji in a few hours so decided it was time to do a quick rundown of our time here. We are returning to New Zealand to travel round the North Island in a couple of weeks, but our time in Auckland will be minimal. We have found Auckland to be a pretty cool city- many people say that they do not like the place, but i cannot see why. I would not want to stay here for too much longer, but thats because it is a dra...

Hello to all! We arrived in Sunny Auckland on Sunday 18th November and have been taking in the sights for the last few days. We have mainly been content to simply wander round the city and see where we end up, and what sights it has to offer, but we have done a few things besides getting lost! We have been to the Auckland Museum, which was about a 20 minute walk from the centre in one of the huge domains (parks to you and me!) We watched a Maori Cultural s...