We left Mt MAunganui on the Intercity bus to Gisborne to visit Sarah's Auntie Katy. Gisborne is famous for being the most easterly city and the first to see the sun rise in the world, it also has a very high Maori population. We were loving the home comforts as we had our own bedrooms and proper towels and a gorgeous comfy couch! WE started job hunting more or less as soon as we got there, and landed a job picking sweetcorn for a lady called Ruby (grrr!) Sarah w...

Kia Ora from New Zealand!!We arrived in New Zealand on 5th March and have stayed in Auckland for 2 nights at the city YHA Hostel which is pretty close to everything. On our first day we just had a stroll around Queen Street to familiarize ourselves and went for a good meal in the Brooklyn Bar.Our second day was quite an adventure... We decided to take advantage of the free orientation tour around the city on the 'Stray Bus' (a company that does bus tours ...

We arrived in Mt maunganui to visit Sheff n Chrissie (friends of Sarahs) from Rotorua. Mt Maunganui means 'Large Mountain' in Maori in case your interested. Its a cute little beach resort town with cafe bars n Boutiques. Lots of people go there to surf and the beaches are really beautiful. Weve been chiiling out while weve been here watching films and enjoying home comforts. We spent a day at the beach, did some shopping and had a few nights out. We had a go at ...

After Hahei we departed early heading back over the Coromandel Ranges and back down into Waikato passing through Hamilton New Zealands fourth largest city.Arrived at Raglan where we stayed at the Karioi lodge in the bush overlooking the Whale Bay Surf area. Raglan is a world famous surf spot (featured in a few films) and we had the opportunity to go to the surf school for the day but we decided to save our pennies and a few of us chilled on the beach watching peo...

We started our journey on the 'Stray Bus' today. Its like the Kiwi Experience bus but a different company (they tend to go more off the beaten track and visit places some of the other companies don't go to). We had done our research- Magic was not appealing after out Bay of Islands trip, and we had heard Kiwi Experience was like an 18-30's holiday for younger people (and we are pushing 25 now!! haha). So Stray sounded the most appealing and we'...