Kia Ora as we say in New Zealand. I'm not offering an orange juice, I'm saying hello in Maori. We attended a Maori cultural evening last night and had a wonderful time - but more of that later. There were two highlights of our third day in New Zealand. The first was breakfast on a farm and the other was a caving experience. The farm was run by an elderly, slightly eccentric couple and a dog - Colin, Jan and Minty. They supplied us with a fabulous breakfa...

New Zealand is a very different place from Oz. The countryside is green and the geology seems to be completely different - the country seems to be dissolving and collapsing in on itself. Did you know that there is only one indigenous mammal here - it's a bat. If an animal doesn't swim or fly then it never reached here. Sallie met us at the airport and brought us to her beautiful house in the Bombay Hills to the south of Auckland. It is set in 6 acres of roll...