The whalewatching capital! Halfway to Christchurch this little town on the East Coast really has it: Mountain backdrop, turquois sea, black pepple beaches, seals, sun…

Between Kekerengu and Kaikoura the rocky shore is alive with NZ fur seals at this time of the year, this year’s seal pups wallowing in…

After living almost half a year in NZ, we seem to have found what we were looking for: Our family, our children. We have proven…

The lake lies in a shallow lagoon within a depression on the East Coast and due to the warm winds in its micro climate and…

The weather’s fine but unstable and will soon develop a rainy twist, so we’re heading for the East Coast first, looking for some whales, dolphins…

Holidays! The last school day on Friday was perfect, Verena had her goodbyes at the kindy, they received their last story, sung their last song,…

Anna’s last week at school was topped by her classes’ play on Wednesday, they had been training their lines for two months and were very…

At one of my “over the fence” talks with our neighbour Brian, I learned more about the Cobb Valley, the reservoir lake, the huts, the…

Our garden is flourishing and growing, or rather exploding with salad and veges – I want to have something like it at home too, please!…

The wonders of Towers Bay are numerous … the obvious, the split apple, a granite rock sitting just offshore, is only one of them. Most…