In the western Bay of Plenty, Tauranga is located around a large harbour, protected by Matakana Island and the extinct volcano Mount Maunganui. The whole…

We have been in the Rotorua area for two days now and there are still things to see, to experience. But the typical European “Wanderlust”…

No Rotorua experience without an evening at the Tamaki Maori Village. The bus tour with Aroha, the election of “our” chief (of the bus) who…

A sight we can always do again… the wow effect is consistant from the very first steeming pool down to the last very green steeming…

The weather didn’t loose its edge, always switching between sun and rain but it was not too nasty, so we set aside our plans for…

Once I heard someone brag that all it needs in NZ is a decent sheepwool pullover. When it’s windy, it covers you from the cold,…

Leaving Taupo to the North, the first thing everybody stumbles over are the Huka Falls and the Craters of the Moon. Both attractions we had…

What a drive with volcanoes lining up beside the street :) Most of them were hiding in thick clouds, only Ruapehu offering bit of a…

… is the name of a road that gave us some spontaneous ideas on how it might have come to live. But … it takes…

Napier is a neat little town that has an apealling town centre in art deco style with murals, fountains, artwork and memorials all over the…