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Adventures in Northland, New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Adventures in Northland, New Zealand

A travel blog entry by nickiemoore

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Here one day, gone the next, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Here one day, gone the next

A travel blog entry by jwatson

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... me stay at their house tonight. I flew from Phuket to Bangkok, then to Kuala Limpur, Malaysia, to Sydney, Australia, and finally, Auckland, New Zealand. I'll be in Auckland for at least a day or two sorting out my working holiday visa (I'm currently on ...

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Auckland

A travel blog entry by dacraic

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Off to Aulkland to drop Karol the Corolla back at Jucy. Booooo hoooo! After 3440km she deserved a servicing - we went over the 200,000km mark. Called Madeline (a friend of our friend Helen) who was put us up for the night. Herself and her ...

Semi-Disposable Swedish Furniture, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Semi-Disposable Swedish Furniture

A travel blog entry by foolsgold

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... Today is ANZAC day, which is a public holiday in fair New Zealand and Australia. For the uninitiated, it means Australia and New Zealand Army Corps, and it is effectively the equivalent of Remembrance Day, right down to the poppies. In 1915 Churchill ...

Goodbye Harold, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Goodbye Harold

A travel blog entry by nomadic-brands

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... it's not only Harold that is feeling a little weary. Today was supposed to be the day that we finally went sightseeing in Auckland, but since the weather is absolutely pants and we are both feeling dodgy I'm afraid we really haven't done anything which is ...

Wellington-Auckland + some interesting interludes!, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Wellington-Auckland + some interesting interludes!

A travel blog entry by caznjasonescape

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We were a bit sad to leave Wellington and Jason's parents behind, but by the time we reached Napier, on the East coast, the weather had cheered us up no end! It felt like a different country but apparently it's the weather patterns which make it the ...

The Truth About Father Christmas, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

The Truth About Father Christmas

A travel blog entry by fyrelizard

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... from- the elves are a myth! Santa, the scurge of the Seven Seas.... The previous weekend proved even more interesting. New Zealand Music Week culminated in a variety of events, including the K-road Karnival. K-road is the local equivalent of Soho- ...

Auckland, NZ... I'm in New Zealand!!!, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Auckland, NZ... I'm in New Zealand!!!

A travel blog entry by madman96

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... about nothing besides say good bye to Lauren and Adi at the airport and update my blog while waiting for my flight. Today, I arrived into Auckland after a ~12 hour flight and the sun sets by the time I rent a car and find my way into the city to secure ...

Come on...........the magical mystery tour, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Come on...........the magical mystery tour

A travel blog entry by baldtel_on_tour

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... a hot Swedish girl and him. He did want F$75 a night though, but still. Bugger his timing dammit!!! So yeah, er......New Zealand. First impressions? Its cold, they drive on the left hand side, its full of shops.......its England. On the other ...

Pre-contest concert, Town Hall, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand travel blog

Pre-contest concert

A travel blog entry by jawad

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... to the nationals. It was also the first public performance of our newly formed Tuba-Euphonium quartet, consisting of Ross Gerritsen (New Zealand National Band), myself, Andy Mitchel (New Zealand National Band) and Simon Kerwin (Versatile Brass). We were ...

Auckland Again-the story so far, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Auckland Again-the story so far

A travel blog entry by penguinmad

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... should be fun going threw customs. During all of the treatments I haven't been able to work ( damm!!). I have seen so much of New Zealand and my time was running out so I deiced that I would Leave NZ early and spend some time in Malaysia first. ...

Na Zillun a bro, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Na Zillun a bro

A travel blog entry by coopertrooper

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... she is under the microscope from all the kiwi teachers who want to find out how the new English teacher's teaching methods. We went to Auckland's top tourist attraction last Saturday - skytower, the highest tower in the southern hemisphere. ...

Bye Bye NZ!, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Bye Bye NZ!

A travel blog entry by sfrtw

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... though Frank thinks the one in Bulls was pretty bad too. We caught a cab into town to our backpacker in the heart of downtown Auckland, near Queen Street. Frank was in city shock.  Although I had a great time in the RV, it sure felt cramped at ...

All Good Things..., Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

All Good Things...

A travel blog entry by aknztrip

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... our way through the city. Despite our urban surroundings, we were granted one last surprise walk through a lush New Zealand forest when we entered Auckland Domain. It had been many days since we’d been within the woods, and I nearly cried at the ...

Back to the Northern Hemisphere, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Back to the Northern Hemisphere

A travel blog entry by jawad

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... took off. I had two seats to myself on this first leg of the flight to Tahiti and got a great view of Auckland as we left New Zealand. I could make out all the landmarks of the city, even Mount Eden road was clearly visible until we entered some clouds ...

Auckland 10th October 2004, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Auckland 10th October 2004

A travel blog entry by penguinmad

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... afternoon. I met Lisa and Jackie outside base at 9.30am we all piled into her car after a ciggie and chat and headed towards Auckland Museum, I hadn't seen this on my last stop here. For a $5 donation you gain entry-Thanks auntie Jackie. The Museum was a ...

Horror tales for Chinese tourists to NZ, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Horror tales for Chinese tourists to NZ

A travel blog entry by happysheep

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... YTS): 14,000 rmb ($3400), equivalent to one year's salary for the average urban Chinese. FLIGHTS TO NEW ZEALAND Air New Zealand flies to Auckland from Shanghai three times every week on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. Economy fares start from 8950 ...

Time Warp?!, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Time Warp?!

A travel blog entry by hess

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... and sand!! Although apart from a couple of days and experiencing a 'southerly' in Wellington, I've had pretty much awesome weather in New Zealand for the last week, especially for winter. I've driven up in a 'rent a dent type car from Wellington via ...

Wellington to Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Wellington to Auckland

A travel blog entry by leeandcathy

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... of 'Sulphur City'. Thursday Jan 6th - Day 254 From dawn to dusk the rain lashed down. We drove very carefully to Auckland, where Singapore Airlines couldn't have been more helpful. It only cost $90 (36 pound) to change our flights, so tomorrow we're ...

The Day Before I Left..., Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

The Day Before I Left...

A travel blog entry by shaunduvall

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... out - also being pleased that my departure tax of $30 I was expecting to pay was already included in my ticket Arrive in Auckland, to hang around for 5-6 hours, in departures, and then, at 6.10pm, Wednesday March 16th, catch my Lan Chile flight, and ...

The longest day of our lives, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

The longest day of our lives

A travel blog entry by emanddave

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Yesterday after doing all tínternet we went to do our chores and then went to see Danny, Helen and baby Lauren in Auckland at their house. No idea still what relation they are to Dave but was lovely to meet them too and Lauren was dead sweet and made me ...

Groove in the park, Auckland Domain, North Island, New Zealand travel blog

Groove in the park

A travel blog entry by jawad

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Waitangi Day - a national holiday in New Zealand to commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. The treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Tribes of New Zealand (and some other Maori leaders) is the founding document of modern ...

So long, Bay of Islands, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

So long, Bay of Islands

A travel blog entry by hels_belles

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... ?! If you want to see what the hostel was there's a website - www.mousetrap.co.nz I think. So here I am back in Auckland... Just gonna do a spot of shopping before I head off to some serious grafting in the form of fruit picking- in Hastings. I've ...

The Land of the Very Long Dark Cloud, Auckland and chunks of the North Island, New Zealand travel blog

The Land of the Very Long Dark Cloud

A travel blog entry by escapetherace

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... Te Puke (pronounced Tee Pookey), and it was refreshing that after looking at the map book we had travelled a sizeable chunk of New Zealand without breaking into a sweat unlike the country where we'd just come from where 240km would have equated to a trip ...

A lump in my throat..., Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

A lump in my throat...

A travel blog entry by rich

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... to Kaitaia for the next day, as I was heading north to do a farmstay for a week or two. I'd bought a FHINZ (Farm Helpers In New Zealand) booklet while I was still in England, but I'd never got round to using it (mainly because when I'm working, I like to ...

A Stray Antarctic Kiwi Experience, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

A Stray Antarctic Kiwi Experience

A travel blog entry by alasdairm

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Having managed to bounce my way around New Zealand relatively independently figured I would try out a free day tour around Auckland with the Kiwi Experience backpacker bus to see what they are like. The free part may have had some sway in the ...

New Zealand - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

New Zealand - Auckland

A travel blog entry by gonetilwhenever

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... price but we were fully prepared to take anything as low as $2300 - especially for such a quick sale. The following day we set up a New Zealand bank account and swapped our car for $3300 - $700 more than we had paid for it 5 weeks earlier!   ...

Welcome to Wellywood, Wellington to Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Welcome to Wellywood

A travel blog entry by dazzla

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... up at 1:30am and proceeded to watch England lose. So glad I stayed up all night, but the highlight was an eye-opening display of New Zealand policing. Some bloke was off his head on drugs and booze and threw a glass at the barman's head. It all kicked off ...

Big City Bane, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Big City Bane

A travel blog entry by mtrmsd

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Everyone hates Auckland. New Zealanders not from Auckland claim it's not part of New Zealand. It's a big fat city just like other big fat cities in the world. Anyway I'm trying to sell my car in an alley of the obese stomach of the city. Or is it a ...

Traffic lights and postcodes, Travellers Contact Point, Auckland, New Zealand travel blog

Traffic lights and postcodes

A travel blog entry by jawad

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... enquires desk advised me that the available accounts were not really the best value for money. Free banking does not exist in New Zealand so most accounts come with a combination of monthly fees and/or everyday transaction charges. He informed me that I ...

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