Kerikeri
Travel Blogs from Kerikeri, New Zealand
Pictures, Pictures, Pictures
Since I am behind on posting pictures for the last few days I thought that I would make an entry just for pictures. On our way to Motuti we did quite a few things. Went to see a hot spring, waterfall, glowworms, a famous bathroom, etc.... ...
A Winery and a Stone Store...
... were ready, line up for a wine tasting. The Estate is named after Samuel Marsden, who introduced the grapevine into New Zealand with 100 plantings in Kerikeri in 1819. The vines at Marsden are a little more recent, but both the wine and Estate have ...
Weekend :-)
... , chilled and homely, you are a brilliant family and it was all my pleasure to join in! Thanks for taking me in and making New Zealand even more awesome for me! Back to the house for a bit then back to town and on the bus. Got a letter from ...
Reise nach Northland
... mal so weit nördlich bin kann ich das nördlichste Ende auch noch mitnehmen bevor es in den Süden geht. Unser erstes Ziel war Kerikeri, eine kleine Stadt an der Küste. Dort hat mir Glori ein Hostel empfohlen in dem wir auch direkt reserviert haben. Auf ...
the long trip upwards and onwards
... for about 6 hours, stopping off in small towns for food ans drink in the punishing heat. We made our way slowly up near Kerikeri at a friend of my great aunties called Angie, she lives out in the country using water from a rain collecting tank so showers ...
Itchy bug bites!
... . I love the water. Also, we're probably moving on on Monday or Tuesday. We're going to be staying in a hostel in KeriKeri and probably picking kiwi fruit or mandarins for some xtra cash. Probably take a few days to vacation as well. We want to check ...
Rarawa Beach to Kerikeri
... the mud within minutes and so after Andrew and 2 Australian boys had pushed us out we decided to keep going to Kerikeri and a campsite with more solid infrastructure. Wildlife watch - everything was inside keeping out of the rain Distance travelled - 224 ...
Learning to Meditate
A nearly five-hour bus ride last Sunday brought me to Kerikeri, where I met Armin, a German Zen Buddhist and woodworker by trade. I had spoken to him on the phone the day before, having found his phone number in the WWOOF book Jenny left me. He was ...
starting woofing
Took the 1.15pm bus to kerikeri arrived 1.40pm was picked up by Stephan about 2pm from the centre of kerikeri near library, outside subway. Driven to Farm and shown around lots of orange trees did some picking i ...
Rain, Rain, Rain
... ) but the wind and rain did not help matters – it is largely an outdoors experience, with beautiful (foggy) views of the Bay of Islands. We are now a little further north, in the Top 10 at Kerikeri, waiting to see what the weather will do ...
Kerikeri - in the North of the North Island
... , aber zumindest haben alle nen netten Eindruck gemacht. Da gibt es Monique, die Chefin, DeutschNeuseeländerin, die sich bei der NZGBA, New Zealand German Business Association, für die Messen zuständig ist. Alex,Deutsch, mit ihr stand ich ja schon in ...
go north young man
Have driven to Kaitaia on the north and Manganoui heading back to keri keri. Very nice beaches (not white sand though) and coastal scenes . Had a GR8 lunch at at place called karikari (I know names all run together). Had a nice wine tating also. They are ...
Kiwis packing und mehr
... . Meine neue Heimat ist seit nunmehr schon über drei Wochen der kleine, ruhige, beschauliche (deshalb auch ziemlich langweilige) Ort Kerikeri, was so viel wie „graben, graben" bedeutet. Hier gibt es eine Hauptstraße mit ein paar Geschäften und ...
Kerikeri, New Zealand
... large ones at that! And that is saying a lot from me (Lynne) who LOVES sweet things. Even I couldn't handle it in the end! New Zealand is so green. Lots of green hills, sheep (of course), cows and trees. Clearly a shot of greenery when living in Oz can ...
A wild wet walk, more history and oranges...
... cruel shower, suddenly I looked around and saw a small field surrounded by orange trees. Unexpected and quite glamorous in a way. Kerikeri Top 10 site is functional. It's not nearly as pretty as Russell and full of youngsters which made me feel old ...
head north for new adventures and warmer weather
... I had an excellent dinner at REVA's. Sailing is a mainstay activity here. Before reaching Whangerei, I stopped at a couple beaches and new devlopement area on the inside of a peninsula. This morning I took the very nice drive to Whangerei Heads, to see ...
Fudge packin, Ukulele playin fun!
... amazing, we tried all of their flavours for free under the guise of being international fudge distributers looking to invest in new zealand fudge. We bought about a pound of the stuff for further "investigation" before driving half a kilometre down ...
Kerikeri
So, had the bus booked for Friday AM and woke up ridiculously late to make it in time. Good fortune would have it that I managed to blag a lift which saved all my woes, very fortunate indeed. The trip up there went quickly and soon I was met ...
A few days of luxury and home comforts!
... and drove to Waitangi which is where a treaty was formed between the British and the Maoris in which Britain gained control of New Zealand. I went on another walk to the waterfalls which was nice as you walked through all the magroves as well as a forest ...
seeing the far north of the far south
... days to get caught up. Upload speed allowing, I will begin to show some pix from the days travel in and around Kerikeri, which is a farmer's haven, but not so much for dairy and sheep, but for produce including avacadoes, watermelon and tomatoes. ...

