We are only stopping over in Auckland for the night because we wanted to skip the plane that takes us to the Cook Islands at 2am. We spent the night at the Centra at the Airport and arranged to meet up with Donna's Uncle Simon and her brother in the Auckland. We met at the Sky Tower in Auckland and watched some idiot jump off it, it looks like f...

Realised all to quickly why we were worried bout hostels again...people coming in at all hours waking you up isn't too bad as you can just roll over and go back to sleep, but morons who listen to their loud music whilst rustling all their plastic bags as they repack their rucksack as 7am are not nice people! They need a lesson in hostel etiquett...

Tänään olikin lähinnä valmistautumispäivä huomista varten ...ja nyt päästään itse asiaan! Huomenna olisi sitten herätys kello 04 aamulla ja todellinen seikkailu alkaa tästä ja nyt!!! Tämä reissu ei kuulu meidän maailmanympärilippuun, eikä mikään One World yhtiö edes Tongalle lennä, joten ostimme nämä liput ihan erikseen. Hinta edestakaisin Tonga...

Hello everyone! This is our official first blog from Auckland. Hope all is well! Michael and I have arrived in Auckland, the City of Sails. Now while we haven't gone down to Viaduct Harbour or the Bay Area yet, we can tell you this - the "Sails" part is accurate, because it has been amazingly windy since we arrived here today. And for petes sake...

Flew back to Auclkand from Sydney. It was sad to say goodby to the Stephens but great to see them again!!

Back in Auckland after our little detour to the north. We stayed in ACB, which was a big high rise hostel jammed with people. It was the slowest check-in ever but nice enough, although we left so early in the morning that we didn't get chance to see much of it! Our bus driver out of Auckland was called Smooch - a nice enough guy, if a bit vague!...

Back in Auckland after 3 months, Otago is still on my mind. From November until January 15th, I spent time in Central Otago working on vineyards and orchards. I started out at McArthur Ridge vineyard in Alex for 3 weeks, bud rubbing and single shooting. Every day, for 10 hours, I had the best views of the Old Man range, Leaning Rock and the surr...

Auckland is our first stop in New Zealand. We had a fabulous 12 hour flight. It was wonderfully child free and we each had an extra seat to stretch out on... The city is surrounded by topaz blue water. Amazing. We had three total days here. Day one we decided to orientate ourselves with the city's history and culture. We went to the Auckland War...

I've been back in Auckland for a little more than 2 weeks now doing more work at the temp agency. They seem to be the temp agency that gets all the events at SkyCity which is the brand new convention center attached to the SkyTower. One of the events I've worked have been the nationally televised Halberg Awards, which are awards given out to ath...

1980 and 2006 Auckland and Whangarei. Visiting family. Bay of Islands, nature walks, winery, coastline, etc. Beautiful coastline, foliage and birdlife. Everything they say about the fantastic nature is true. Outdoor sporty types will be in heaven!