Morgens hat es leider ein bisschen geregnet, doch bis wir richtig auf dem Weg nach Norden waren, kam auch schon die Sonne raus. Von Pukenui aus war es eigentlich nicht mehr weit, aber wir kamen bald auf eine unbefestigte Strasse, so zog sich das ganze mal wieder ein bisschen hin. Und dann kam auch noch eine Herde Kuehe, und durch unseren Daihait...

Early in the morning - too early for a cup of java, I'm afraid - I board the very clean, comfortable, big windowed "Magic Bus" which is to be my transportation throughout New Zealand. I travel out of the city through picturesque rolling green hills and dairylands, up the west coast to the Hokianga Harbour. I've only been here a day and a half, a...

Starting to head back to Auckland because WE'RE GOING TO SEE TENACIOUS D on 11th January! We stopped at these twin towns called Opononi and Omapere. They were really nice and we met 2 really nice American ladies! So back in Auckland again at the moment, and I still don't like it very much, it seems to hate me! It makes everything a problem for m...

Morwenna managed to persuade her dad to lend us his car to drive up to the Northland (it is a bit more reliable than hers). We decided to do a loop round the north heading up the west coast today as far as the small town of Omapere at the edge of the Hokianga harbour. On the way up we passed through the last remaining areas of Kauri forest. Kaur...