New Zealand Weather

These are the stories, photos, and videos of my 2007 field season in Antarctica studying Weddell seals. I will arrive in Christchurch, New Zealand on Oct 1, 2007 where I will be given Extreme Cold Weather (ECW) clothing. As soon as weather permits, I will ...

... when everyone else was at home in the cold didn't last long as we got our first introduction to the crazily changeable New Zealand weather.  Don't become complacent about the sun as two minutes later it'll be chucking it down and you won't be able ...

... mountains from the air when we visited Franz Josef and also from the road as we travelled down the West Coast. And New Zealand weather forecasts are not always very accurate as the weather can change so quickly, particularly in the mountains. Guess who ...

... alternative. My good deed for the day. The kids were sweet. They had been to India before and were in Australia and now New Zealand. Next stop was Hawaii. Turns out that they are on some sort of missionary program of performing arts or something like ...

... the South Island was draped in sunshine. This was especially pleasing as Christchurch looks pretty dull when the weather is bad, and I wanted their first impressions of New Zealand to be positive. After a quiet night at the hostel, I woke up early and ...

After a relaxed night in Mount Manganui I joined the Spirit of New Zealand (a 45m Barkantine (3 masted tallship)) Sunday afternoon. A little about what the Spirit is: The Spirit of New Zealand sails in a personal development program. It ...

... , so Louis and Sheryl Joseph packed enough luggage to sustain them for several months in a variety of formality and weather conditions, and came to New Zealand for 2 weeks to explore 'The Land of the Long White Cloud' and visit their favorite son and his ...

... .  This time I thought I would see some of the bits I missed last time, but really I just want to travel all round New Zealand all over again!  Two weeks is no way long enough & I'm already trying to figure out how to get back here ...

... other New Yorkers who I know is traveling right now. Small SMALL world. So we caught up and had dinner. It was nice to see a familiar face bt still VERY strange to be eating dinner with a New Yorker in Queenstown, New Zealand. Such is life on the ...

... (although only for an hour and a half at the airport, but it still counts dammit), Melbourne (for one night), and now New Zealand. 3 countries in 2 days. In your face Philleus Fogg, you fictional character. It's very hot in Auckland, and sunny ...

... excited about heading off to Chile & all that South America has to offer. Not to say that I haven't had a great time here. New Zealand has been great fun & I haven't had any instances where the weather has stopped me doing something or even slowed me ...

... get to Sking !!! Leaving the Chateau we traveled along the desert road, onto the A1 and down to Wellington the capital of New Zealand. Had a super meal of Fish & Chips at the Dockside resturant. Had a very good crossing to Picton on the South ...

... great evening ended up with the Kiwi ladies doing a "Haka" on the dockside. Tomorrow we drive to Christchurch then fly to Aukland, our last stop in New Zealand so our next report will perhaps be on Thursday from Fiji, if we can find an internet ...

... crossing, a 16 Km walk through volcanic craters, with magnificent views, said to be the finest one day walk in New Zealand. Unfortunately the poor weather meant that the companies who drop you off at one end, then collect you from the other, weren't even ...

... I was driving a big bus out onto a motorway, and it seemed like the motorway had about 10 lanes with 5 cars per square meter - (New Zealand has 4 million inhabitants, and 2.5 million cars so my feeling cant have been far off!) I decided my best bet was to ...

... God's gift to mankind and very minimal shopping for a couple of non-bulky, practical gifts for giving Christmas morning. In typical New Zealand fashion, people we have never met (family of friends back home) have invited us over for a Christmas BBQ on ...

... bird, rather than New Zealander! - and an alien inside a phone box next to his broken down spaceship! Bruce also explained New Zealand's good relationship with Australia, so good in fact that Australia had sent a load of their convincts over to build ...

... I’m told to exit the aircraft......great is it morning tea (dog is English by the way, from Exeter), no apparently heavier New Zealand Air, air traffic gets priority so we can’t jump for at least another 30 minutes, well make that 50!!  ...

... they've come off the set of Jurassic Park. Here are some giant tree ferns that are quite common all over New Zealand. The second stop off was at a place called Punakaiki where there are some weird and well known rock formations by ...

... really really sorry that the weather in Ireland has been so miserable. Pppps- we're not really that sorry. Barry's Cliff Notes: New Zealand: south island is just beautiful, every corner you take on the drive around the island is a different mix of ...

Our last few days in Chile were a mixed affair – sad to be leaving South America, excited about going to New Zealand and praying for more sunshine so we could top up our tans and make Nick and Rebecca jealous when they met up with us in Auckland! We ...