Emirates Team New Zealand brings home the America’s Cup
I had an amazing, unplanned experience yesterday as Emirates Team New Zealand bought home the America’s Cup. While you may have seen their arrival back into the country at Auckland Airport, here is some coverage on the plane trip home. I was so proud to be a Kiwi. Arriving at Dubai Airport I immediately caught sight of the Emirates Team New […]
Enjoying the smaller things in the Tongariro National Park
Whakapapa Village might be easy to miss, if you’re thinking of a real village. This village has just one hotel, an old petrol station converted into a Maori carving workshop and an i-SITE Visitors Information Centre. It’s doesn’t look much, but it’s the main entrance to the Tongariro National Park and the many incredible walking tracks it […]
Wilderness + a fly-fishing guide = heaven
Many of you will know the Central North Island rivers are famous for fly-fishing, with rainbow and brown trout in abundance, but only if you know where to find them, what tackle to use, how to read the water, when the trout are moving up-stream to spawn and much more. I’ve been fishing for years with our son and […]