Why aren’t Kiwis visiting one of our best tourist attractions – Hobbiton?
Hobbiton is a place I have often wondered about while passing through Matamata. It’s one of New Zealand’s most successful tourist attractions with over 500,000 visitors per year but most are international folk so I decided to take a look at what us Kiwis, are missing out on. It’s incredible. On the rolling hillsides of the Alexander family […]
Highlights from the sculpture walk on Waiheke Island
If you’ve missed this years outdoor sculpture walk on Waiheke Island – headland Sculpture on the Gulf, here’re some of the highlights. The 2 kilometre coastal walk close to Matiatia (where the ferries come and go from) had 34 sculptures, chosen from 250 proposals. Hard to believe a lump of dirty would make the cut but Richard Maloy’s proposal […]
Have you skied at Tukino on Mt Ruapehu?
We’re very fortunate we have three ski villages on Mt Ruapehu in New Zealand’s Central Plateau region. While Whakapapa and Turoa ski fields are widely known, there’s a third ski field on Mt Ruapehu – Tukino. I spent my teens at Tukino hanging out for weeks at a time, living in the communal lodge and […]