The man behind the desk at the rental company swivelled his computer screen to show me a photograph of a car with its roof crumpled like tissue paper. “That’s one of ours,” he said. “They didn’t have insurance.” He… Read More ›
New Zealand
What we’ve got is a great big melting pot
A little girl in a pink salwar kameez sits cross legged on a rug, ice-cream slowly melting down her arm. A small group waits patiently for fresh tacos being made in a tiny red caravan and nearby a crowd gathers, drawn by… Read More ›
Down Under Isn’t as Far as You Think
A common perception is that flying to Australia and New Zealand from the United States is just too far. After all, you’ll be going ‘down under’ and that sounds too far for comfort, doesn’t it? An article published recently on http://mashable.com/2014/09/27/air-new-zealand-tourism-australia/… Read More ›
At the end of the road is Kawhia
Kawhia is a sacred place. Tainui people arrived from Hawaiiki about 600 years ago and at the place we now know as Kawhia they found a harbour for food and forests for shelter so they stayed. There is a lot about the area… Read More ›
