means bless you in Maori. No it doesn’t really. I’ve just been having serious problems trying to come up with a title for this. Ok so Christmas special-time. HAPPY CHRISTMAS. This is my favourite tree in NZ, the Pohutakawa, also known as the ‘NZ Christmas tree’. GORGEOUS eh!? Our more ‘traditional’ Christmas will be tomorrow […]
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Rotorua Part 2: Kiwis and Tuataras and the experience of lugeing!
iHOLA! So, continuing about Friday. Rainbow Springs. Rainbow Springs is “based around NZ’s largest and most successful Kiwi Conservation Centre” and have released over 1,000 kiwis into the wild. (http://www.rainbowsprings.co.nz/250/about-us/about-us). In addition to kiwis, it has loads of endemic NZ trees and birds and fish and lots of information on them.Firstly I just have to […]
Big trees, public loos and kiwi chocolate
13. December (Friday the 13th!!) Today we left Kaitaia and made our way down the west coast of Northland (the northernmost region in NZ). Points of interest: the teeny weeny village of Kohukohu (I love Maori place-names!!). Our motel had no wifi since wifi is considered a luxury in this country. I was hoping to find a […]