While in Auckland many people encouraged us to visit Tiritiri Matangi, a small island nature sanctuary, 20 minutes by ferry from mainland NZ. Most people take a day trip with the local...

Our six month visa for New Zealand allowed for attending up to three months of school without a separate student visa. After discussing our different options for our New Zealand experience,...

Feeding a penguin is an interesting experience. We fed several little blue penguins at New Zealand’s National Aquarium. While there, we went through a tunnel made of glass with fish...

While in Dunedin, we spent most of the time chasing wildlife. Dunedin is famous for its birds. It is the home to the only mainland breeding colony of the northern royal albatross in...

I really enjoy fishing, especially ocean fishing. This fact has led me to almost constantly pester Mom and Dad about going on a fishing charter since we stepped off of the cruise ship....

On one of our many days in Queenstown we chose to go on a steamship called TSS Earnslaw. TSS Earnslaw goes to and from a farm called Walter Peak. It is the only historic way to get...