Nineke Metz – 12/02/03 After two years of careful planning and construction, The Boathouse in the Bay of Islands has opened its doors to guests. The Boathouse is located over the water in Opua between the car ferry and the beach. It consists of two fully self-contained luxury apartments with a nautical theme. On XtraMSN…
Nineke Metz – 22/01/03 The newly opened Cape Brett Peninsula Walkways in New Zealand’s Bay of Islands will offer visitors guided walks, where experienced guides will share with the walkers their knowledge and appreciation of nature, Maori history and culture. History of the peninsula Maori first named Cape Brett peninsula Rakaumangamanga mai Hawaiiki: branch of…
Dorothy – 22/11/02 Ashburton, the town centre of Mid Canterbury, is flourishing and the home of enterprises: designline, the largest bus and coach building firm in the Southern Hemisphere Five Star Beef, New Zealand’s largest beef finishing feedlot, producing top quality grain-fed beef for export to Japan Lake Hood, a man-made lake, an imaginative development…
Professor Roger Keey – 25/10/02 The old, convenanted area of Hanmer Forest, once proclaimed a forest recreation reserve for public recreation, is now privately owned land. Is public access at risk? Hanmer Forest needs to be maintained in the future for public enjoyment, for recreation and for education. It needs to be returned into public…
Dorothy – 25/10/02 Oamaru – a New Zealand town proud of its history and inviting photography Oamaru, the main centre serving North Otago, attracts visitors by its fine Victorian Whitestone buildings, gardens, penguin colonies, and opportunities for trips into the surrounding countryside to see natural wonders like the Moeraki Boulders, historical sites like the Totara…
Dorothy – 30/08/02 Travel from Arthur’s Pass across New Zealand’s Southern Alps to Otira and you can experience native bush, see impresssive Mount Rolleston, explore the Chasm and the Dobson Nature Walk, visit the Temple Basin skifield, view the engineering achievement of the Otira Viaduct, see rata in the awesome Otira Gorge and see for…
Dorothy – 19/07/02 Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier attract thousands of visitors each year because they can be viewed easily by travelling only a short distance from the main highway along the West Coast of New Zealand. Franz Josef Glacier can be viewed by travelling 5km south of the village to the carpark and…
Dorothy – 05/07/02 Fox Glacier is the first glacier you reach if you are are travelling north from Haast. It was originally called Victoria Glacier, but was renamed to honour the visit in 1872 of Sir William Fox, the Premier of New Zealand. You can visit the Westland glaciers at any time of the year…
Dorothy – 05/07/02 Ours was a return visit to the city, but we still chose to begin with a walk around the city streets and a drive around some familiar landmarks. Nelson’s climate makes it a pleasant place to visit all year round. Along with Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty in the North Island…
Dorothy – 21/06/02 Unlike the motorist in 1920 anyone travelling from Nelson to Franz Josef in 2002 will drive over sealed roads and will find bridges over the rivers. For an account of the first section of the trip – from Nelson to Inangahua – please refer to the article on the road from Nelson…
