Daily English Show #11 – Wellington To Blenheim (Video)
December 25, 2011 – 7:13 am | 29 Comments

The Daily English Show, an occasional video series, has hit the road traveling through New Zealand in a United Campervan. Today they travel to the beehive (Parliament), Lyall Bay (check out Maranui Cafe review) then …

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Queenstown – World’s Top Outdoor Destination
May 6, 2010 – 3:50 pm | 7 Comments
Queenstown – World’s Top Outdoor Destination

Trip Advisor has released their annual list of World’s top destinations and Queenstown and Rotorua have both made the list as must-see locales. Queenstown took the cake for top outdoor destination ahead of some stiff …

Aussies Favorite Airline is Air New Zealand
May 6, 2010 – 12:40 pm | 6 Comments
Aussies Favorite Airline is Air New Zealand

It has been traditional for the Aussies to gush over Singapore Airlines year after year, and lets face it, Singapore Airlines is very good. But in the latest research company Roy Morgan has pronounced that …

Driving from Christchurch to Queenstown – Heart of NZ South Island
May 5, 2010 – 12:13 pm | 22 Comments
Driving from Christchurch to Queenstown – Heart of NZ South Island

The most British of all New Zealand cities, the heart of Christchurch is Cathedral Square, the center of tourist activity and a must see for all visitors.
Hagley Park is an enormous open space …

Marlborough Region – South Island New Zealand
May 4, 2010 – 8:30 am | 19 Comments
Marlborough Region – South Island New Zealand

New Zealand is a small country of 4 Million people deep in the South Pacific, 12 hours flying time from the West Coast of North America and 3 hours East of Australia’s largest …

New Zealand Music Month gets flying start
May 3, 2010 – 9:49 am | 13 Comments
New Zealand Music Month gets flying start

Kiwi music is celebrating the 10th anniversary of New Zealand Music Month.
The annual May festival of home-grown talent is a chance for Kiwis to get behind the local music scene. Local pubs and …

ANZAC Day and What It Means (Video)
April 25, 2010 – 1:43 pm | 13 Comments
ANZAC Day and What It Means (Video)

Thousands of Aucklanders braved the wind and the rain to commemorate 94 years since the landing at Gallipoli at Auckland’s War Memorial Museum Friday.

The Mint Chicks’ Guide to New Zealand (Video)
April 14, 2010 – 5:23 am | 10 Comments
The Mint Chicks’ Guide to New Zealand (Video)

The Mint Chicks make spazzy, heavy, poppy music with lyrics about things like sports teams, love, death, obsession, and drug addiction. However in this video they are waxy lyrical about traveling in New …

Auckland in Top 10 Airports
April 3, 2010 – 7:14 pm | 15 Comments
Auckland in Top 10 Airports

Skytrax has announces that Auckland International Airport is one of the Top 10 Airports in the world for 2010. The Skytrax World Airport Awards were announced 23rd March 2010 at the first ever …

The World in our Own Back Yard (Video)
March 28, 2010 – 5:06 pm | 16 Comments
The World in our Own Back Yard (Video)

Written and directed by Aya Tanimure from the USA. Sweet As was a finalist in the Your Big Break competition a global search for the next great filmmaker. Their task …

Liam Finn (Neil’s Son) Shows His Home New Zealand (Video)
March 26, 2010 – 5:02 pm | 4 Comments
Liam Finn (Neil’s Son) Shows His Home New Zealand (Video)

New Zealand singer-songwriter Liam Finn gives an intimate look at his favourite spots in and around Auckland, from the studio where he produces his music, to Piha Beach where he loves …

Twenty questions with Taika Waititi (Video)
March 19, 2010 – 9:45 pm | 2 Comments
Twenty questions with Taika Waititi (Video)

Director of ‘Eagle vs Shark’ and ‘Boy’ answers some questions posed to him by Damian Christie and Dominic Corry.
Taika has enjoyed some recent success with Boy over taking Sione’s Wedding as the large …

Buzz Aldrin Buzzes Kiwis for Mars Expedition (Video)
March 13, 2010 – 8:28 am | 21 Comments
Buzz Aldrin Buzzes Kiwis for Mars Expedition (Video)

Buzz Aldrin made history when he and Neil Armstrong piloted the lunar module of Apollo 11 to make the first manned Moon landing, on July 20, 1969. He is in …

Kate walks the Abel Tasman National Park (Video)
March 1, 2010 – 9:45 am | 7 Comments

Kate takes a walk on the less than wild side of Abel Tasman National Park.

Five Go Mad in Kiwiland (Video)
February 10, 2010 – 10:36 pm | 4 Comments