Daily English Show #11 – Wellington To Blenheim (Video)
December 25, 2011 – 7:13 am | 27 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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Whakapapa Ski Field Gets Ready for Winter
May 16, 2010 – 6:28 pm | 15 Comments
Whakapapa Ski Field Gets Ready for Winter

Mt Ruapehu ski area covers New Zealand’s two largest ski fields – Whakapapa on the mountain’s north-western slopes, and Turoa in the southwest.
The new Knoll Ridge Café, on the Whakapapa ski field, is …

Kiwi Bird Transfer gets Royal (Air Force) Treatment
May 12, 2010 – 8:11 am | 12 Comments
Kiwi Bird Transfer gets Royal (Air Force) Treatment

A select group of native kiwi will got the royal treatment when they flew with the air force as part of New Zealand’s largest-ever wildlife transfer. 30 North Island brown kiwi needed to be …

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 …

Discovery Jetboating on the Rakaia River (Video)
November 26, 2009 – 6:38 pm | 12 Comments

Located near Mount Hutt Ski Field in Canterbury and the foot of the Southern Alps, Jetboating Kiwi Style.

Kiwibloke Gav Builds Electric Car
October 22, 2009 – 9:41 am | 31 Comments

Kiwibloke Gavin Shoebridge from New Plymouth in 2007/2008 converted a 1987 Mitsubishi Tredia to an electric vehicle and chronicled his adventures online. You can visit Gavin here, and you can watch all his videos here.

We Cant Get Enough of Rhy Darby (Video)
September 22, 2009 – 10:01 pm | 8 Comments

We can’t get enough of New Zealand’s fourth most favorite diplomat. Rhys Darby visits the Breakfast studio and has a chat with Paul Henry about over exposure and his new film role.

NZ Stars sign up to prevent animal cruelty (Video)
September 6, 2009 – 10:00 pm | 33 Comments

Kiwi stars including Lucy Lawless sign up for Paw Justice.

Kiwi Jetpack Gets Ready for Takeoff (Video)
August 6, 2009 – 8:53 pm | 19 Comments

Almost a year to the day after it first got worldwide attention, the Martin Jetpack is back on show at the United States’ annual EAA air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and Christchurch’s Martin Aircraft Company …

Hippy Gourmet Goes to Abel Tasman Region (Video)
July 31, 2009 – 6:56 am | 10 Comments

Hippy Gourmet visits the Resurgence, an eco lodge in the Abel Tasman Region.

Milford Sound – Wonder of the Natural World (Video)
July 22, 2009 – 9:03 am | 17 Comments

Mike Dalton travels to the Milford Sound. Milford Sound is one of the finalists in the New 7 Natural Wonders of the World.
Please head over here and vote for the Milford Sound.

Wellywood, Hollywood As God Intended – deToro (Video)
July 21, 2009 – 8:42 am | One Comment

Guillermo de Toro talks about working in Wellington on the Hobbit project.

Hippy Gourmet – Day 7 Nelson Enriching Day Spa (Video)
July 6, 2009 – 9:22 am | 10 Comments

If there is one thing that Kiwi Land is not short of (besides sheep, cows, golf courses and boats) is spas. Here is another Spa from the wonderful city of Nelson.

Guest Post: Moon Over Martinborough
June 28, 2009 – 1:24 pm | 28 Comments

Kiwibloke grew up in the Hutt Valley, Silverstream to be exact. The Hutt Valley runs from the Rimutakas in the north and Wellington Harbour to the south.  When KB was young, on the weekends we …