New Zealand
Your Stories From Abroad
New Zealand
Old People Racing Through The Woods
It is New Zealand’s ultimate outdoor challenge, a true test of endurance and intellect. Over a 24-hour period, competitors ... read more
by David Kelbe
25 Jan 2009
New Zealand
You Can Learn A Lot From An Old-School Sheep Farmer
In 1958, Colin Hill boarded a boat in Scotland and left for New Zealand on “The Ten Pound Deal” (a ... read more
by David Kelbe
04 Feb 2009
New Zealand
Fishing With The Descendant Of A Maori Chief
Teone, a local fisherman and descendant of the Maori chief Taiaroa, is proud of two things: his ancestors and his ... read more
by David Kelbe
11 Feb 2009
Tips
New Zealand
Dancing with sweaty-handed grannies in church halls
The old church in Dunedin offers dancing lessons every Wednesday night for those keen to learn some new moves. A fine goal, to be sure, for any guy new to ... read more
by David Kelbe
17 Feb 2009
New Zealand
Sweet as, bro
Kiwis are full of quirky local lingo. A favorite lingual pastime of theirs is to shorten words and add a "-y" suffix. Examples include "breaky" for breakfast, "wetty" for wetsuit ... read more
by Aaron Scott-Klingborg
18 Mar 2009
New Zealand
Sweet As
Kiwis have a happy-go-lucky attitude to life, represented by their ubiquitous use of the phrase, "Sweet as." "How's life going?" "Sweet as, mate." You also hear spin-offs, like, "How ... read more
by Amy Waterman
23 Mar 2009
Blog Posts
New Zealand
Flying High
As I got to the door I was physically shaking with fear and regret. The ride had been beautiful, but I was now starting to question my motives and my sanity. Legs out the door, the wind slaps me in the face. I blew a kiss to the camera, waved ... read more
by Rachel Holan
08 Mar 2010
New Zealand
Crazy Carl
I'm so in love. Not this puppy love nonsense, but that blissfully painful, butterflies-in-stomach, head over heels love. He's tall, dark and handsome. He's big and strong. I can snuggle up with him and feel safe at night. I've spent a lot of money on him, he loves a good ... read more
by Rachel Holan
01 Mar 2010
New Zealand
Happy Jamming
As the new year has come and gone, I find myself looking back on a prosperous 2009 and the promising future of 2010. I feel that my experiences around New Years Eve and New Years Day tend to set the theme for my upcoming year. Last year, for example, my ... read more
by Rachel Holan
01 Mar 2010
New Zealand
Children vs. Hangovers
Life has taken me through many twists and turns these last four months spent in New Zealand. Not that I was expecting anything different, just that being a total workaholic and constantly surrounded by children never seemed like a viable reality for me to take part of. Yet here I am. ... read more
by Rachel Holan
01 Mar 2010
New Zealand
Status: very happy.
About a week ago I woke up at 5:00 a.m. and hopped into the cab of an enormous truck with my Haydin's stepfather Hamish for a little road trip bound for Westport. I don't know if any of you have ever been to Westport, located, shockingly, on the west coast of ... read more
by Rachel Holan
01 Mar 2010
New Zealand
Fear vs. Curiosity
I think there's definitely something to be said for Fear of the Unknown, even though I think its losing the battle. One week ago, which seems like an eternity in itself, I left Asia to embark on yet another unknown adventure. As I have done many times before, I left ... read more
by Rachel Holan
01 Mar 2010
New Zealand
A little about the Land of the Long White Cloud
New Zealand is a unique fusion of ancient Polynesian culture mixed with British influences, as immigrants from the UK (England/Scotland/Wales) began coming over in the 1600s. You get a sense that the UK migration began as sort of an average ‘white man’s burden’ quest to Christianize the ‘backward’-ness of the ... read more
by Alexandra Ingersoll
01 Feb 2010
New Zealand
On "Keeping Up..."
Yes, the title of this blog is an homage to that 50s era expression of ‘Keeping up with the Jones’- that stereotypically perfectly functioning family that does it all, in order, and one step ahead of everyone else. I liked how the expression alliterated with ‘Kiwis,’ so voila, my blog ... read more
by Alexandra Ingersoll
01 Feb 2010
New Zealand
About 'where I've lived abroad'...
Normal 0 0 1 127 724 6 1 889 11.1282 0 0 0 I was going to amend them to solely Spain and New Zealand, but the Glimpse site administrators said a glitch in their system prevented them from changing it. However, the more I think about it, the more ... read more
by Alexandra Ingersoll
29 Jan 2010
New Zealand
A little about me...
Normal 0 0 1 265 1511 12 3 1855 11.1282 0 0 0 I spent 2 weeks camping through New Zealand mulling over what I could possibly condense into a blog post about me. I was born and raised in San Diego, California, where my parents still live. I am ... read more
by Alexandra Ingersoll
28 Jan 2010
New Zealand
Kia Ora from the underworld!
Hello! I am here in New Zealand...I just finished a 2-week camping trip through the North and South Islands that quite literally changed my life! I am here in my homestay in Invercargill (the southernmost city on the South Island), where I'll be for the next 3 months, creating blog ... read more
by Alexandra Ingersoll
28 Jan 2010
New Zealand
The North Island
New adventures! I went up to the north island again for a week this time, and explored a lot more. I flew into Auckland, the largest city in NZ, which is only 1.5 million people, then drove up to Northland. It has some of the most amazing beaches I have ... read more
by Erica Redmann
17 Oct 2009
New Zealand
Spring Break
It was our spring break here for the past 2 weeks and I traveled around the entire south island of NZ. It was almost as epic as when I went to Mexico. I literally have not stayed in Christchurch for a weekend since I got here. I am always out ... read more
by Erica Redmann
11 Sep 2009
New Zealand
Update on Life Here
OMG, it is still AMAZING here! It is exactly what I wanted it to be and I am so happy I am here. This place is so beautiful it is unreal, and it is winter here too!! Winter isn't bad at all, it is still like in the 30s. Spring ... read more
by Erica Redmann
16 Aug 2009
New Zealand
Otehake Hotpools
So I feel bad that I haven't written in a while. I have been busy! A few weeks ago, I went tramping to the Otehake Hotpools. Tramping is what Kiwis call hiking into the mountains in order to go camping. I went with the Tramping Club that is in the ... read more
by Erica Redmann
09 Aug 2009
New Zealand
Castle Hill
Last weekend was AMAZING. I decided that I wanted to go into the mountains, so about ten of us got together and took a day trip. On the way towards the mountains, we passed a lot of sheep farms, and yes, there are a TON of sheep in NZ. Ben, ... read more
by Erica Redmann
20 Jul 2009
New Zealand
Classes
I am already halfway through my first week of classes which is crazy! I have only been here for a week and it already seems like 3 yet at the same time, it passes so quickly! I didn't have any classes on monday because my teacher cancelled class due to ... read more
by Erica Redmann
15 Jul 2009
New Zealand
The Beach
Yesterday a bunch of my friends and I went to the beach. It was so neat! We got onto the bus system in christchurch, which is really convenient because they take you almost anywhere you want to go, and we headed east I believe to the beach there. It was ... read more
by Erica Redmann
10 Jul 2009
New Zealand
Orientation
Today was orientation, not registration. So from 9am to 1:30 pm we basically sat in a lecture hall and felt like freshman all over again. I suppose it wasn't that bad though. They gave us a lot of food and a lot more information. I won a tourist book that ... read more
by Erica Redmann
08 Jul 2009
New Zealand
Arriving In New Zealand
I finally arrived in New Zealand this morning. My final destination was Christchurch which I arrived around 11am on Tuesday July 7th. I had arrived at the Chicago airport at 2pm on the 5th. What a trip. Everything went pretty smoothly, I didn't get lost in any of the airports, ... read more
