Tag: New Zealand
Kerry Dexter
October 23, 2023
Australia & NZ travel, City or urban travel, encounters, Europe travel, History, Kerry projects, Travel, travel stories, US travel, world music
As autumn begins to turn to winter, as days grow shorter and nights become longer in the northern hemisphere. it is the time of Halloween, of Samhain, a time …
Night skies: as you travel, do you take time to look up?. At this writing, it’s a time of meteor showers. The Perseids move across night skies in the …
Epic Hikes of Australia and New Zealand: that phrase invites you right in to explore. It is the title, and also the subject, of a recent book from Lonely …
Music opens doors to other cultures, other landscapes. It can open connections, share stories, and help us go more deeply into places new, and places familiar. Music can bring …
The first government tourist office in the world was established in New Zealand in 1901. Called the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, its goal was to show the …
Fancy staying somewhere a bit different? From lighthouses to Hobbit houses, New Zealand’s North Island has plenty of quirky and unusual places to stay. Here’s five of the best. …
Fancy staying somewhere a bit different? From jailhouses to castles, New Zealand is a country full of quirky and unusual places to stay. Here’s seven of the best around …
New Zealand is on many a travelers bucket list. And so it should be, with its spectacular landscape, non-stop action backed adventure activities, and award winning wines and …
If asked, most New Zealanders would say that they saw their first haka on the rugby field by the nation’s beloved All Blacks rugby team. Based on a type …
Don’t talk to strangers. That’s what we are told as children. But if you follow that rule all your life, you’ll end up missing out on many wonderful …
Geoff Chapple, the man behind the creation of the Te Araroa Trail, doesn’t consider himself much of a singer. But that hasn’t stopped him from recording his song about …
Climbing over boulders and bouncing across swing bridges wasn’t on my agenda but somehow here I was, doing just that, as we headed toward the terminal face of Hooker …