The Long Haul: Heathrow → Dubai → Sydney → Auckland Having fell in love with New Zealand on my backpacking trip there in the year 2000, I had been pining…
Arriving into Wellington After a scenic 3.5‑hour Cook Strait crossing, we arrived in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital - a compact, windy city where we spent a day bouncing between Mount…
Arriving into NZ & settling in Christchurch Crossing the International Date Line from the Cook Islands to New Zealand meant leaping forward in time and losing an entire day. A…