Rudyard Kipling called Milford Sound the eighth wonder of the world. The drive there is the most beautiful I’ve ever been on. The sandflies are mean and cruel. All of this is true.
Tui is a NZ institution — light, refreshing, and responsible for some of the funniest billboards in the country. The brewery on State Highway 2 is still worth a stop, even if the beer is no longer brewed there.
I used to ignore every bottle with a screw top. Then I moved to New Zealand, where 95% of wines use them — including the award-winning ones. I’ve been converted.
It’s winter in Auckland, it’s dark and cold, and I want to hum Christmas carols. It’s July. Christmas is five months away. Nobody warned me about this part of moving to New Zealand.
New Zealand wants to eradicate rats, possums, and stoats from the entire country by 2050. All of them. The whole country. I have questions.
ew Zealand is home to its own unique species of glow worm — and seeing them in a cave, a river tunnel, or the forest at night is one of those experiences you don’t forget.
New Zealand has the shortest human history of any country on earth. The oldest surviving building was completed in 1822. Here’s what it actually feels like to live somewhere that new.
Before I moved to New Zealand, everyone had the same reaction when I told them where I was going. Every single person. Sheep.
andals are flip flops. They are the national footwear of New Zealand, second only to bare feet. There is also a decades-long family feud over who invented them. Of course there is.
I ordered Devonshire Tea expecting a special kind of tea. What arrived was scones, cream, jam, and also tea. It was confusing. It was delightful. It was very New Zealand.