New Zealand has over 100 hot pools — from luxury spas to free natural creeks steaming in the bush. If you enjoy soaking your troubles away, you moved to the right country.
New Zealand uses geothermal waste water from a power station to breed tropical prawns. You can catch them yourself. We caught two between four of us in ninety minutes. The prawns won.
AirBnB is fine but Look After Me is better — a Kiwi-owned homestay network where your host meets you at the door with a hug, turns on the electric blankets before you arrive, and shares a bottle of wine over the kitchen table. That’s not a hotel. That’s New Zealand hospitality.
In one of my first posts I commented on the high number of birds that are endemic to New Zealand. Insects have an even higher endemic percentage with more than 90% of insects found in New Zealand being endemic. For every type of land bird in the country, there are more than 200 kinds of…
A 110-year-old woman in the UK credits a nightly glass of Famous Grouse for her long life. Her doctor agrees. I needed no further convincing — off to the Jefferson we went.
Northland is the warmest, least populated, and most underrated region in New Zealand. It has the country’s oldest building, its most sacred kauri tree, a beach that’s officially a highway, and sand dunes you can surf. I’ve only been once and I’m already in love.
Wellington’s Garage Project started in a derelict petrol station in Aro Valley in 2011, brewing 24 different beers in 24 weeks just to see what would happen. It worked out.
A hāngī is a pit, a cooking method, and a meal all at once. It’s also one of the most distinctly Māori experiences you can have in New Zealand — and you don’t need to wait for a family invitation to try it.
600 people came to pay their respects when Atu the kiwi passed away. I wasn’t surprised. She was tiny, fearless, and absolutely unforgettable.
n New Zealand a meal is a “feed”. This is my running list of favourite feeds in Auckland — the places I went back to, dragged family to, and still think about.