Their story started in 1983 when Michael Mayell returned to New Zealand from a trip to the U.S. Inspired by cookie shops in the U.S., he set out to do something similar in New Zealand – borrowing a bakery at night and partnering with his brother he started a brand that is known throughout New…
We have been talking about going to Antarctica for a few years now, it’s the only continent I haven’t yet visited and definitely on my bucket list. But until I get there, the International Antarctic Centre will have to do. The Centre is in Christchurch and is part of a large complex that was built…
When we were traveling in Costa Rica about 10 years ago, we woke up in the middle of the night to the bed and building shaking — dirt and dust coming down from the ceiling and a muffled sound that you couldn’t quite identify but it sounded just… wrong. Brains fuzzy from sleep, we figured…