My year in pictures
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but it’s good to reflect on the year that’s past and at the places life has taken me over 2012,…
Take a break with the seals
With bodies as black, as wet and as gleaming as the rocks they recline on, seals are prolific along the New Zealand coastline. Once your eyes…
An intimate insight into Maori culture
For such a small place, Kaikoura offers a lot to do. Maori culture can be explored in many ways throughout New Zealand, but one of the…
A plate of paua
Candice from Canada is totally intrigued. What is paua? What does it look like? She’s seen the shells, all iridescent blues and purples…but what is the…
A whale of a time
Toki, a male Sperm Whale who lives in the deep undersea canyon off the Kaikoura coast on New Zealand’s South Island, made my day today. Toki was…
A rendezvous in Kiwi country
New Zealand’s annual tourism showcase, TRENZ – that stands for Tourism Rendezvous New Zealand – starts on May 7 in Queenstown. I’ll be there. But first, I’ll…
A Glass Half Full 