Tag: travel
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Day 2/10: Not-So-Sunny Seal Days

We were stuck in Kaikoura an extra day, which gave us a chance to meet more people on the KiwiExperience. Two busses worth of backpackers makes for a lot of (mis)adventures…
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Day 1/10: I Wish It Was Raining Men Instead

If anyone asked me what I saw in Kaikoura I don’t really have an answer for you. I know the beach can be seen out my window – if you squinted past the sheets of rain. I know there’s a small stretch of town. And I know it has the most diverse sea life in…
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Down By the Bay

This past weekend a large group of international students from AUT got on some buses and headed four hours north to the Bay of Islands. A study in 2006 said it had the second bluest sky in the world. I’d buy that. It’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been…
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Fashion on the 125

This past week and a half, Auckland has been home to fashion lovers with 10 Days of Fashion in the City. Day 9 of the 10 proved to be one of the more eventful ones with New Zealand’s Longest Catwalk: a runway of 125 metres stretching down a part of Queen St…
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Dinner and Drinks Down Under

I enjoy eating. I enjoy trying different foods. And for the most part I’m not entirely picky. That’s why it’s not much of a surprise upon coming to Auckland I’m always up for new things.
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Museums, Mountains and Maori, Oh My.

When a friend of mine wanted to see a fashion photography exhibit held at Auckland’s War Memorial Museum a large group of us thought it’d be a great start to our tourist-y behaviour in the city…