Hello, We've been in Waiheke (an island about the size of the Isle of Wight) for the last two days. We cycled to the ferry in Auckland harbour on Wednesday morning. Its about a 40 minute journey with great views of the city and surrounding bay. We were staying with Annemarie and her family who were renting out a house 11km from the ferry point at a place called Onetangi. Our cycle there was a real challenge - the whole route was incredibly hilly and combined wit...

Kia Ora, We have arrived! Sorry to anyone we did not contact to say we are safe and had arrived, but as you may have guessed we were busy in our new location and very excited! So we are here, Anmaria was at the airport to pick us up at 5:30 along with her youngest of three girls 'Mini'. So breath easy we are here and it is amazing! The flight over was so funny, to start with Dom and I had both thought he was in the middle seat so I was teasing him and laughing,...