A few days before departing Raetihi, Tina and I decided that our trip to Wellington that should take only a few hours will now take 6 days! To start off we're heading in the opposite direction! Day 1: After a couple of beers with Mr. Masterman for his super old birthday I wasn't feeling fully hydrated for the road trip and the rain wasn't helping. Heading for Rotorua with a short stop off at Wai-O-Tapu. So Wai-O-Tapu in translation means 'sacred waters', it's a ...

Birthday blog! Let me update you quickly on my last few days of being 21! I learnt to snowboard! And i love it! Which meant the last few days have been spent up Mt Ruapehu! One time I snowboarded in my bikini and yikes it was chilly! I have also been to Ohakune for a cold beverage and a little bit of rugby! I was surprised by the amount of English people that I meet an even more surprised by their reaction to when I said I was from Stoke-on-Trent! Are you ready ...

Another sweet weekend! All blacks game at Carterton fire station after quad swinging, paintballing, attending the Fiji vs South Africa, a night out in Wellington and then heading to my first job. Hello Raetihi... It's nice to see you but I wouldn't made for some sunshine :-) so Raetihi is a little town of about 900 people located between Tongariro national park and Whanganui national park with places to snowboard. This is defs on my agenda whilst I'm here for sur...

12th day in N.Z and I am pretty much in love with the way of living. I thought it was about time I reported on my time here so far. It's been pretty awesome, done the sites of Carterton, been into the Capital - Wellington and flew to Auckland for the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup. The RWC opening ceremony being the major part of my trip so far, and the day before this we had a new arrival- Toby! It was an intense time in the city of Auckland, hundreds ...

So from leaving Stoke I have spent the night at Crabs Downstairs Crib! Spent most of my time lugging a fat suitcase round that was not made for human size people! Gained th best gift ever! And has my first plane meal with Carl and John! Well my journey from Stoke was with Nikki - aka 'Zeus', most of the journey was made travelling at 50 mph and in desperate need for the toilet to then arrive at Stanmore station to have a parking hassle, and a constant suitcase h...