On Saturday we headed to Mission Bay just outside of Auckland and had our lunch beside the sea. There wasn't much in Mission Bay so we headed back into the centre of Auckland. Auckland is the alrgest city in New Zealand and you would not have thought it was the middle of a Saturday afternoon as it is so quiet. Sunday was the first day of our ten day trip down to the south island. We travelled in the bus and stopped at a traditional Morae, which the native Mao...

We arrived in Auckland on Monday 23rd March (we lost the Sunday due to the flight). So we arrived in early morning and went to sleep for a few hours. We then had a wander around Auckland and went to the top of Sky Tower where you can get fantastic views over the city, which is gorgeous as part of it is a harbour and the city is set on the water. After dinner we decided to go to the cinema, so Grant got dragged to see Confessions of a Shopaholic, although I must...