Hidi ho, We spent most of the flight from Christchurch to Wellington planning which route to take to Auckland and which sites to see.........fast forward one hour and these plans were scuttered when we were told by all rent-a-car companies that we were stuck in Wellinton - all roads shut!!! b*****. So the quick thinking pair of us ran to Air NZ service desk (not believing we would get a positive answer) and politely asked whether we could swap our fligh...

So just before we landed in Christchurch we stumbled across a rent a car advert in the plane magazine and thought, why not. 2 hours later we were in our little brand new Daihatsu Sirion (we named her Daisy). What an absolute bargain too - only 17 pounds a day including full insurance! We went straight to Kaikoura to look at the Seals and the spectacular mountain ranges. The following day we heard from the locals that they were expecting a storm so we took o...