hey guys,we have been in Taupo for a week now, we was going to get a job here but it seems as if taupo gets very cold in the winter, we felt it the last two nights were minus 1 dregrees and was absolutely freezing! During the day is sunny though, but we dont know how long that will last as there ski season is supposed to be opening real soon. Here you can ski on live volcanos (Mt Ruepheu) Taupo is colder during the winter because its on higher land so ther is a b...

Hia! We arrived in Taupo this morning on the coach, which i keep falling asleep on because of the early morning departures. I try not to do because then i miss all the scenary! We spent only one night in Napier, which was near the coast, and was the town which got badly hit by an earthquake in 1931, that was back when no one took earthquakes very seriously, but that one destroyed everything and uplifted a piece of land that wasnt there before! But they r...