Kia Ora! Greetings from the South Island! Well moving on from the North Island we boarded the Inter Islander ferry...we'd heard some stories about it being pretty choppy, but I never thought it would be THAT bad....wrong! I was pretty sure we were going to roll that day, I was absolutely petrified! Plates were smashing and everything...I was so pleased to get off in Picton!! We picked up our new car - a Mazda Familia...I thought the Nissan was a tank, t...

Kia Ora! Greetings from the North Island of New Zealand! We've done so much in a short space of time I'll warn you that this is a bit of a Rachie essay! Feel free to skim read :) hehe! Well our first stop here was Auckland, and boy did we notice a temperature drop to Fiji! First things first we headed into Auckland City to buy some warm clothes! Plenty of long sleeve t-shirts and a cosy fleece, but no doubt i'll still be cold with numerous layers on :) Her...