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Carving Up the White Stuff - Skiing New Zealand

Brent Narbey

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2 May 2021

Experience an unforgettable New Zealand winter ski holiday with picture-postcard views, epic fresh powder fields, great resorts that offer sizzling après ski festivities. Check out our New Zealand Ski and Snowboarding guide complete with suggested tour itineraries with the latest pricing information.

Brent Narbey

Post date

2 May 2021

New Zealand Golf - Showcasing our Top Ten Courses

Steve Taylor

Post date

10 March 2020

Golf is one of the few games that does not have the constraint of a set playing field or pitch and therefore each course can be uniquely different allowing designers to take full advantage of, and work around, natural elements such as bodies of water, hills, grasslands, and the all-important vista orientation. Here is my list of 'Top New Zealand Golf Courses". with WOW factor as the key influence considering the expectations of those folk planning a visit to New Zealand from overseas.

Steve Taylor

Post date

10 March 2020

Winter - What to do in Queenstown

Anne Baumscheiper

Post date

26 June 2015

Being a German girl Anne is used to getting out and about during her northern winter months so she was curious to see what the famed winter resort town of Queenstown had to offer in and around the surrounding area's. So to find out have a read of her blog, Winter - What to do in Queenstown?

Anne Baumscheiper

Post date

26 June 2015

A Biscuit a Day Kept the Reaper Away - US students lost for 9 days

Brent Narbey

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12 June 2012

This week two US students trapped in New Zealand's South Island wilderness by a snowstorm, trekked back out to safety after surviving their nine-day ordeal by rationing their meager supplies to a biscuit and jelly per day. "I believe when you go into the bush you take your life into your own hands and need to be prepared to handle whatever conditions occur," said 21 year old Alec Brown . "We could have been more prepared, but in the end we were prepared enough to walk ourselves out." We disagree.

Brent Narbey

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12 June 2012

Diving in New Zealand - A world of dive locations in one island paradise

Brent Narbey

Post date

31 March 2012

Sub-tropical reefs, clear water springs and wrecks are the spectacular foundation on hundreds of dive sites along the often indented 15,000km (9320 miles) of coastline and in numerous lakes and rivers, many of which are of world-class standard. New Zealand is truly a diver’s paradise. British Born John Hopkins joined our 10 day diving adventure through New Zealand - this is his story.

Brent Narbey

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31 March 2012