If you’re heading for the beachside holiday resorts of The Coromandel region – Whitianga or Whangamata – set aside some time to explore Thames along the way. The main centre of the region, Thames is just a ten-minute detour from the main route between Auckland and The Coromandel’s east coast, and you’ll pass right through [...]
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In New Zealand, the morning of 25 April always starts early for many. Today is ANZAC Day, the day on which New Zealanders commemorate the anniversary of the 1915 landing of New Zealand and Australian troops at Gallipoli during the First World War and pay homage to all those who have served in war efforts [...]
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What’s in a name? Well, plenty. The residents of Wanganui in New Zealand’s North Island are in the middle of a debate over the spelling of the town’s name. Keen-eyed visitors will have noticed that the river for which the town is named is the Whanganui River, but the town itself is missing the ‘h’. [...]
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What do beavers have to do with Blenheim? Or the Marlborough region, for that matter? That’s what I wondered when I strolled down to central Blenheim’s riverside amphitheatre and came across a bronze sculpture of two beavers. These water-dwelling rodents certainly aren’t a native New Zealand animal or even an introduced one. In fact, I’ve never even seen [...]
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At the foot of The Coromandel Peninsula on New Zealand’s Pacific Coast Highway is Waihi, a small town with a very rich history. If you’re travelling from Auckland to Tauranga you’ll pass through a series of fascinating towns in the southern Coromandel region and the western Bay of Plenty. There’s Paeroa, the home of New [...]
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