The road between Stratford and Opunake: we thought it would a quiet one. Just a quick visit to some gardens here, a visit to a historic town there. How much can happen in just a 30-minute drive? Well,

Some things just don’t look real in New Zealand. The Blue Springs at Putaruru looked too clear to be natural, the stalactites of the Ruakuri Caves looked too pearly white… Today, we are go

There’s a volcano right behind our holiday park that is begging to be hiked! And, Goddammit, we want to hike it! We have a window of opportunity with the mountain weather forecast giving us clea

Now that we are experienced dairy farmers, thanks to yesterday’s milking session, it’s time to leave Vanessa, Andrew and the kids’ farm. Vanessa loads us up with free range eggs, lem

New Zealand: saying it has a lot of farms is an understatement. Traditionally, we all know New Zealand to have nine sheep to one human. The reality is cows rule the fields in the North Island. As a su