Overview of Auckland City.

I travelled NZ for 3 months from August to October 2004. 2 Friends and I hired a flowery van and hit the road.

You can pick kawakawa leaves and gather shellfish to prepare a truly traditional Maori meal.

Overview of Roturua, New Zealand.

Pounamu, or jade, is a precious stone in Maori culture used traditionally in warfare and given as a gift.

Overview of Queenstown, New Zealand.

Bungy jumping was first practiced as a fertility right in the islands of Vanuatu, and has now become a worldwide phenomenon.

In Glenorchy you can tour where Lord of the Rings was filmed, and ride with the stars themselves - the horses!

Rotorua is extraordinarily alive. Everywhere you walk you can see boiling geysers and steam rising from the road.

Queenstown is one of the world's great places, and running through the center of town is the wonderful Queenstown Mall.