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    January 12, 2020
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    Welcome meeting

    January 12, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Today we met as a group for the first time, Jonno our CEO introduce himself and he also got us to introduce ourselves as well, we then had dinner at Elliot Stables where we could choose from 12 different international cuisinesRead more

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    Tairua

    January 13, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    We stopped of at Tairua for lunch the towns translated is two tides, you can see a beautiful mountain with beach views

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    Cathedral Cove

    January 13, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    We walked down to Cathedral cove where there is a beautiful golden beach and archway, some of us decided to go swimming and some decided to go check out the Marine reserve at stingray bay

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    Hotwater beach

    January 13, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    We went to go to hotwater beach where we dug holes in the sand to let the geothermal hot water to come up so we could have a spa, some of us chilled at the cafe or went for another swim

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    Kaitiaki White water rafting

    January 14, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    We decided to go white water rafting as a optional activity, we got split into three boats and made out way down thirteen rapids and three waterfalls. The biggest one was seven metres which is the highest grade commercial waterfall in the world, most of us made it however a few of us also fell out and felt the effects of the powerfall wateefallRead more

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    Tamaki Maori Village

    January 14, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    We selected Derrek as our chief and when we arrived we met TK who did a speech on his native tongue and sang a song, Derrek then did a speech and we sang oma rapati before having afternoon tea. After afternoon tea we got shown out our sleeping house and rested before the official welcoming, after the official welcoming we got to see how Maori traditionally lived then we got to see our food pulled out of the ground. We got to see performances ate a traditional hangi buffet with desert, then afterwards we jumped in the spas and had a drink or twoRead more

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    Wai O Tapu

    January 15, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    We walk around the geothermal wonderland of New Zealand where we got to see different colored pools with different minerals, algae and acidity, afterwards we got to see the lady Knox Geyser go of

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    Huka Falls

    January 15, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    We stopped of at Huka hive for icream before stopping of at Huka fallls, we then stopped of at lake Taupo for lunch

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    Interislander ferry

    January 17, 2020, Tasman Sea ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    We made our way on the ferry it took us out of Wellington heads into the Cook strait, then once we crossed the Cook Strait we made out way through the beautiful Malborough sounds

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    Costal Pacific Railway

    January 17, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    We jumped on the train and we made our way through the Malborough region famous for it's Sauvignon Blanc, once we headed through the wineries we made our way down the Pacific coast where we got to seal native fur seals and rugged coastlines before arriving in KaikouraRead more

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    Kaikoura Peninsula Walk

    January 17, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    We got dropped of in South Bay and we walked along the peninsula to Kean point, along the way we got to see beautiful views of the mountains and even got to see native fur seals

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    Arthurs pass lunch

    January 19, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    We made our way through Arthur's pass national park village and we stopped of at Arthur's pass village for lunch, the scenery was very dramatic before we made our way down to the West coast

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    West Coast and Heartland Hotel

    January 21, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    We woke up early to head goalie Matheson for breakfast and some of us did a walk as well, we then made way to ships creek to another walk before having lunch at Haast. We then made our way through Mt Aspiring National Park through the Haast pass and over to lake Wanaka for icecream, after icecream we made our way through the crown range down into QueenstownRead more

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    Doubtful Sound

    January 23, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    We drove 2.5hrs down to lake Manapouri then we took a a 1hr cruise over the lake to the west arm and then a 1hr bus ride over the Wilmot pass. We then jumped on a 3hr cruise where we saw dolphins and seals, we then made our way back to Queenstown to have fergburger and had a drink at the floating barRead more

  • Trip end
    January 26, 2020
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