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It was a little short on pillow fights and Truth or Dare, but all the same my night in the Chch airport carried the retro thrill of sleeping in a strange place with all your friends and staying up late... or if not your friends, at least strangers in the same frame of mind.
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‘I arrived in Christchurch after a long windswept journey from Wellington, through Picton and Blenheim. The crossing of the cook straight was delayed for (although we didn’t know it at the time), four days due to extreme storm conditions, forcing myself, Irina and Sven (two German friends I...
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You don't have to go too far south to learn about Antarctica. And you don't have to pay much, either. It fact, you don't have to pay anything at all. The Canterbury Museum in the centre of Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand, has free entry, and has a really good exhibition about...
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After finding that trains and railways are less than inspiring in the North Island of New Zealand, I was pleasently surprised to discover that all is not lost in the South Island. In fact, the...
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It’s been referred to as the most English city in New Zealand. Having never set foot in Europe, let alone England, I cannot vouch for the truth of that belief. I can say however without any doubt that the city of Christchurch, on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island, is a beautiful,...
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The big green bird was trying to tell me something. Maybe it was like Lassie, and someone had fallen down a well. Or maybe it was an omen, warning me of something bad approaching. It was certainly agitated. It would turn its head on the side and peer at me along its great hooked beak. It would...
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New Zealand has long been linked to Antarctic exploration. In 1901, Robert Falcon Scott docked at Lyttelton Harbour, on his way to the icy continent aboard the Discovery. Shackleton followed 6...
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The man standing at the podium looked homeless. His unkempt hair was grey and wirey, sticking out haphazardly from under a pointed wizard's hat. His face was studious, with a long straight nose,...
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