Disovering Kiwi Land on the other side ot the world: work and travel in New Zeland
Nadine Schlehofer
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I want to tell you about my adventure in New Zealand, because it was a very inspiring and life changing experience in my life.
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The beginning of an (un)expected journey
I want to tell you about my adventure in New Zealand, because it was a very inspiring and life changing experience in my life. I was 20 years old, when I decided to go half a year abroad after my A Levels. The decision soon fell on New Zealand, because of three reasons:...
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Tongariro Nationalpark - Tongariro Crossing - Mount Doom
We spent one day on driving around the Tongariro National Park with our car, just to get to know the region a bit better and have some orientation. The Tongariro National Park lies between the Taranaki Region and the Lake Taupo and has the three big volcanoes from the...
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Waitomo Glow worm Caves
It was heavily raining and really demotivating weather, when we arrived in Waitomo. First thing to do, was to find an accommodation. And we found something surprisingly genius! It was a cheap house with four rooms, with heating blankets -that was like 1000 plus points-...
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Working in New Zealand
How to find a job in NZ We had thought it would be really easy to find a job in New Zealand, we had heard so many stories about people making a lot of money on farms or by chance meeting super nice people, who would them offer work. It is not as easy as it seems....
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Wellington and the surroundings
Finally having a car, we are now independent of our friends and can start some trips. Tararua mountains We went to the Tararua Mountains in Otaki Forks. This trip should be a preview to what we could expect in the next few months. It was an adventure to get to the...
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Mount Taranaki National Park and Forgotten World Highway
Heading North The last days, we had been busy organising our trip and getting all the necessary stuff together. We had gotten charger for New Zealand, a cassette for playing our music in the car, food and maps. On the 30thSeptember 2013, we officially started. We headed...
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A lot of water at Lake Taupo
We continued our trip to Lake Taupo. On the way, we stopped on the thermal baths of Takaanu. The water was naturally hot, but the surrounding was artificially made, which destroyed the atmosphere a little. Anyway, it was amazing to see the vapour of the hot water...
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Wwoofing in Hokianga Bay
I am going to tell you about my first wwoofing experience. I had registered on the Wwoofing Site a long time ago and had sent many applications. I was open to everything and I also had many references regarding work with animals and kids, so I thought it would be easy...
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Bay of Islands
One station on our list, was the wonderful Bay of Islands. We drove to the nice city of Pahia, where we stayed in the cute backpacker called mousetrap. It was very cosy, with friendly staff and also pretty cheap. We had clean rooms with sea view and the hostel kept up...
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Auckland and the surroundings
During the time, that we spent in the region of Hamilton, the weather was constantly bad and so we couldn’t do a lot. Which means, you can always do something indoors, which we did for example in Hamilton, when going to the museum, but I am more the outdoor and...
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The far north of New Zeland
After having said goodbye to our very nice wwoofing hosts, we headed to the far north of the northern island. For that, we had to go back the windy roads to get to the main road and then take the road to the north. There are two roads: a normal highway: which means a...
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Coromandel Peninsula - Filmlocations and paradise
Our destination was Thames on the Coromandel Peninsula. A bit outside of the city, we found a nice hostel. The first day in this region, we spent in a gold mining museum, where you could see the big machines and read about the gold mining history of the region. The rest...
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Wwoofing in Bay of Plenty
We got our first own wwoofing acceptance! Now, that we have our first wwoofing experience behind us and a really good recommendation letter from our last host, it is a lot easier to get accepted. Within one week, we already had two suggestions, which we liked and were...
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Hobbiton film locations and Mount Manganui
As I already told you, we could plan our working hours on ourselves to get some time off. We took one day to go to Matamata to a huge former sheep farm. What did we want there, you will ask. Everyone, who is a big Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit fan, will know: in...
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More wwoofing in the Bay of Plenty
Not even an hours drive from our old wwoofin place, we came to our new one. The first impression was sadly not so good. We had to cook our own meals and had few ingredients to choose from. The kitchen and bathroom was not very clean. Another wwoofer was there at the...
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Rotorua: thermal activity and Maori culture
I was looking forward to going to Rotorua for a long time, because this ist he Maori centre and they were one of the reasons, why I came to New Zealand. I was always interested in the native tribes of Australia, America and mainly New Zealand. When we arrived, the...
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Not everything is fun
Not everything is fun. We noticed that around November. We started to look for work in Rotorua as we wanted to meet with a friend in that region for Christmas and therefore wanted to stay longer. That didn’t work out as we thought. One thing was that I fell ill –...
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Work, Christmas and New Years Eve
Finally, the luck seems to have found back to us. We found work as dishwashers in the beach restaurant Frontroom in Waikanae. Each of us has four days of 5-8 hours, but it is enough to earn money. Apart from that, we always get the days of colleagues that are not...
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Samoa part 1: Camp Samoa
Holiday time! Now, you will say we are already on holiday. But, honestly, you cannot call half a year holiday, that’s already life and being a tourist can get exhausting, so you need some holidays from the holidays. We decided to go to the islands of Samoa. We left...
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Samoa part II Upolu
Now, time for some general information! Samoa consists of nine islands in total, the two biggest and well known ones are the main islands and are called Upolu, the bigger one with the Airport and capital, and Savai'i, where you can get by ferry. We were still on Upolu...
