Lonely Planet New Zealand (Travel Guide)

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Along the way, Magi Nams portrays New Zealand's landscapes with vivid imagery and reflects on the impact of invasive species on the ecology of New Zealand's fragile native ecosystems, and the challenges inherent in living and homeschooling abroad. With helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time. Basics - essential pre-departure practical information including getting there, local transport, accommodation, food and drink, health, the media, festivals, outdoor activities, culture and etiquette, and more. Learn intriguing ecological and historical facts about the final large landmass to be populated by humans.A perfect reference book for everyone enchanted by the beauty of the locations in the movie trilogy, it contains valuable background information and exclusive anecdotes about the filming, with sections written specially by Sir Peter Jackson, Alan Lee, Sir Richard Taylor and Barrie Osborne, plus contributions from the cast and crew.

By respecting one another and nature's delicate and intricate systems, this book captures the many ways indigenous cultures are committed to living in ecological balance. Once a Land of Birds, Book 1 in the trilogy, Cry of the Kiwi: A Family's New Zealand Adventure, follows the Nams as they plunge into an incredible travel adventure in a land of volcanoes, giant trees, and endangered flightless birds. If it’s whale-watching you’re after, try June and July, when pods of humpbacks, southern right whales, pilot whales and blue whales travel up the eastern coast as part of their annual migration. It is a story of childhood as both Eden and anguish, and of growing up as a journey toward the difficult life of the free. Attractions include: Milford Sound, Farewell Spit, Kaikoura Peninsula, White Island, Ninety Mile Beach, East Cape, The Catlins.Covers The North Island: Auckland, Northland, The Central North Island, Wellington and the South; The South Island: Marlborough and Nelson, Canterbury; and the West Coast, Otago and Southland.

For Jared Gulian, leaving the United States and coming to tiny Wellington, New Zealand, was a big enough switch from the bright lights of big cities. Explore remarkable landscapes of fire and ice, from bubbling mud pools and volcanic plains to soaring glaciers and snow-topped mountains. Comprehensive 'Contexts' chapter of this travel guide to New Zealand features fascinating insights into New Zealand, with coverage of history, religion, ethnic groups, environment, wildlife and books, plus a handy language section and glossary. In this charming and warm-hearted memoir, Jared Gulian describes the first four years of their new life in the country, its disasters and small triumphs, its surprises and pleasures. I'm getting so much great information from this site, but I also want to pick up a New Zealand Guide book.

All along the way, Sara kept an online journal of their travels and trials, her stories followed by hundreds of friends and family members. Series Overview: For more than two decades, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides have helped travelers experience the world through the history, art, architecture, and culture of their destinations. The best places to visit in Australia are showcased with fantastic photography and detailed descriptions, plus DK's unique illustrations and floor plans. With extensive color and black and white photos, illustrations, and maps, Moon Living Abroad New Zealand will help you find your bearings as you settle into your new home and life abroad. On South Island, head to Queenstown, aka “the adrenaline capital of the world”, to test your mettle with some of the most extreme and exhilarating experiences on the planet, including jetboating, quad biking, parasailing and zip-lining just for starters.

It can be read just as easily on its own, or as part of a series starting with 'That Bear Ate My Pants! Practical full-colour maps, with clearly numbered, colour-coded keys for quick orientation in Wellington, Milford Sounds, and many more locations in New Zealand reduce the need to go online. She adored (and makes us know) her large-visioned father and her strong, radiant mother, who had gone willingly with him into a pioneering life of loneliness and bone-breaking toil, who seemed miraculously to succeed in creating a warmly sheltering home in the harsh outback, and who, upon her husband's sudden death when Jill was ten, began to slide—bereft of the partnership of work and love that had so utterly fulfilled her—into depression and dependency. Experience Guides For travelers that want to design a trip that feels unique, these guides uncover exciting new ways to explore iconic destinations. The author, her husband, and their two daughters moved to New Zealand in 2012 by sailing their home—a 38-foot sailboat—across the Pacific ocean.

We are a leading travel publisher known for our "tell it like it is" attitude, up-to-date content and great writing. The book combines history with natural history as it explores New Zealand’s stunning diversity and beauty.