Paths Less Traveled We’re back from our 5th trip to New Zealand. This time, we decided to explore North Island a bit more in-depth and…

I saw a comment on the New Zealand forum that unless you surf, the west Auckland beaches and ranges will hold no interest for you.…

On the way to Coromandel from the Waitakere Ranges, we stopped at Mercer Cheese Shop.  When I research a trip, I dig pretty deep for…

Karapiro is a tiny and less-known town.  It has a lake and is not far from Cambridge.  Cambridge is rather upscale and has lots of…

Taupo is New Zealand’s largest lake, situated right in the center of North Island.  It’s located in a dormant volcano.  We had passed this way on…

Warning: Photo Overload! Our destination after leaving Ohakune and Tongariro National Park was Mokau on the west coast.  On the way to Mokau, we visited…

Driving down the coast, we came to our home base for the next three nights in New Plymouth.  Mount Taranaki is often shrouded in clouds…

      Fortunately, the weather was better for our trip back north, where we checked out Waitanguru Falls, the 14th named waterfall of this…