Phototourism and Photoblogging is a growing past-time (and occupation) throughout the world and New Zealand is no exception. It is many varied and compelling landscapes and subjects within close reach of the main centers allow for day tripping as well as longer excursions.
In this video (after the jump) intrepid photourists capture the beauty of some of the world’s rarest wildlife on Otage Peninsula, not 1/2 an hour from the City of Dunedin.
Featured in this video is celebrity Aussie blogger Neerav Bhatt. I have guest posted on his blog www.roadlesstravelled.com.au, check it out.
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New Zealand Māori is a rugby union team that traditionally plays teams touring New Zealand. A prerequisite for playing in this team is that the player is to have Māori whakapapa. In 1888-89, the ‘New Zealand Natives’ was the first time the team traveled overseas, and the rest is history…..
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Moko the Dolphin, a long time resident of the East Coast of New Zealand, has been following the fishing trawler Eskdale on it’s journeys. At Christmas Moko followed the Eskdale away from Gisborne, and from his home beach in Mahia. Today he has ended up in Tauranga harbour much to the delight of the locals.
Moko is so famous in New Zealand, he has a documentary to be shot in eastern Bay of Plenty by film student and marine biologist Amy Taylor.
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Kiwi Chocoholics are rolling in anticipation of a Kiwi food festival that’s become an annual get together – Dunedin’s Cadbury Chocolate Carnival.
This year is the carnival’s 10th anniversary in the South Island city of Dunedin, and while chocolate treats and activities are in abundance, all forms of chocolate themed activities are on tap. Highlights of the 2010 carnival will include the annual Cadbury Jaffa Race – a spectacle on the world’s steepest street, Baldwin St.
The family carnival also offers chocolate classes, competitions, storytelling, food tours, games, arts and crafts.
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Baldwin Street, Dunedin is recognised as the ‘steepest street in the world’ by Guinness Book of World Records. This year,...
Auckland (along with Vancouver BC) has been named the 4th best city in the world to live in according to 2010 Mercer Worldwide Quality of Living Survey which measures Quality of Life metrics. Wellington was judged 12th worldwide for quality of living. However the places were switched for eco-cities, Wellington was placed 5th and Auckland 12th place for world cities.
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The 2010 Mercer Worldwide Quality of Living Survey was released today, ranking cities for overall quality of living based on political, socio-economic and environmental criteria as well as sanitisation, education and transport. The company also compiled a list of top eco-cities.
Global ranking
Quality of life:
1: Vienna, Austria
2: Zurich, Switzerland
3: Geneva,...
The Winter Whale Watch season in New Zealand has begun in earnest and this year looks to be particularly spectacular.
Department of Conservation (DOC) scientist and National Marine Mammal Coordinator Dr Laura Boren says that the number of whale sightings in New Zealand says there have been unusual sightings of rare species includng the Blue Whale.
“We are now entering the beginning of the winter migratory season. Recently, we have been lucky enough to have had two particularly unusual sightings of rare species in our waters.”
Dr Boren says conservation workers in the southern South Island have already sighted a blue whale – by far the biggest mammal on earth, on its way down the Otago coast, and a pod of Arnoux’s beaked whales in Fiordland....
Boatloads of Australians are cruising to New Zealand, inundating the local waters with refugees tourists.
Australia’s largest cruise operator – Carnival Australia, will more than double its fleet for 2012 to meet increasing demand. The company runs trips to New Zealand through P&O Cruises and Princess Cruises, which have ships based in Australia all year.
Carnival chief executive Ann Sherry said the company would increase the number of cruises from 17 to 38 by 2012, increasing the number of passengers going across the Tasman from 35,000 to 80,000. Carnival Australia would offer 31 cruises to New Zealand next year.
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A clutch of Kiwis on scooters are preparing to assault New Zealand’s Southern Alps on a winter-time expedition – the Tranz Alpine Scooter Safari – that will take them across the South Island. The safari is to raise funds for the New Zealand Cancer Society. Started in 2009, the Scooter Safari was created by Jayne and Mike Rattray. The idea to ride coast to coast as a fundraiser was born in support of Mikes friend and colleague at Air NZ Engineering who had just been diagnosed with Bowel Cancer.
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Riders will set off from Christchurch on 29 May to travel the 250km to Hokitika on the west coast. The endurance ride – across the Canterbury Plains, through the mountains and along the rugged west coast. The Arthur’s...
Some of New Zealand’s oldest inhabitants, the Tuatara, are continuing to be sucessfully breed in captivity.
For the second time in two months, New Zealand’s rare tuatara population has produced some surprising results with a new baby hatched at the Zealandia wildlife sanctuary and another eight on their way at Wellington Zoo.
The tuatara is a reptile unique to New Zealand, and the only survivor of a species that became extinct about 60 million years ago. Breeding is a tricky business and eggs can take up to a year to hatch.
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For the first time in 20 years fertile tuatara eggs have been found at Wellington Zoo, and according to staff this represents a remarkable breeding success story. It typically takes five years for a...
A classic tune is back in the charts after a boost from film-maker Taika Waititi’s latest film and his own video remake of the eighties hit. Patea Māori Club’s original version of Poi E -- which blitzed the New Zealand charts for 22 weeks in 1984 -- has been revived in Waititi’s 2010 coming-of-age film Boy. The director Waititi has since released a video mashup of new and original material for the popular song.
The result is a loving tongue-in-cheek clip of Poi E that splices shots from the original Patea Māori Club video with scenes from Boy, and the now-older band. The video was put together in just one day.
“It’s hard to do something with limited material but I think it captures the soul of the film and it’s pretty fun to watch. It’s great...
Katikati – a small New Zealand coastal town with a proud rugby history – has launched itself as a 2011 Rugby World Cup destination by erecting a bigger-than-life rugby ball as a tourist attraction.
The giant fibreglass ball – which is also designed to be a public noticeboard – appears on the town’s ‘front lawn’ at Diggelmann Park. It is owned by local rugby enthusiast Rollo Dunlop.
Built for the 1987 Rugby World Cup by a rugby shop in nearby Rotorua, the ball once enjoyed the title of biggest rugby ball in the world, but lost its claim to fame when Tourism New Zealand built a pavilion in the form of a giant inflatable rugby ball for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in Paris.
Katikati Low Down
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Queenstown Winter Festival
25 June – 4 July 2010
Kiwis are preparing for the southern hemisphere’s biggest winter party – the 36th Queenstown Winter Festival – the iconic fun fest.
The 10-day celebration includes on-mountain snow action, street parties, fireworks, live concerts, comedy, theatre and community events.
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The festival kicks off on Friday 25 June with a major opening party at Earnslaw Park, beside Lake Wakatipu in the centre of Queenstown. For the first time, the entertainment will take place on a floating stage.
After an official opening by New Zealand PM John Key, a live show will feature Pipeworkz (a unique fusion of Māori and Scottish music) and local band, Lynch Mob performing Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of The...
The most British of all New Zealand cities, the heart of Christchurch is Cathedral Square, the center of tourist activity and a must see for all visitors.
Hagley Park is an enormous open space just off the center of the city. It provides a central repository for joggers, picnickers, walkers and those looking for some solitude. The Avon River meanders through the park offering punters the ability to act out scenes from a Jane Austen novel.
We arrived late the previous evening, so we settled into the Quality Hotel on the aforementioned park across the road from the renowned Botanic Gardens. As the morning broke, we set out to look for coffee and to visit the city center before the crowds arrive. Christchurch is a major destination for the Japanese tourist buses and they disembark...
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