"Of the hundreds of tourists I met, none of them wanted to go home no matter how long they'd been in NZ. I've been all over Europe, the Caribbean, Israel and Egypt and never failed to find a healthy percentage of people who were looking forward to going back to their homes. Germans were actually physically ill at the thought of going back. I personally had never gone away for more than three weeks, even to really nice countries like Italy without feeling a little homesick. I could easily have stayed two more months in NZ."
Phillip Greenspun's illustrated account of his 1992/1993 trip to New Zealand.

** John Newman's New Zealand Trip (January 1993) from an Australian perspective.

** Aotearoa on Two Wheels:A Motorcycle Tour of New Zealand by Canadian Bruce Clarke, November 1993.

** Our Honeymoon in New Zealand by Ron Ozarka - the North Island.

** The Second Trip to New Zealand by Ron Ozarka, - the South Island 1991

Jim and Deb's Travelogue a three month vacation in New Zealand from November of 1987 until February of 1988. Browse a database of over 400 photographs.

Grant and Susan Johnson describe their motorcycle tour around New Zealand for three months in 1989.

Ducky Sherwood's report on her New Zealand trip by foot and bicycle.

** Tramping New Zealand, C. W. Lee, May 1994.
"The best of New Zealand is like Oregon,
with friendlier people and better food."

Kent and Camilla trip to the South Island, November 1994.

Jerry Yesavage' Fly Fishing Trip to New Zealand in December 1995.

Scott Yost spent six weeks tramping in New Zealand (Dec 4, 1995 to Jan 16, 1996).

Rae's trip to Great Barrier Island, Jan 1996.

Jacqui's Journey In March 1996, Jacqui Knight sold her home to fulfil a childhood dream to ride horseback the length of New Zealand.

Let Pius Kessler (CH-Trogen - Switzerland) take you on Eine Reise nach Neuseeland

• E-mails aus Neuseeland - E-mails from Aotearoa
• Reisen mit Kindern - Travelling with children
• Alltagsgeschichten, Kindergeschichten - Children's stories

A number of Plains Folk columns that derive from Tom Isern's Fulbright fellowship in New Zealand in 1991 and his follow-up grant work there in 1996. They have to do mainly with comparisons between New Zealand's tussock grasslands and the North American plains.

In December, 1996 Tero and Elina rode 6055 km Around NZ in 18 days with a Buy-back Motorbike. The story includes comments on accommodations, some info on bike rentals / buy-backs and about 50 photos.

Michel Dalle travelled around New Zealand in December 1996

Lloyd Fortney's second trout fishing trip to the South Island. First he stayed at the Western Rivers Lodge, Springs Junction, then he returned to the Motueka River Lodge that he had visited in 1993.

Geoff, Lauren, Mary and Diane quit their jobs and left to travel around the world, stopping at Cybercafes to keep an electronic journal. They were in New Zealand from January 23 through February 24, 1997.

John Liu's travels with Mary and Kathryn in March 1997, through the North Island,   and the South Island.
Notes on fishing in New Zealand.

Bernd Wechner hitch-hiked around New Zealand, April, 1997 (107k)

Andy Bytheway toured the north end of the South Island in September 1997 on a rental Tiger 900 Triple.

Neuseeland - das schönste Ende der Welt   an account by Susanne Peck of her five week trip in November 1997. She returned for a second look in 1999.
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Warwick Cruising, Fishing, Diving, in Dusky Sound February 1998.

Daniel Hirscher - 4-Wöchige Reise nach Neuseeland, vom 11. Februar 1998 bis 12. März 1998. Bildergalerie,   Reisetagebuch pdf.

Tom & Kathryn's New Zealand trip   March and April, 1998.

Around-the-world sailors Lee Gunter and Mindi Miller made their way from Texas to New Zealand. They stayed in Whangarei from November 1997 until May 1998. Read the logs of their New Zealand experiences on the Houston Chronicle site.

Don McGlashan's Diary Of A Mutton Bird - Summer Tour '98.

The Tongariro Crossing by Bob Neubauer.

Te Araroa, The Long Pathway.   Summer 1997 - Winter 1998.
Geoff Chapple walked from North Cape to Wellington, the length of New Zealand's North Island.   He took along a laptop computer, a digital camera and Leki sticks.

Staff at Blackwater Community School on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona involved in the Family and Child Education Program (FACE) program attended the Twelfth International Congress on Child Abuse & Neglect in Auckland, New Zealand, September 6 - 9, 1998 to present the FACE program as a prevention model and to to learn more about the language and culture preservation component of Parents as First Teachers (PAFT) as implemented in New Zealand.

Pictures from Auckland, Rotorua, Coromandel, Bay of Islands, the classic Tongariro Crossing walk, Abel Tasman National Park, Te Anau, Mt Cook, Queenstown, Christchurch, taken by Jens Koehler, November 1998.

Judith Fein, a National Public Radio Savvy Traveller, flew to New Zealand in April 1999 to visit Maori friends she had met on a trip to Europe.   Aotearoa: The Maori New Zealand
She was given the additional assignment to challenge people, to get in their faces.   Why New Zealand ?

New Zealand is far away, make them tell you why it's worth the trouble for Americans to go there.

Five Days Around the Cape   Armed with the essentials, a car, a road, a surfboard, and golf clubs, Doug Sassaman sets off to explore the most remote region in New Zealand - the East Cape...November 1999.

Guillaume Dargaud   Climbing in New Zealand (1992) Mt Cook, Mt Tasman, Copland Pass, Mt Aspiring, Taranaki.
Climbing in New Zealand ( 2000 ) Elie de Baumont Malte Brun West ridge of Mt Cook, Mt Tasman.

Scott Wynter and wife Carrie Beam's Web Travelogue of their trip around New Zealand August 27 to October 20, 2000.

Helen and John Baines - birding trip 2000.

Bob McKay's 4 week self drive on both islands, 104 pics plus itinerary, 13th October to 7th November 2000.

Jane and Richard December 2000 / January 2001 New Zealand trip.

Dave and Jo Whitney spent 4 months tramping around New Zealand from December 2000 to April 2001.

The Swanson's New Zealand Trip 11 May - 04 June, 2001.

The New Zealand segment of David and Sarah's round the world trip. November 2001 to January 2002. Rental car and motel compared with travel by camper van.

Mary Pagnamenta took a horse and a pack horse and with no backup vehicle, she traveled off-road the full length of both Islands of New Zealand, from Bluff in the far South, to Cape Reinga in the far North. October 2001 till May 2002.

Pictures from Andy Norris New Zealand trip February 2002.

Danny Yee New Zealand South Island: February 2002,
18 days spent travelling around (and across) the Southern Alps.

Danny Yee returned in February 2003 to visit Otago, Southland, and Fiordland.

Tom's Excellent New Zealand Adventure Despite copious road-kill, harsh chip-sealed roads with 3/4 inch rocks bouncing about, and the "least thoughtful drivers" he's ever encountered, Tom cycled more than 1000 miles in December, 2003.

Kiwi Dreams Weblog of a North Dakota State University student during her studies at the University of Waikato February to June, 2004.

Touring Middle Earth a New Zealand Motorcycling Adventure. June 2004.

Tramping the Land of the Long White Cloud describes 26 tramps covering 1200 km in New Zealand, walked between September 2004 and April 2005.

Recent Travel tips from readers of the Lonely Planet Guide.

** Rec.Travel Library

1001 Reiseberichte aus aller Welt auf deutsch - Australien/Ozeanien .