travel

Go far with a proximity chip (Maori version)

Snapper card.

Thousands of people around the Wellington Region are using Mobility Cards that contain a proximity chip. Find out more about the scheme.

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The only car on the road

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A few photos taken from a car while travelling from Wellington to Hamilton, New Zealand.

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Perfect travel clothes

This time last month I was wandering round Honolulu. To get there I flew 1 hour from Wellington to Auckland, and then around 9 hours on to Honolulu. Check-in, waiting, security, Customs etc added probably another 6 or 7 hours. Being a person who likes to carry gadgets, along with the tickets, pen, immigration forms [...]

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Hawai’i and New Zealand – we have much in common

While I was on the Big Island of Hawai’i I took a couple of tours. One took us up to the summit of Mauna Kea, 4,000 metres above sea level. The other took us across the island and down to the lava at Volcano National Park. The photo of the plant shows an endangered Silver [...]

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In-flight Penguin entertainment for sardines

Earlier this month I flew around 7,000 Km (4,000 miles) from Auckland, New Zealand to Honolulu, Hawai’i, and returned a couple of weeks later. I’ve marked the two locations on the screenshot of a Google map. New Zealand and Hawai’i are remarkably similar in many ways — the subject for another post — but as [...]

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Mauna Kea: the sacred high desert

After being invited to teach some courses in Honolulu I recognised the opportunity to add on a trip to Mauna Kea on The Big Island. I booked my Mauna Kea Sunset and Stargazing tour with Mauna Kea Summit Adventures who kept me well-informed with friendly and helpful emails, even reminding me of the itinerary the [...]

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