October 2024

Exploring the land of the Kauri After a beautiful morning at Lake Taharoa I hit the road for Waipoua Kauri Forest, the land of the giant kauri trees. My intention had been to see Tāne Mahuta (‘Lord of the Forest’) which is the biggest kauri tree on earth measuring 51.5m tall with a girth of […]

My plane touched down at about 5:30am on Friday the 4th in Auckland. It had been a long and tiring journey. 24hrs ago I had boarded a plane and I had barely slept since. Now I had to stay awake for another day in order to try and tackle jet lag. The first day I