We spent a year living in New Zealand from December 2004 to November 2005. Click on a place name to see photos around that place.
Blog
- Dec 7 - Auckland
- Dec 10 - On (and off) the road
- Dec 15 - Extreme sight-seeing
- Dec 18 - South Island
- Dec 23 - Chilly!
- Dec 26 - Kiwi Kristmas
- Jan 2 - Happy New Year!
- Jan 5 - She'll be right
- Jan 7 - Lake Wanaka
- Jan 10 - South Westland
- Jan 16 - Ice hike
- Jan 20 - Lady and the Tramp (and Mat)
- Jan 28 - Wining POHMs
- Feb 1 - Nomads no more (nearly)
- Nelson Feb 4 - May 6
- Feb 4 - Chateau Mat & Kat
- Feb 5 - What's that got to do with the price of eggs?
- Feb 8 - Troublesome tenants
- Feb 10 - Fun in NZ
- Feb 11 - Working girl
- Feb 11 - Greetings from Nelson
- Feb 14 - Lashings of ginger beer
- Feb 21 - Flying!
- Feb 25 - Back in the saddle
- Feb 28 - Feel the bandwidth
- Mar 3 - Crossword fun
- Mar 4 - Bottoms up
- Mar 8 - Divided by a common language
- Mar 10 - Unwelcome visit
- Mar 12 - Fun stuff
- Mar 14 - The earth moved
- Mar 17 - Fame and fortune
- Mar 18 - More fame but no fortune yet
- Mar 19 - Back to Blighty
- Mar 21 - It's winter, but not as we know it
- Mar 22 - Shreddie heaven
- Mar 25 - A Traditional Easter
- Mar 28 - Rain stops play
- Mar 31 - Mat's secret shame
- Apr 1 - Sea kayaking
- Apr 3 - Golden bay
- Apr 8 - Of cabbages and future kings
- Apr 10 - A right royal do
- Apr 11 - Fruitylicious
- Apr 12 - Some great things about NZ, by Mat
- Apr 14 - Flying joy
- Apr 15 - Fully qualified
- Apr 18 - Technical problems, please stand by...
- Apr 18 - Front page news again
- Apr 22 - Please continue to hold ...
- Apr 23 - Back on the road
- Apr 25 - Anzac Day
- Apr 27 - Win some, lose some
- May 1 - Scurvy sea dogs
- May 6 - Leaving Nelson
- Kaiapoi May 8 - Jul 20
- May 8 - Kaiapoi
- May 11 - Home alone
- May 12 - And I thought it was difficult solving them ...
- May 15 - Ben & Vickie's big trip up north
- May 18 - A look at today's papers
- May 19 - Wellies
- May 22 - One exciting day
- May 25 - Weird fruit
- May 27 - Feast to famine
- May 29 - Super 12
- May 30 - Asbolutely ridiculous
- May 31 - Fame
- Jun 3 - Noodlemeister
- Jun 6 - Happy Birthday Ma'am
- Jun 7 - Competitions galore
- Jun 14 - Dunners
- Jun 16 - X-philes
- Jun 21 - Winter Solstice
- Jun 22 - Mat's crap cat flap trap
- Jun 26 - Piccadilly Circus
- Jun 28 - Squashed tomatoes and stew
- Jul 5 - Nelson revisited
- Jul 6 - Meat and goodies
- Jul 7 - London
- Jul 12 - Catnapping
- Jul 14 - Ula's antics (cont'd)
- Jul 18 - House-sitters no more
- Jul 20 - Home time
- Europe Jul 24 - Aug 22
- Jul 24 - Back in England
- Jul 27 - A perfect day
- Jul 29 - Public indecency
- Aug 1 - Seven arrested in raid on Brighton flat
- Aug 4 - Leaning tower of Jesse
- Aug 6 - Cyclist's Lung
- Aug 11 - Bristol fashion
- Aug 14 - Brighton rocks
- Aug 18 - Going a bit downhill
- Aug 22 - The boredom of the long-distance flier
- Napier Aug 27 - Nov 29
- Aug 27 - North Island
- Aug 29 - House lowdown
- Sep 1 - Hot springs
- Sep 5 - Human nature
- Sep 7 - Sign of the times
- Sep 12 - A bicycle made for two
- Sep 14 - Election time
- Sep 15 - Becoming a habit
- Sep 18 - Election results
- Sep 19 - Still too close
- Sep 20 - Cold snap
- Sep 26 - Te Mata
- Sep 29 - And then there were two
- Oct 1 - New girl
- Oct 1 - World of vegetarians
- Oct 4 - us-a-geni
- Oct 6 - Blatant advertising
- Oct 10 - Gisborne
- Oct 13 - Freebie
- Oct 17 - Shine falls
- Oct 21 - This wasn't in the brochure
- Oct 24 - Tongariro crossing
- Oct 27 - IUTB
- Oct 28 - Pania Pinchers
- Oct 29 - The destructive puppy
- Oct 31 - Wellie dash
- Nov 5 - And they're off
- Nov 7 - Shaving
- Nov 8 - Tea leaves
- Nov 10 - Pedestrians again
- Nov 15 - Sad old man
- Nov 17 - I'll just get my hat and coat ...
- Nov 20 - Here comes the sun (la la la la)
- Nov 23 - Bank error in your favour
- Nov 25 - Delivered to your door
- Nov 28 - Top tens
- Nov 29 - Dazed and confused (and 30)
- Nov 29 - My life in pictures