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BEST SHOWER IN NEW ZEALAND! My friend and I enjoyed our stay here; we were made to feel welcome and the owner and his reception lady are both fun to talk to. There are many young people here so we oldies stood out a bit but everyone was friendly. ... more
clean rooms+beds, good organisation and friendly service with late check-in possible ... more
Compared to the usual type of high quality YHA hostel, this one was pretty dismal. ... more
Cost of activities in NZ?
Can anyone give me a rough guide on how much it costs to do sports in NZ? I'm buying the Kiwi Experience bus pass. Would like to: 1) Jump out of an aeroplane (tandom dive or sky dive is it?) 2) Bungee jump (ahh!) 3) Hang glide 4) Whale watch 5) Walk Franz Josef fox glacier 6) Canoe/kayak in Paihia bay ...
New Year in NZ
Hi Katy, I'm sure nzfocus has it right, but I want to add my own little caveat just in case. I risk sounding like an old fart (I'm a youthful thirtysomething), but I stayed in Paihia in the Bay ...
North Of Auckland
[snip] There's a wide variety of activities in Northland, from Water type activities in the Bay of Islands (Paihia as noted above) to all sorts of sight seeing and nature type things Moderator comment: please see Forum Rules ...
Paihia
Up early for the 7am pickup onboard the Kiwi Ex bus headed to Paihia (pronounced Pie Here) I ...
Posted in Timmy Travels by ride165
Paihia
Sunday 21.2 After a tasty continental breakfast we walked to the wharf where we got the Blue Pacifi ...
Posted in Kiwi Wonders by JShevlin
Auckland to Paihia
, it is comfortable if a little underpowered on some of the ascents. We arrived early at our destination, Paihia in the Bay of Islands. It is beautifully situated, looking over to Russell Island. Paihia is a favourite stop ...
Posted in Janice and Iain's New Zealand Trip 2011 by janiain