Auckland Arts Festival – Festival Playground

2018 marks the 10 year anniversary of the Auckland Arts Festival. Even though there are events all around the city, The Festival Playground is located at Silo Park in the CBD. There are a few… View Post

Cécile McLorin Salvant & The Aaron Diehl Trio – Auckland Arts Festival

March marks the annual Auckland Arts Festival. Throughout the month there are events of visual art, concerts, theatre (both dance and musicals) and playgrounds all around the city. Many of them are free but when… View Post

Auckland City Limits Music Festival – Auckland

After a rainy week, Saturday March 3rd was a beautiful sunny day for a one-day music festival. Located at Western Springs Speedway, Auckland City Limits had 40 artists over 6 stages. Just like Sound Splash… View Post

The Art of Banksy

The Art of Banksy was an exhibit at the Aotea Centre in the CBD of Auckland. It started with a timeline of the history of Banksy’s career. Throughout the exhibit were works on canvas that… View Post

Sound Splash Festival – Raglan

Last weekend my partner and I went to Sound Splash Music Festival in Raglan. It was our second time in Raglan, and our second music festival together. For New Years we went to Rhythm and… View Post

Kaiteriteri: Access to Abel Tasman National Park

Kaiteriteri is located at the top of the Southern Island. It is Northwest of Nelson and it is right on the water. It also is one of 2 access points to the Abel Tasman National… View Post

Taupo: Adventure Capital of the North Island

Our first stop into Taupo was Huka Falls. This powerful waterfall empties into “Great” Lake Taupo and drops 220,000 liters per second. Thats enough to fill up 8 Olympic pools every second. It was amazing… View Post

Rotorua – Sulphur City

2.5 hours east of Waitomo is the city of Rotorua. In Maori, Rotorua means two lakes. Also known as Vegas and Sulphur city, the town is full of geothermal activity (and has a slight smell… View Post