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Two of a kind

https://wegokiwi.org/2025/05/19/two-of-a-kind/

Published: May 19, 2025 09:44

As we had mentioned before, we had seen the outside of the Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch before. We had not properly scheduled our visits and had only seen it when passing it by chance. But finally we managed to be there during opening hours and got…

Home, sweet home.

https://wegokiwi.org/2025/05/12/home-sweet-home/

Published: May 12, 2025 09:18

We now know where we will live for the coming months and years: We signed a tenants contract for a house in an east-ish suburb of Christchurch. 3,5 bedrooms, double glazing, a nice garden to play and to grow some veggies, a logbuner in the living room: it…

Christchurch and surroundings

https://wegokiwi.org/2025/04/22/christchurch-and-surroundings/

Published: April 22, 2025 11:10

For administrative stuff we did stick around Christchurch for a while again. We like to bus around, we tried the historic tram in the city, walked a lot. But one must admit that having a car does make many things easier. So we bought a car. And K4 learned…

Come to stay

https://wegokiwi.org/2025/04/05/come-to-stay/

Published: April 5, 2025 02:13

Yesterday we got the news.Somehow the penny has not dropped yet. It may still take a while to realize: we are now proud holders of Visa to work and study in New Zealand.No kidding mate.

Same same but different

https://wegokiwi.org/2025/04/03/same-same-but-different/

Published: April 3, 2025 09:13

And so we drove to the coast. To head back to Christchurch, for administrative reasons. It took us a few days – we kinda rushed back. We took a road we traveled when we first headed south, nearly a year ago. This time, we traveled north. Once on SH1 we had…

Stop and relax

https://wegokiwi.org/2025/03/28/stop-and-relax/

Published: March 28, 2025 06:17

Leaving Kawarau and it’s adrenaline seeking visitors, we headed towards Alexandra. We couldn’t pass Cromwell without stopping. For a round at the playground, lunch, laundry, and library. Things you need to get done while traveling around, and can’t be done…

To Queenstown and beyond

https://wegokiwi.org/2025/03/20/to-queenstown-and-beyond/

Published: March 20, 2025 08:48

Time was getting a bit long in Christchurch. So it was a welcome idea to travel southwards again, with a dear friend. She had an appointment in Glenorchy and had planned to do the drive in one day only. This is not feasible for us, so we started two days…

Red plums and green beans

https://wegokiwi.org/2025/03/16/red-plums-and-green-beans/

Published: March 16, 2025 08:48

We did not really stop thinking about the tree fishing cache in Kaiapoi. With some help to get enough length, and quite a few motivated new geocachers, we went to sign it off. It still was a mission, but a very nice and funny adventure we all will…

Arthur’s Pass III

https://wegokiwi.org/2025/02/27/arthurs-pass-iii/

Published: February 27, 2025 10:20

Once again we stayed at the Freedom Camp in Greymouth, right at the river mouth. When we arrived it was pretty full already, and we got one of the last legal spots. Some of us went for a nice walk to find an easy cache, others preferred to stay around the…

Weather Escape: West Coast?

https://wegokiwi.org/2025/02/16/weather-escape-west-coast/

Published: February 16, 2025 09:37

What does one do when the weather is just not being nice? Check the weather and head off to where the sun is. So we packed, off to the west coast. With friends expected to follow us for a few days camping with us! We were nearly out of town when the door…