New Zealand is a unique and beautiful place. We covered a lot of ground and did a lot of activities and sight seeing/touring In 40 days. It’s presented as a story, the story of our trip. If you want follow the story, go to the About page and start reading. There is a next button at the bottom of each page, touch it and read on. Think if it like turning the pages of a magazine.

On the other hand, if you have a top-of-mind question and want quick access to the relevant page(s), we present tables below for both islands organized by area. They index activities and sights/touring separately. The orange entries are live links to the associated pages. Click on the link to go immediately to that page.

This way, you can dig into the research we’ve completed and read the story at your leisure. You can easily return to this page at any time by selecting “How to” from the main menu which appears at the top of every page.

South Island

Region	Location	Activities	Sights/Touring
Canterbury	Christchurch		Christchurch Area/ Banks Peninsula
Canterbury	Christchurch	Quake City	Historic Christchurch
Canterbury	Christchurch		City in Rebirth
Canterbury	Christchurch		City of Art
Canterbury	Akaroa	Pohatu Penguins	Akaroa
The West Coast	Greymouth		The West Coast
	Punakaiki	Pancake Rocks/Punakaiki
The West Coast	Atarau	Paparoa Wildlife Trust Kiwi Release
The West Coast	Greymouth / Haast		To Haast and Beyond
Otago	Haast / Kingston		On to Kingston
Southlands	Te Anau/ Milford Sd.	Milford Sound
Otago	Queenstown	Queenstown	Otago
Otago	Queenstown / Dunedin		Through Central Otago
Otago	Dunedin	Royal Albatross Centre	Dunedin
Otago	Dunedin	Orokonui Ecosanctuary
Otago	Oamaru/ Bushy Beach Penguins	Oamaru
Otago	Oamaru / Aoraki / Mt. Cook	The Clay Cliffs	Off to Aoraki / Mt. Cook
Canterbury	Aoraki / Mt Cook	Aoraki / Tasman Lake
Canterbury	Lk. Tekapo /Ashburton /Pegasus		Driving in the Rain
Canterbury	Pegasus / Kaikoura		Getting to Kaikoura
Canterbury	Kaikoura	Kaikoura
Canterbury	Kaikoura / Blenheim		On the Road Again
Canterbury	Blenheim	Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre

North Island

Region	Location	Activities	Sights/Touring
Wellington	Wellington		Wellington
Wellington, Manawatu-Wanganui, Waikato	Wellington to Lake Taupo		On to Lake Taupo
Waikato	Huka Falls	Huka Falls
Bay of Plenty	Rotorua	Te Puia
Rotorua	Rotorua to Mt. Maunganui		Mt. Maunganui to Matamata
Waikato	Matamata	Hobbiton	On to Matakohe
Northlands	Matakohe to Omapere	The Kauri Museum	The Kauri Forest
Northlands	Waipoua Forest	The Kauri Forest Walk	Omapere
Northlands	Paihia	Waitangi Treaty Grounds
Northlands	Russell		Russell
Northlands	Russell to Whangerai		To Whangarei and Beyond
Northlands	Whangarei	Hundertwasser Art Centre
Auckland	Auckland	Auckland Sky Tower
Auckland	Auckland	Auckland War Memorial Museum
Auckland	Auckland	Auckland Viaduct Harbour
Auckland	Auckland		Homeward Bound

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