There is no more beautiful country in the world than this. You can quote me! And once you have been we can quote you too!

Discover... Tramp it, walk it, hike it. Car, campervan and bike it! Experience... With The Complete New Zealand Holiday Guide.

So blog it and keep an eye on our site as it grows. As we’re sure your enthusiasm, interest and love in NZ will grow too!

Climb, swim and breathe in the air of this astonishing land; from frozen glaciers to ninety mile beaches and snow capped peaks to tropical forest, From city to country, and coast to mountain discover a country of limitless holiday possibilities!

From oasis to desert: Wander beneath the canopy of a forest shaded by the giant hand of a towering Kauri tree and emerge into a sunlit day unfolding across the dunes and waters of a clear lake; and beyond, the rising mist of a geyser, the whiff of sulphur on the air as the very ground around you bubbles...

Then down to the beach where at the cool waters edge you dig a hole in the sand and watch the steaming waters of a hot spring rise over your legs.

Visit... A journey across the globe, where the days are long and the nights are bright with shooting stars.

Holiday... In a land of island mountains pinned to the earth by volcanic roots and a myriad of smaller islands formed by the flooding of ancient river valleys.

Adventure... Canoe straits and hike through streams, blaze tumbling white waters and fish open seas on your holiday in Aotearoa - Land of the long white cloud...

So let our New Zealand travel guide take you ambling through the Waitakere (that’s “why – tuck – err – ee”) Ranges, striding over the Catlins and walking through Milford Sound.

For holidays in New Zealand to remember, dive at Poor Knights and ride the swells at Raglan and Piha, jet boat rapids in Queenstown, cycle the Otago rail trail and ride the Taieri Gorge by train.

Charley and I are going to kick off with pages on our North and South Island NZ travel Guide for the following…

... New Zealand weather first because there’s lots of it! Then New Zealand maps on how to find it. After that it’s “getting there”and how to travel to this beautiful distant land… and make the most of it!

The format will be similar to our Maldives holiday site, The Complete Maldives Holiday Guide. We'll work hard and fast to cover all the must know stuff, but just in case we miss things – NZ is a big place after all(!) – We will have a contact page set up.

And finally...

We want you to do what we’ve done… and travel Aotearoa embracing all it has to share with you. Here the colours are richer and the light brighter. The green of the land so bountiful it will keep you in awe and the oceanic blue will mesmerise you.

As the New Zealander poet Thomas Bracken wrote;

“Give me, give me God's own country! There to live and there to die, God's own country! Fairest region resting 'neath the southern sky”