by Jub | Jun 4, 2020
This is a recap of the Original Weta Workshop Tour (booked here). For years tour buses drove past Weta Studios (Miramar, Wellington). The tourists would do anything they could to get a glimpse of something happening inside the studios. The studios where hundreds of...
by Jub | May 13, 2020
Is Whangamomona worth visiting? If you’ve stumbled across this post from elsewhere on Chur New Zealand, this might be the first time you’ve come across Whangamaomona. For others, I’m guessing the town’s most interesting story got your...
by Jub | May 11, 2020
Do I need a VPN in New Zealand? If you’d asked me that a couple of years ago, I would have said no. I’d always just thought of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) as a necessity when visiting countries like China. Fast forward to today, and I’ve started...
by Jub | May 6, 2020
When it comes to following hiking etiquette the simple, catch-all advice is…don’t be a dick. That includes not leaving your poo paper next to the trail. But seriously, when you tell your friends and family about the awesome hike you went on, there’s...
by Jub | Apr 30, 2020
As I’m writing this NZ tourism is more or less non-existent. As it is Worldwide. But over the next few months, New Zealand is going to slowly open up. And with the economy in a battle in the short term, there’s a support NZ local movement taking place....
by Jub | Apr 28, 2020
Have you seen any photos of New Zealand’s national parks? If not, look some up now. You might think the only criterion of somewhere becoming a national park is how stunning the place is. It’s true, they’re all epic, but there’s a whole lot more...