New Zealand's Westcoast - great waves, evergreen forests, stunning beaches - unique, beautiful!

Hey everyone!!

This time I'd like to introduce to you Aotearoa's Westcoast! (: My hostparents took me there for 2 days and showed me around many different places. They were all new to me and I got very impressed by their beauty and diversity.
Some people say the Westcoast is quite rainy and often the first question you get to hear when you tell people you've been there is: "Did it rain at the Westcoast??" - Well, we just went: "Noooo, it was sunny all the time." :))
We headed off from Christchurch and passed Springfield on the way. Here are some first pictures from our way:

Dreamlike trip to Milford Sound and skiing in Queenstown!

Kia Ora from a new place in Aotearoa! (:

A few days ago a friend of mine I had met on the North Island Tour, Nick, and I went to explore another region of beautiful New Zealand.
In about 7-8 hours we went down to Queenstown by bus. Nick had already been there once with a friend, I hadn't. We had some pretty cool stops on our way, such as Lake Tekapo!
That was really neat because the first time I had been there, with our Outdoor Education group, there was no snow, but this time the lake was surrounded by snow - it was on the mountains, everywhere and it looked gorgeous combined with the turquoise colour of the water!!

Dunedin, Moeraki Boulders, Ashburton and Mount Cook!!

Hey everyone! (:
Another exciting weeks have passed, new places, new impressions!!

Together with my hostfamily we went down to Dunedin to celebrate their daughter's birthday, and we had heaps of nice stops on the way: :)

Ashburton:

Easter Camp, Lyttelton, 16th Birthday and much more :))

Kia Ora, guys! :)
Here comes an update from the couple last weeks in "Down Under"!!
There were lots of cool things happening, such as heaps of day trips with the international students from my school, excursions with my hostfamily and friends, etc. ((:




Let's start with this lovely family here:

This is Tafoy, his wife and their little son. Tafoy is the adopted son of my hostfamily and now lives with his own little family in Australia. They were staying at our house for a few days, they're real nice! (;

Rangiora High School - Term 1

Hey folks! ;)

I'm sorry I'm coming quite late with that post, Term 2 has just started, but never mind, here we go with some events and pics from Term 1! :)

Despite of all those different activities you can find in my other posts, there's one daily routine: school.

Of course I'm not just here for chilling, travelling around and having fun, nooooo :D I'm going to school every week as in Germany.

As in England, pupils are wearing uniform. That's mine:

Hobbitset, Surfing, Bungy Jump, Water Rafting and much more!

Hey folks!! (:

At first: Sorry I haven't written anything for the last time! I was on a North Island Tour for 2 weeks during the holidays - it was amazing! Seriously, I advise that to everyone who stays or plans to go to New Zealand. :)
For those who have no idea what it is: There are organisations offering 8 - 11 days tours to the South or North Island of the country. You go there with a group of about 30-50 other international students and travel around to see different places, staying in hostels at night.
During the day you do maaaany many activities together which are a lot of fun and you get to know the group muh better!
Anyway, I want to show you some of our pictures now!! (;




Arriving at the airport in New Zealand's capital - Wellington - passengers immediatly feel that they're in the country of the 'Hobbit'!

Adventurous Kaikoura and Nelson!

Hey guys!! (:

Now here comes the announced report about Kaikoura! Actually I went on two big trips last month, I'll tell you about both - one of them was with my hostfamily to Kekerengu, a village close to Kaikoura, and the other one was a tour with the Outdoor Education group from my school to Nelson and Kaikoura over 3 days. :))
Both trips were just amazing and I can't really describe the beauty of the nature and all those fantastic places we've seen!! That's why I'll mostly show you our pictures in this post.


- Startig with the trip to Kekerengu:

My first time in Rangiora, Christchurch

Kia Ora!! :)
This is Maori for "Hello"!

It's been six weeks now since I am here, in New Zealand. Unbelievable!! I feel like I've only stayed one week in this country - time passes soo quickly!
That's why I'd like to give you an update of my first month in Rangiora, the village I live in.

Welcome to Rangiora!