Maureen told us about an island called Tiritiri Matangi which is an open reservation island. Since it’s a reservation it only allows 125 persons to visit the island each day, so bookings must be done in advanced. We were lucky enough to get places so we took Maureen with us for the day. The island is quite amazing, since it’s a reservation you are not...

Today we went to SheepWorld, this place gives you a real insight on farming in New Zealand, the girls had a blast in this place as they were able to feed some lambs and other farm animals, they all got turns to sheer a sheep and Sarai went out with a new favourite stuff animal, a sheep she now calls Rosy. The place is a good 45 minutes up north Auckland, which gaves...

On this second day at Auckland we decided to stay at the apartment resting, the long trip is finally taking a toll on us. The morning was quite uneventful, we had some breakfast and took a shower late in the morning. We are staying at a place called Devonport which is a suburb of Auckland. So you know Auckland is much like San Francisco in the way that the city is...