Auckland has a Big Gay Out
The Big Gay Out is touted as New Zealand’s premier gay event, It is always fun and easy to be at – wander around the stalls, listen to the music, watch the drag queens. The Get it On! Big Gay Out 2012, Coyle Park, Pt Chevalier on Sunday 12 February 2012.
Hot Pools – swim all year round in NZ
When I was hitchhiking around NZ 35 years ago, it took me a while to realise that you always pack your swimmers (togs, swimming costumes, swimwear…). Even though it is cold and even snowing, you never know when you are going to run into a hot pool. We visited De Bretts Hot Pools in Taupo [...]
Staying in Auckland
The Big Blue house B&B For many women visiting Auckland, The Big Blue House is the first choice – it is homely, central, and there is a great value single room for women travelling on their own. We stayed there last week and also staying were a couple from South Carolina travelling NZ. They said [...]
The evolution of a tourism company
Potiki comes of age, Mohio Tours is born Nga mihi nui kia koutou Mõhio (moor-he-aw) v. is Maori for to know, comprehend, realise. It is the name taken by a the new entity which has emerged from award winning Auckland Maori tourism company Potiki Tours After beginning the New Zealand company Potiki Adventures Ltd in [...]
Hinemoa St – Birkenhead.
Birkenhead Artisan Market We unexpectedly have a Saturday to spend in Auckland. A visit to Eventfinder.co.nz and we soon make a list of markets available. The Birkenhead Artisan Market is the one we choose. It’s held once a month at the Highbury Community Centre. It turns out to be a great choice, not just because [...]
Exploring Matakana – an hour north of Auckland
The Matakana Market For years I have heard of the Matakana Market, but have never quite made it. Just an hour north of Auckland it is a perfect day trip. As I live in Waipu, further north, it is just an hour south for me. With opening hours 8-1pm you don’t have to make too [...]
Candy bar aims to sweeten K’ Road for women
The Candy Bar has arrived in Auckland – a dedicated women’s venue above The Naval & Family Hotel on Corner of Krd and Pitt St. Open Thursday-Saturday Lots of gigs and theme nights
Women on the Wild West Coast of Auckland
Lynx lives on Auckland’s beautiful and rugged West Coast and decided it was time to share it magic with other women travelers. She has set up a small tour company to introduce women travellers to the place she calls home. Info here When I first came to New Zealand 35 years ago I was taken [...]
A Road Trip – Auckland to Tauranga
Late summer, a meeting in Tauranga – why not make the most of it, and turn it into a road trip to show my girlfriend Liz a bit more this amazing country. I checked the map – there are two main routes to Tauranga (though there are probably hundreds more diversions if you want them!). [...]
Dramatic drive Up the Awhitu Peninsula
This story won a prize and was written by Tanya Cumberland and was published in the NZ Herald. Tanya lives on Earthtalk, an organic farm at Awhitu and is part of the Womentravel network We begin in Waiuku, 40 minutes south-west of Auckland. A sculpture of Tamakae, a Ngaati Te Ata ancestor, welcomes us. Across [...]
