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Understanding the sport of Wellie Wanging
Dec 29th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
No, it's not what you think it is, although it still not your usual sport. Wellie Wanging, also known as Gumboot Throwing, is a sport in New Zealand that consists of throwing a Wellington boot, which is basically like a rubber galoshe, as far as possible within a set boundary. While it originated in Great Britain, the sport's major event, Gumboot Day, occurs in Taihape, New Zealand. The ...
Photo of the day - Otago sheep
Dec 16th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
These Otago sheep have a great view, which they might be able to see if they'd only get their heads out of their grasses. Joking aside, we can't help but hope that these assiduously grazing sheep are enjoying the steady march towards summer in New Zealand.
This image was captured earlier this week by Flickr user carlcroom in New Zealand's southern region of Otago.
Got an image of some ...Video: Helicopter crashes while installing Christmas tree in New Zealand
Nov 23rd, 2011 at 12:30PM:
There are always a few injuries sustained while setting up a Christmas tree, but this one takes the cake. A helicopter in Auckland, New Zealand clipped a large structure and crashed while helping set up a large Christmas tree yesterday. According to NYC Aviation, the pilot sustained minor injuries and there is "no word on the condition of the tree." ...
Enter to win a trip to New Zealand's Rhythm & Vines Music Festival
Oct 31st, 2011 at 4:00PM: STA Travel is hosting their Ultimate Break Sweepstakes which gives travelers the chance to win a trip for two to New Zealand to ring in the new year at the three-day Rhythm & Vines Music Festival. The winner will receive round-trip airfare, luxury campervan rental, grounds pass, and tickets to the festival.
To enter, click here to enter your information. Want to learn more about the music ...
First domestic 787 begins construction
Aug 19th, 2011 at 10:30AM:
Production and delivery of the 787 jumbo jet is starting to shift into high gear, and as ANA shows off its new Japanese aircraft the focus is now turning to the domestic carriers. Delivery of the new Boeing aircraft to its first domestic carrier is slated for the merged Continental/United airlines -- it was Continental's order (in 2004!) before the two giants joined forces.
Planned for ...Tweet your way to New Zealand
Jun 1st, 2011 at 11:30AM: We at Gadling are all about the freebies, and even more so when they involve travel. Brancott Estate, a New Zealand winemaker, is helping our wanderlust take flight with their new Twitter-based promotion dubbed the #WhatIf challenge. The winner will get two round trip airline tickets to New Zealand and a tour and tasting at the winery.
(Wait, we have to drink, tweet, and we could win a free ...Win trip for two in Air New Zealand Like Totally 80's contest
Apr 19th, 2011 at 5:00PM: Air New Zealand has never been afraid to show off its sense of humor. From matchmaking flights to cheeky commercials to risque in-flight safety videos, the Kiwi airline knows how to get attention. Now, however, we might actually benefit from their creativity with prizes that include a trip for two to New Zealand. They're celebrating the decade of excess with their Like Totally 80's contest on ...Travel television Q & A: Carmen Roberts
Apr 18th, 2011 at 11:30AM: Carmen Roberts is a travel reporter for BBC World's Fast Track program. Extraordinarily well traveled, Carmen recently decamped from London--home for over a decade--to Singapore, the country of her birth.
Here Carmen shares a few tips, a secret destination, and gives us the skinny on how her career developed.
Q: Carmen Roberts, how would you define your occupation?
A: Roving travel ...Knocked up abroad: pregnant travel in the first trimester
Mar 16th, 2011 at 11:30AM: For more on pregnant travel, see parts 1 and 2 of Knocked up abroad: pregnancy in a foreign country here and here.
There's no question that having a baby changes you: your body, your lifestyle, even your shoe size. One thing I hoped not to change altogether was traveling, as long as it was reasonably safe and comfortable for me and the baby. From the beginning of my pregnancy in Istanbul, my ...Photo of the day- Milford Sound, New Zealand
Mar 12th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Debra Corbeil and Dave Bouskill are known as Canada's Adventure Couple and have immersed themselves into the culture of 45 nations during their travels for 13 years as they they have climbed, paddled, hiked and biked their way through 5 continents. Today's photo Dave took in New Zealand. In his words:
New Zealand has some incredible scenery. Mountains and lakes to die for and ...Powerful earthquake hits Christchurch, New Zealand
Feb 22nd, 2011 at 10:30AM:
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake was recorded in Christchurch, New Zealand on Tuesday, causing widespread damage and killing at least 65 people. The South Island city was severely damaged and the death toll is expected to rise as victims are located in the wreckage.
Aftershocks continued to rock the city as rescue workers spent the night searching for survivors in the rubble. Emergency services ...107 whales die on New Zealand beach
Feb 21st, 2011 at 3:45AM: Over 100 pilot whales are dead after a stranding on Stewart Island in New Zealand. Discovered by tourists Saturday about half the beached whales were already dead. New Zealand Department of Conservation staff euthanized the rest.
"About half of the whales were still alive when we arrived," said biodiversity manager Brent Beaven.
The group (pod) of whales were the latest to die in a series of ...Photo of the Day (12.28.10)
Dec 28th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
I typically associate images of massive glaciers with the Antarctic, Himilayas, or Alaska; certainly not the south-western Pacific. But believe it or not, today's stunning Photo of the Day comes from the Franz Josef Glacier on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island. Sweet as!
The Franz Josef is an impressive 12km long glacier that stretches from the slopes of the South Alps to a ...Daily Pampering: 'Suite' ride on the Seabourn Sojourn world cruise
Aug 10th, 2010 at 4:00PM: If you're going to see the world, you might as well do it in style. The Yachts of Seabourn just unveiled its Seabourn Sojourn in London and is preparing the ship for a 2011 sail around the world.
The 110-day World Cruise from Los Angeles to London via the South Pacific, New Zealand, around Western Australia, Indonesia and Southeast Asia, India, Arabia and the Mediterranean will be beautiful ...Two blogs that inspire travel: l'antipodeuse & Sarah Goldschadt
Aug 3rd, 2010 at 1:00PM:
Information, to risk stating the baldly obvious, is essential to travel. Timetables, schedules, iPhone apps, hotel review sites and Foursquare check-in updates all deliver very specific information of immediate and inarguable value to travelers. Travel blogs that pursue listings- and information-based missions provide the nitty-gritty details that travelers need, the basic and essential ...Top five weekend travel media stories
Jun 28th, 2010 at 8:30AM: Among the travel stories in this weekend's newspaper travel sections, the following articles were especially inspirational.
1. Peter Frick-Wright writes a lip-smacking ode to the Cowboy Dinner Tree steakhouse in Silver Lake, Oregon in Portland's Oregonian.
2. In an article in Melbourne's The Age, Jewel Topsfield cruises down the Mekong, through Cambodia and Vietnam. She eats a tarantula, ...Exciting Repositioning Cruises for the Fall
Jun 15th, 2010 at 1:00PM: Repositioning cruises are the leftovers of cruising. When cruise ships need to move from one port to another at seasonal cusps, they take less conventional itineraries to get from one home port to another. Repositioning cruises can often be booked for less than more conventional cruises on a per-night basis.
Repositioning cruises are also, somewhat ironically, a good option for independent ...Fly to New Zealand and back this month for only $480
May 13th, 2010 at 3:00PM: Got some free time later this month? Air New Zealand just put a giant swath of seats on sale for travel between California and New Zealand. Round trip, the entire journey only costs $399 with tax, or just about $490 all in. That's less expensive than half of the transcontinental US flights and than all of the flights to the EU this spring.
In short, it's a fantastic deal, and combined with the ...Designing Air New Zealand's new long haul configurations
Apr 7th, 2010 at 11:00AM: Air New Zealand's marketing team is well underway promoting their new cabin configurations that we reported on earlier this year. The designs, which our very own Kent Wien covered in a series of on-the-ground dispatches, are set to vastly improve the business class and coach experiences, with redesigned business class cabins and lie-flat sections implemented in economy.
The highly dramatic ...
Hikers rescued from Mt. Doom!
Apr 7th, 2010 at 8:00AM: A Dutch tourist, along with two kiwi hiking partners, were rescued from Mount Ngauruhoe in New Zealand over the Easter weekend after they set out on a hike to the summit too late in the day and without the proper gear. The mountain, which stands 7516 feet in height, served as the basis for the fiery Mt. Doom in the Lord of the Rings films, and the three trekkers are described as avid fans of the ...
