Sunday, March 20, 2011

New Zealand - examples of visitors who still have it on the go now list!

Christchurch's earthquake has hit hard and there's no doubt that it is New Zealand's earthquake.  Personally, I have family in Christchurch with a house that will have to come down.  Everybody knows somebody who has been severely affected and this would be as far as any New Zealander could be removed from the tragedy.  New Zealanders have pulled together from being at the coalface in rescue mode through to helping to raise funds.  While I type I'm wearing my red & black Canterbury colours to at least show Christchurch remains front of mind.


Christchurch does have to be rebuilt and the country's wheels need to keep turning.  And those wheels are turning all over New Zealand.  So to help spread that message I've decided to bring together the Hutt Valley, Wellington snippets we've been sending out from Hutt City i-SITE Visitor Centre, saying that New Zealand is OPEN!

Hope you enjoy this little BLOG4NZ!



Hutt City i-SITE Visitor Centre
Information and bookings for the whole country including Christchurch


Thanks Jaimee, Pai and Linda!


This American couple from Oregon took the opportunity to hire some bikes for the day (17 March) from the i-SITE and ride the Hutt River Trail.  Biking through the Hutt Valley is one of those must do things.

The earthquake hasn't changed the plans for the Myers finishing their travels to Taupo and Napier on the north island and then heading to the south island to Kaikoura, Geraldine and Lake Tekapo via Christchurch.


Two German couples just dropped past in their campervans. They'd flown into Christchurch, travelled to Mount Cook then took two weeks travelling up the south island doing plenty of hiking.  They arrived on the ferry to Wellington today (18 March) and will be travelling the north island for another two weeks.


The earthquake hasn't affected the travel plans for Erika & Hans-Jors Pfleiderer or Traudl & Konny Hofinger.




David Hancock is the visitor development manager for Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand and would be delighted to receive comments on this or any other topic.
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