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Flip VideoHD: the highest quality videos we’ve ever seen!

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The team at Flip Video were kind enough to give us a new Flip VideoHD to use during our recent Expat Recon Tour.
Aside from being incredibly  simple to use and easy to transport, the Flip VideoHD took the clearest, most detailed videos we’d ever seen! It even took a couple of knocks as we travelled [...]

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Thank you to our sponsors for an unforgettable tour!

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We would like to sincerely thank our sponsors for their invaluable support during this tour:

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Video: Ben and Jacqui survive the world’s highest swing!!

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Check out this video of Ben and Jacqui doing the Nevis Arc, the world’s highest swing! They were the only two in the group that were brave enough to do it.
The rest of us thought we could, but when you stand out on the platform, look down and realise that the bungy ‘launching pad’ is [...]

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Mercedes-benz test driving during an incredible day at Boomrock Lodge

by BenLowe

While I was living in Wellington I had longed to go out to Boomrock Lodge but had never actually got there before I moved away.
It was the lure of driving fast cars that grabbed my attention but after spending time out there I now know there is so much more to experience out there.
Thanks to [...]

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Boomrock Lodge serves up a delicious lunch on a wintery day

by HannahChurchill

We walked into Boomrock Lodge and were greeted by a blazing open fire, a glass of bubbles and what would have been, a very impressive view toward the south island had it not been for the weather.
Feeling very cosy inside looking out at the misty backdrop, we sat down to a beautiful three course meal with [...]

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Nick’s tour highlight – Queenstown Rafting!

by NickKruger

Today was full to the brim with activities and by far the best day yet. The triple hitter as they call it, the Nevis Arc, the Shotover Jet & Queenstown Rafting.
We started the rafting experience with a thrilling helicopter ride up Skippers Canyon which was the best way to see Queesntown – it was stunning!
We then [...]

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Our official ‘team photo’ with the All Blacks!

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We were lucky enough to get an official ‘team photo’ with the All Blacks at the closed captains run the day before the big game!

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The All Blacks rock Wellington!

by LeiWang

The All Blacks certainly rock my world after Saturday’s test with South Africa.
I was so excited about going to the game I didn’t even mind the only rainy day we got during the trip. I didn’t know much or even care about rugby before my first test match in Auckland last Saturday.
One week later I [...]

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A day with the All Blacks! We attend the closed captains run and have a tour of NZRU headquarters

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Today we experienced a once in a lifetime opportunity- we were invited on a tour of the NZRU followed by a viewing of the All Blacks closed captains run.
It was an incredible day.
We arrived at NZRU headquarters and were introduced to Brent Anderson who proceeded to give us a tour of the building.
Brent is the [...]

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Absolutely Positively Intercontinental-ly Wellington!

by KylieMacKenzie

Ok – So I’m not going to lie; I LOVE Wellington,  I LOVE Hotels, and I LOVE the All Blacks, so after arriving at the Intercontinental Wellington, only to be surrounded by what seemed to be only the cutest of All Blacks, I really thought all my sophomoric day-dreams had come true.
The Intercontinental Wellington is [...]

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