Rest, Inspire, Grow – Eco Villa As someone who takes pride in supporting eco and sustainable businesses, I am really over giant chain hotels who claim to be eco friendly merely due to the fact that they encourage guests not…
Read moreWe set of for the Labour weekend with intentions of a 3 night hike adventure in the Tararuas. Our plan was, to hike to Herepai Hut on the Friday night after work, the next day, tramping over the ridge to…
Read moreBack again with my monthly round up of great things to do in Wellington! Or, just things that have been going down lately. October started with me getting over being back from my amazing trip to Fiji as well as as…
Read moreI recently posted about how to have a week in Fiji for only $500 and a lil section of this, came down to having no baggage fees. This got me to thinking I should share my tips for how to…
Read moreBe prepared to come here and never want to leave – Elina Welcome to the third instalment of the Lost in Silver Fern Migrant/Moving to NZ stories. This time, I am talking to beautiful friend and Wellington Yoga teacher Elina Sandulescu (Elinamaste). I…
Read moreTarananki is great – After heading there twice I feel the need to highly recommend going to visit. The region is around 3/4 hours drive from Wellington, or from Auckland and provides a little undiscovered section of the well traveled North Island…
Read more“You’re going to Fiji? Its sooooo expensive there” is a phrase I heard a lot when I told my Kiwi friends I was planning a holiday in Fiji to get away from Wellington and get some much needed sunshine. I…
Read more“Egalitarianism is part of New Zealand’s DNA and World of WearableArt celebrates this” -Gisella Carr, Chief Executive, World of Wearable Art As a former student of History of Art, since I relocated to Wellington I sometimes find myself missing and…
Read moreGone are the days of doing yoga in the local church hall with the only lady in town who has done some extra-curricular teaching classes. Yoga is a full-blown obsession now. Classes are extremely high quality; Yoga is everywhere!s my…
Read moreI have to make a confession, although this blog talks about how much I love New Zealand and how brilliant life is here, sometimes I get super homesick! At times, all I want do do is go and cuddle up on…
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Hi! I’m Josie, I am from the UK but living in Wellington, New Zealand.
This blog is to share stories of the city, travel, nature, living abroad advice and all things that come with the reality of living local somewhere else.
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