One of the minor pleasures of New Zealand was the Flat White. It’s essentially a cappuccino, but with a finer, creamer foam and a stronger mix than you get in Britain. I’ve missed them, but I may have found an alternative source…

We're back in Renwick now, and today we will drive over to Picton, drop off the car and head back to Wellington. We've done and seen a huge amount of things, taken a ridiculous number of photos, and had a lot of fun. We've got a couple of days before we fly back to the UK, so hopefully we'll get some photos up on the web before too long : ) ...

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We're a week into our big trip, and are about to leave the north island and head over to Picton on the ferry for three weeks of south island fun. We're in a slightly strange internet cafe at the moment, so you'll have to wait for the details and, of course, the photos... : )

Andy and I are just back from our first NZ road-trip together, during which we had lots of fun exploring the Central Plateau of the North Island. Read more for the highlights of the trip...

While staying in Ngaio, we visited Otari-Wilton's Bush...

"Only 5 kilometres from downtown Wellington lies a unique treasure; 5 hectares of botanic gardens created for the collection and preservation of New Zealand's native plants nestled against the largest block of natural forest on the Wellington peninsula to survive initial settlement."

We've put our photos into this fern-filled gallery.

After landing in Auckland and being compelled to declare our chocolate at Customs, we caught our Wellington flight without any problems. The actual flight itself was not such easy going...