Golfing and Touring New Zealand

Special Friend and High Performance Sports Trainer, Gaylene Ayre is National Player Development Manager for Netball New Zealand – GO THOSE SILVER FERNS! Gaylene shares great information on Cambridge, her home town. It is Labour Day Weekend and we’re excited to be here just before the New Zealand and France Rugby World Cup 2011 final match. [...]

Rugby World Cup 2011 – Week One  Day 1 – Spring has sprung: 2:30 p.m. September 8th our time on a day ahead of you folks in the Northern Hemisphere. Surprising spring weather with luscious-coloured flowers beginning to bloom. Glorious country and well worth the 14-hour flight from Vancouver to Auckland, after which we connected [...]

Of all the mountains in the world, New Zealand’s Maungatautari is unique. It’s the site of a unique wildlife conservation project to protect endangered species from preditors.

Canadian senior golfer arrives in New Zealand with a backpack slung over his shoulder and golf clubs in tow to play as many courses as possible on his second visit to this Dream Destination.

June to September is high season in New Zealand for skiing and snowboarding on those great South Island slopes. It’s time to make plans to visit and book accommodation.

Queenstown rules as New Zealand’s major resort centre. Bright lights, exciting and rejuvenating activities entice visitors from around the world. Golfing is superb and reasonably priced.

One of my favourite golf courses is Jack’s Point in the alpine wonderland near Queenstown on the South Island. “Tremendous course,” many say.

Golfing challenges at Hanmer Springs are highlighted in Liz Clark’s book, “Birdies, Bogeys and Kiwis: Golfing around New Zealand.

New Zealand coastal course at Paraparau Beach has “big teeth” – good scores are difficult to come by. Just hope no high winds blowing off the Tasman Sea.

New Zealand’s southern coastal courses offer great opportunity to play golf and spot penguins.

Exciting golf game in New Zealand set aside to take tranquil train ride – or so we thought!

Long after the golf fever subsided, the quiet rural community of Murchison had the misfortune to be near the epicentre of a major quake on 17 June 1929.