Travel
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My Top Picks in Takapuna!
Read more: My Top Picks in Takapuna!When was the last time you went to Takapuna? I guarantee it will have changed out of sight since you last went. The North Shore beachfront precinct of Takapuna has undergone a massive revitalisation in the past couple of years and Takapuna Beach invited me to go check out the new look of the shops,…
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I’m loving: my Paklite
Read more: I’m loving: my PakliteI am one of the few and far between people who actually likes, nay, enjoys, the packing part of travel. I lay everything out in piles, do outfit scenarios for every possible activity and make sure each garment has a maximum combination and permutations of outfits it will go with. When you’re making the most…
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I go camping at Festival One
Read more: I go camping at Festival OneDespite you knowing me as a very urban fashion blogger who doesn’t go out in anything less than a four inch heel and bright lipstick to match my nails, I have a secret: I adore camping. There’s something about leaving the city and getting away from it all (read: electricity and wifi coverage) for the…
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I learn to snowboard at Whakapapa at Mt Ruapehu
Read more: I learn to snowboard at Whakapapa at Mt RuapehuArmed with my Snow Virgin Discover Package, I set off to learn to snowboard at Mt Ruapehu as a beginner boarder with nothing to lose but my pride, dignity and dry clothing. But by the end of the lesson, to my surprise, I can stay upright… Armed with my Snow Virgin Discover Package, I set…
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Road Trip to Rotorua: JetPark, Polynesian Spa & Rainbow Springs
Read more: Road Trip to Rotorua: JetPark, Polynesian Spa & Rainbow SpringsRotorua is a family favourite of ours to travel to with two small children as it’s a world away in experience but not too far away to drive to in reality. The children were ALMOST as excited as I was, to plan our weekend Road Trip to Rotorua: to stay at JetPark, and visit Polynesian…
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Book Review: Real – Living a balanced life by Victoria Alexander
Read more: Book Review: Real – Living a balanced life by Victoria AlexanderThere’s such a huge trend to be ‘real’ these days; away from the phoniness of and keeping up with the Joneses or social media and conspicuous consumption and fast fashion, back to a more genuine time of authenticity. I’m loving this book,’Real – Living a balanced life’ by Victoria Alexander with its stunning images of…
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Top of the world in Rotorua
Read more: Top of the world in RotoruaDespite being only three and a half hours south of Auckland, a trip to Rotorua is something of the level of an “overseas holiday” for us, in terms of the excitement that the children hold. We went there last year closer to springtime and this year went in mid-June in the depths of New Zealand…
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Historic Kyoto – highlights in photos
Read more: Historic Kyoto – highlights in photos“Nippon, here we come!” read my itinerary for ten days in Japan from New Zealand life in May last month. I arrived at Kansai Airport on Air New Zealand – they used to fly direct from Auckland to Osaka but stopped doing that – so we had to change to another airline which was lengthy…
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Buying designer recycle fashion in Japan
Read more: Buying designer recycle fashion in JapanBuying designer recycle fashion in Japan seemed to make perfect sense. Here was a country internationally renowned for investing in top labels and also having disposable income and a fairly robust sense of consumerism whilst being obsessed with the latest and the newest. This meant, in my mind, the perfect combination – great labels being…
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Highlights of Hokkaido in pictures – May 2015
Read more: Highlights of Hokkaido in pictures – May 2015I headed over to Japan earlier this month for ten days from New Zealand and I thought readers might like to take a peek at some of my highlights in photos. In this post, see my top picks from Hokkaido in May 2015. We flew from Osaka’s Kansai airport to Shinchitose airport in Sapporo, where…