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Nate’s Review of Wellington

Food The food in Wellington was good. There is a good pub place that had tasty burgers. Also there was a great Mexican place that had great tacos. Also there were two good American chains. There was also an ok pizza place that took forever to get our food. Also there was a great pizza […]

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Taupō (toe-paw)

Taupo is a tourist town on the shore of Lake Taupo, New Zealand’s largest lake. Lake Taupo fills the caldera of an active volcano. You wouldn’t know it by looking at it, but the volcano is one of the most violent in the world. Its wikipedia page is sobering. While researching, I learned that volcano […]

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Nate’s Review of the South Island New Zealand

Queenstown got a 10/10. Te Anau and Invercargil got a 10/10. Dunedin and Twizel got a 9/10. Christchurch got a 9/10. Hanmer Springs, Blenheim and Nelson got a 9/10. Westport and Greymouth got a 9/10. So the South Island got a 56/60.

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Napier

From Wellington we drove north to Napier. Napier is a small city that was leveled by a massive earthquake in 1931, and was rebuilt in the art deco style of the time. It’s been preserved and kept up fairly well, and is a wonderful place to walk around and admire the detail. Zig-zags, opaque glass, […]

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Nate’s Review of Westport and Greymouth

Food The food in Westport and Greymouth is good. There was a pub in Westport that had ok food. There was also a cafe that had pies. Also there was an American chain that was good. In the next town there was a good American pizza chain and sandwich chains. Sights The sights in Westport […]