Coromandel Town
There’s a lot to be said for hopping off the city treadmill and adjusting to ‘Coro Time.’
Thames
The gateway to the Coromandel Peninsula, Thames, is a pleasant provincial town of 8,000 people.
Paeroa
Paeroa was a thriving port before the vast Hauraki Plains were drained and converted to productive dairying land.
Coromandel Peninsula
The long, humped, misty blue line of the Coromandel Range on the eastern horizon, may seem unprepossessing at a distance. But to many outdoor lovers it signifies red-letter days in the sun.
Audiobooks – Books that Read to You
I'd like to share an experience with you that has changed the way I think about reading words in books. I have dyslexia so writing, grammar and reading.
Franz Josef Emperor
German explorer, Julius von Haast, named Franz Josef glacier in 1865 after the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I.
Facts & History
Franz Josef and South Westland has a long and colour history, in fact Abel Tasman and James Cook saw the mountains of the region from their ships!
About Glaciers
The Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers of New Zealand's Westland National Park are remembered by visitors for the extraordinary sights of glacier ice within the forest zone.
Attractions & Activities
The South West New Zealand World Heritage Area is home to the majestic glaciers, Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier.
Franz Josef
You find yourself in a wonderland of pristine whiteness - ice pinnacles, blue crevasses, deep caves and towering seracs. The glorious crispness and purity of this jumbled icefall is truly astounding.
Whanganui
Cut loose in a canoe or ‘boot it’ deep into the interior of the largest tract of primeval lowland forest in the North Island.
Tongariro
Tread a path through the restless, contorted, moonscape terrain of New Zealand’s most spectacular volcanic parkland.