She had remained in our hearts so we are gone to visit her again.
“The long white cloud” Aotearoa (in native Maori language) as the wife of Kupe , one of the most famous Polynesian navigators , called her and baptized her.

According to one of the Maori Legends , Maui from the edge of his canoe ( the south Island) stops in the middle of the ocean with the anchor ( Stewart Island) with a fishing hook caught a big fish ( the North Island) and so was born the New Zealand !

This time we took things slowly and so she definitely has rooted in our hearts .

A long trip wandering the two islands, touching the most important cities, cruising on the fiordland’s  long inlets, Whale watching outside the Rotorua coasts, slipping on the sand dunes, Walking around the Cape Reinga rocks, driving on the 90 miles beach…

from Rome to Auckland & Hamilton from Hamilton to New Plymouth from New Plymouth to Palmerston North
from Palmerston North to Wellington from Wellington to Collingwood two days in Collingwood
Doubtful sound cruise  from Te Anau to Invercargill Invercargill
from Invercargill to Dunedin from Dunedin to Christchurch Christchurch
from Christchurch to Kaikoura Kaikoura from Kaikoura to Napier (ferry)
from Napier to Rotorua Rotorua from Rotorua to Turangi
Tongariro Nat’l Park from Turangi to Tauranga Coromandel peninsula
from Tauranga to Whangarei from Whangarei to Taipa Cape Reinga
from Taipa to Auckland Auckland #