New Zealand is a beautiful land of contrasts. The North Island is flat, green and densely populated, while the South Island is rugged, mountainous and snowy. The Maori originally called it Etirea, the land of the long whit... more »e cloud. Globe Trekker traveler Ian Wright starts his journey in Auckland, where the city skyscrapers are home to the most extreme sports in the world. He then heads up the coast to Matauri Bay and the Bay of the Islands. On the South Island he visits Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown, before climbing the amazing Fox Glacier. Along the way... Wreck dive the Rainbow Warrior. Attend a Pofari ceremony in a Maori community. Go punting in Christchurch. Sample a piece of Kiwi madness and do a bit of Zorbing.« less
These are good to see places that you won't be able to travel. The narrators vary in quality.
Movie Reviews
Just plain stupid
Gene Pope | Trout Creek, MT USA | 02/13/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"In a nutshell: He travels 1/2 way around the world to go show us the bars and thrill rides of New Zealand and only mentions in passing the things that someone would really want to go to New Zealand to see.
If you really want to see a show about New Zealand, forget this one. If you want to see a show about bars, why not just go to a local bar?"
Don't buy this
Janet Bardsley | Hamilton, New Zealand | 05/14/2006
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I saw this episode on the television. Ian was obviously bored stiff traveling in NZ."
Worth watching
Juniper Nichols | Santa Cruz, CA United States | 02/20/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I am looking into emigrating to New Zealand and will watch pretty much anything covering it. They completely skipped Wellington (on the NORTH island, folks) which was disappointing, but there was enough to keep me interested. Definitely focused on traveler's needs, not immigrants of course!
Also check out Billy Connolly's (the stand up comic) tour of New Zealand. In between his routines, he does the sights. He is much more familiar with the place than Ian is.
There is also a documentary on walking the Milford Track, beautiful. Unfortunately I don't know the details on finding it."
Ian is great
Mark J. Hutt | Longmont, CO | 02/17/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I saw this epidosde on TV thought they did a great job!"