On my road trip around the South Island, we stumbled through Arthur’s Pass, which is basically a beautiful road that runs in between two mountains. While driving through Arthur’s Pass, we stopped...

This falls under the same category as "Capturing the Arts of the Damaged," going along with the whole idea of having beautiful pieces of art thrown into a town with massive amounts of destruction. (If...

Nature truly is amazing sometimes. It shows its amazing skills at this place called the Pancake Rocks on the West Coast of the South Island. They call it the Pancake Rocks, because they are these limestone...

The amount of sea lions that are here is almost absurd. New Zealand sea lions (Phocarctos hookeri) are only found in New Zealand. They are one of the rarest species of sea lion in the world and arguably...

The artwork that is scattered around central Christchurch is by far my favourite thing about the city. Even through all of the destruction these people have gone through, they still manage to make the...

While shopping around a New Zealand town center, I walk up to the store's register and start a cordial conversation with the clerk. I'm an American, and their New Zealand accent is almost too thick...

  Despite all of the construction of the central city, there is a large park in the middle of it. Hagley Park is split into North and South, and I live about a two minute walk from the North side.     The...

The beautiful sunny sky is a perfect 74 degrees. It's summer in New Zealand during December and January, and rarely gets above 80 degrees.     Christchurch central city is a cluster...

I live in Christchurch, New Zealand. I know, I still can’t believe it either. New Zealand is that tiny detached limb off the coast of Australia. The island is split into two parts, the North and...