West Coast Trip (Part 1) – Arthur’s Pass, Punakaiki, and Fox Glacier

Morgan and I took our friends, Jeremy and Laura, on a whirlwind tour of the South Island. In 6 days, we drove over 2,000km and saw some amazing

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Merry Christmas from New Zealand!

Merry Christmas! We’ve enjoyed our first Summer Christmas as best we can here. We sure miss family and friends this time of year, although I do not miss

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Video Tour of Christchurch

Today we present a video tour of our new hometown: Christchurch. We started this a few weeks ago, but it took a while to get done because there

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The Kiwi Dictionary

Here in New Zealand they speak English. There are, however, a few nuances that make their version a little different than American english. We’ve taken the time to

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A New Adventure at Tai Tapu School

I (Morgan) officially start full time on Monday! (Prayers are appreciated 🙂 Evan and I went in a few hours on Saturday to get things ready for the

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Many new changes!

Hello all! We are finally back online again after a week of no internet at our new place…that’s right, you read correctly! We finally moved into our own

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Evan Gets A Job!

I got a job in New Zealand! I now work for Tait Communications and have already worked two days. I am working in the Marketing Department and am

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Authentic New Zealand

First of all, great news! I (Morgan) secured a teaching position starting in September at Tai Tapu School. I will be teaching Year 2 (about 1st grade equivalent)

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Hanmer, New Friends, and the Job Hunt

The past week and a half has been quite busy. We’ve made friends, changed homes, been to parties, applied for lots of jobs, went tramping, and more! For

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Tramping Around Christchurch

So, while we are still on the job hunt, we have discovered a few fun things to do around Christchurch that do not require a lot of money.

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