Category Archives: Expat Oceania

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Napier City Council is offering the chance for anyone in New Zealand to meet up with a sister who lives overseas, with a 10-day expenses paid holiday in Napier!
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Join a four-day walking event in Queensland, Australia.
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After the long haul across the Indian Ocean from Dubai, I spent a frustrating hour wandering around a hot and humid Sydney terminal before re-boarding for the short hop over the Tasman Sea to Auckland. On the final approach, the clouds over the North Island shone brilliantly in the sun and, seeing them stretch out southwards in great narrow wisps, it was not hard to understand how the Maori had come to name the islands The Land Of The Long


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“Ouvéa is everything you’d expect in a South Pacific island. Twenty kilometres of unbroken white sands border the lagoon on the west side of the island and extend far out from shore to give the water a turquoise hue. The wide western lagoon, protected by a string of coral islands and a barrier reef, is the only one of its kind in the Loyalties. On the ocean side are rocky cliffs, pounded by surf, but fine beaches may be found


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We’ve all heard about whalewatching from boats or shore, and a few companies are now offering the possibility of actually swimming and snorkelling with whales in the wild. Is this a good thing?

Some whalewatching operators in the South Pacific island kingdom of Tonga advertise the possibility of swimming and snorkelling with humpback whales during the cetaceans’ annual migration from July to October. This activity sounds appealing, yet there are a number of things to consider.

To drop clients off within snorkelling


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