Hannah & Ste Bossing New Zealand

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Hannah and Ste

This blog is all about our year living in New Zealand, from finding our feet and getting career relevant jobs to travelling the country and living out of a campervan for three months! - by Stephen Greig & Hannah Louise Jones

  1. Auckland Harbour Bridge Bungy – My First Jump!

    by Ste

    When you travel to New Zealand, a bungy jump (or bungee jump) should be pretty high up your list of things to do – it is pretty much the national sport in Kiwi land! AJ Hackett invented and popularised bungy jumping in the mid-80s, with his first jump being from Auckland’s Harbour Bridge! Luckily for […]

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  2. My Birthday on Waiheke Island

    by Hannah

    We had just started our jobs and with my birthday approaching we didn’t fancy a long trip away to celebrate so we looked up local getaways and came across a lovely holiday home on Waiheke Island, a 45 minute ferry ride from Auckland’s Half Moon Bay. As it was June the island was quite quiet […]

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  3. Getting a Job and Finding Somewhere to Live in Auckland

    by Ste

    After spending 6 weeks in the paradise that is Paihia in Northland, we headed back down to Auckland to start work and to find somewhere to live. If you’ve come to New Zealand on a working holiday visa with the intention of travelling the country, you’re probably not really looking for career relevant jobs, but […]

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  4. Things to do in Northland, New Zealand

    by Ste

    After slumming it in a hostel in Auckland for our first week in the country, we then headed up North to the paradise that is Paihia in the heart of the Bay of Islands in the Northland region. Luckily for us, Hannah has an uncle living there who was kind enough to offer us his […]

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  5. The Journey – Hong Kong, Auckland and Paihia

    by Ste

    Our initial journey to New Zealand started in Nottingham, UK on March 6th and ended (temporarily) in Paihia on March 18th. In between these dates was a three night stopover in Hong Kong and a week in Auckland to find our feet. We organised the whole thing through Bunac, an organisation offering a range of […]

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