We had a wonderful trip to Kaikōura last weekend. So good, I thought I’d been away for a full week. Here are a list of the highlights: Filming near Oaro, the sea plus Haumuri Bluff. Then as I was filming a little baby seal started surfing the waves and jumping in and out of the waves…

Back in November 2025, our family went on an amazing walk called the Copland Track to Welcome Flat. It was an 18km walk in (more like 21km) and there was a large hut at the end that could hold just under 40 people. Luckily our family got pretty good weather, apart from a couple of…

When I was a child we used to stay in an old bach in Kaikoura. A “bach” is a word coming from bachelor – an bit of a house out in nature that often is quite basic and maybe only just holding together. Or as Wikipedia defines it: “In New Zealand, a bach (pronounced “batch”)…

I call Kaikoura my spiritual home. That sounds a bit over the top, but it’s true. I used to come here as a child on a Kaikoura holiday and explore the rock pools. That’s a long time ago now but it is still very clear in my mind. I knew every part of the shore…