North Island plans are a bit looser than South Island, with a few bits still to be confirmed. That said we have an itinerary that will give the journey some shape, as well as building in some great things to do and tying up with some people who we haven't seen for a long time!
As per the 'South Island' post, we arrive back in Wellington and link up with my Auntie Heather. It looks hopeful that we will be going to Kapiti Island with Heather & Denis while we're in Wellington; Kapiti is a wildlife haven with all predators having been eliminated and has the world's largest population of little spotted kiwi (adolescent NZ'ers?).
From Wellington we head North a little way via Cape Egmont and to the Whanganui river. It's here that we'll be canoeing one day and jet boating the next, gaining very different perspectives of the river I am sure. Then it's across to Lake Taupo and the thermal wonderland and glow worm caves of Rotorua, camping by the beach in Papamoa and meeting up with an ex-student and subsequently colleague David Croft. He admits to owing me several beers so that's a "must do"!
From there we make our way North in a nomadic sort of way to Cape Reinga and Karatia at the most Northern tip of the Island before heading South again down to the Bay of Islands where the plan is to meet up with my Uncle David. After a few days there we'll head back towards Auckland where we will say farewell to the camper van and book into some rather nice accommodation at Quay West for four nights before ending our New Zealand tour.
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