Excursion New Zealand with Colin Mairs

16/10/2020

https://www.facebook.com/mondumotours/videos/1016886955405821/?vh=e&extid=0&d=n

03/09/2019

These a glowworms’ fishing lines! 🎣
Amazing experience at the Spellbound Caves near Waitomo, New Zealand 🐛 ✨

07/08/2019

New Zealand Postcard Giveaway!!!

*** FREE postcard posted from New Zealand to anywhere in the world ***

Do you know someone who’s face would light up at receiving a postcard from New Zealand?

Perhaps someone who has been here before, a youngster who is just learning about the map of the world, or someone who dreams of coming one day... or just yourself!

In the spirit of tangible travel experiences (something that is often overlooked in our digital age) I’ll send a physical postcard - hand written, hand delivered by the postie, and with a squinty stamp - to anyone who wants one. 📩 🗺 🌏

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“So how do we make this happen?” I hear you ask.
You are just three easy steps away...

1️⃣ Like and share this post.

2️⃣ Subscribe to my mailing list at https://bit.ly/2q5rqbyColinMairsTours

3️⃣ Email the info below to [email protected] with subject line “NZ Postcard Giveaway”.
I’ll put this part in a comment below too so that you can easily copy and paste it from there and edit as appropriate. 👇👇👇

EMAIL TO: [email protected]
EMAIL SUBJECT: NZ Postcard Giveaway

SENDING POSTCARD TO: Name, address, country, zip/postal code.
FROM: Colin and (who are you?)

MESSAGE: Is there something in particular you would like to say? Otherwise I’ll just write a generic “this postcard is from New Zealand” kinda message.

DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE OF POSTCARD STYLE? (not guaranteed): Landscape / nature / geo-thermal / a particular town or city / kiwi bird / sheep / beach / silver fern / Māori culture / haka / rugby / bach / foods / kiwiana / jet-boating / bungy-jumping / pavlova.... something else?

ANY OTHER COMMENTS: ...?

😀😀😀

27/03/2019

18/01/2019

We still have spaces available on New Zealand small group tours departing Oct 2019 and March 2020 ✈️ 🌴 🍃

Full details at www.mondumo.com/tours

03/12/2018

Happy Christmas Air New Zealand!!! ✈️ 🇳🇿 🎄
https://www.facebook.com/23637220776/posts/10155902639255777/

28/10/2018

The Kawarau Bridge Bungy near Queenstown is the world’s first commercial bungy jump. Started by New Zealander, A J Hackett, in the 1980s. It’s history and adrenaline all rolled into one!! 😆

28/10/2018

Anyone for a wee wine? 🍷

26/10/2018

🤗 https://www.facebook.com/mondumosmallgrouptours/videos/338845743343956/

30/09/2018

This is the French Market in Parnell, Auckland!
🇫🇷 🇳🇿
Bustling with action every Saturday and Sunday morning. Live music, mostly food stalls, you can do your fruit and vegetable shopping for the week (almost all organic and spray-free), nice places for coffee, fresh juice, etc.
☕️ 🥤 🥖 🥐
The market is “French-style” because you get croissants, fresh bread and other frenchie things... There are lots of other international stalls too. It’s a great place to hang out on a Saturday or Sunday morning.
😎
The inside part of the market is open through the week, Monday-Friday, but the outdoor stalls are only Saturday and Sunday mornings.

29/09/2018

PM Jacinda doing some great promo for New Zealand tourism and for the new direct flight starting soon from Chicago to Auckland ✈️
We’re only a meal, a movie, and a sleep away! 🌴

26/06/2018

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09/06/2018

All Blacks v France.
- 9 June 2018
- Video of the

We are watching the game in Shed 10 in Auckland where they are currently hosting the French Festival...

It’s gettin hot in here 🔥

25/05/2018

It’s nearly Matariki! 🌌

Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars that rises in mid-winter and, for many Māori, heralds the start of a New Year!

The cluster is also known as the Pleiades.

When is Matariki?
Different tribes celebrate Matariki at different times.
For 2018, June 7th is listed as the day that Matariki sets and July 6 - 9 as the rising, which is when Matariki should be visible just above the horizon before the sun comes up.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ETD3rPnFQ

Martin Langdon from Te Papa's Learning Team shows us how to find the Matariki star cluster during the Māori New Year, which falls in the month of Pipiri (Jun...

22/05/2018

New Zealand’s coffee checklist from the Chicago Tribune ☕️ ✅
: http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-global-coffee-tour-20180515-photogallery.html

Did anyone else spot the mistake in these pictures???

17/05/2018

😢 Today I visited “The Lonely Graves”.

The first grave at Horseshoe Bend, of a then unknown miner, was provided with a headboard by local man William Rigney, who inscribed the words,
“Somebody’s darling lies buried here.”

A new headstone, reproducing the words, was put in place in 1903.

Rigney died in 1912 and was buried next to the earlier grave, his headstone marked with the words
“Here lies the body of William Rigney, The man who buried “Somebody’s Darling”’.

(click the comments to see the two graves side by side).

08/05/2018

Is this New Zealand’s best boss? 😲

He's celebrating 20 years in business - by shouting all 45 staff a trip to Las Vegas.

02/05/2018

🕵🏼‍♂️ ! 🌏 🇳🇿

29/04/2018

A very instructive video from “How to DAD” 😂🇺🇸🇳🇿

https://www.facebook.com/HowtoDADnz/videos/2073416652926483/

28/04/2018

Inspirational gesture from the All Blacks showing support for the LGBTI community with jersey that stretches to reveal the rainbow flag 🏳️‍🌈

26/04/2018

One year ago I held this chunk of ice from the Franz Josef Glacier in my hand. It had been washed down river during a storm! The glacier is the white patch above the ice in the picture. I’m standing in the valley the glacier has left behind in its retreat. Although Franz Josef Glacier is currently advancing (!! since the end of 2016, it has crept forward by about 80m, making it one of the few glaciers in the world that is growing, not shrinking!!), scientists say that it’s not likely this will continue for long. An 80m advance after a 1400m retreat is one step forward after 18 steps backwards. It is predicted that within 100 years New Zealand’s glaciers will shrink into extinction. This raises all kinds of questions about sustainable tourism and responsible practises. The irony is that people hear it’s their last chance to see the glaciers before they are gone and this makes them all the more popular an attraction, and perhaps also contributes to their decline. What is the right way to go about this? I have more questions than answers. Sustainability in tourism (as in anything) is the key to continuation. Finding the correct balance between ecology, economics, politics and culture. A fine balancing act!