After spending 12 days on the south island of NZ, we caught a flight from Christchurch to Wellington and started exploring the north island. Wellington is the capital of NZ located on the southern most point of the north island and has a population around 250K. George and I spent the day at the local museum which had an impressive display especially considering it was free admission. The museum included a history of the culture of the indigenous people of NZ, volcano's, earthquakes and animals. After the museum we met up with Aidan, a friend of Matt Wren's who's from and lives in Wellington NZ. Aidan advised us to check out the Hurricanes vs. Reds Rugby game that night so we bought tickets and went to our first ever live Rugby game. Since we didn't know the rules and the weather was chilly, we left around half time to walk back to our hostel and call it a night.
The next day we drove to Taupo which is about 4 hours north of Wellington. The scenery is much more flat on the north island with many more bulls and cows than we saw in the south. The clouds hid most of our view of the volcanoes as we drove by but we got a few pictures. We went jet boating the following day in Taupo. Jet boating is which is where you ride 50mph on a river and do numerous 360 degree spins from time to time. Somewhere in between the spins the drive will tell you a little about the area you are cruising around. After getting soaking wet on the jet boating tour, we hopped back in the car and drove to Rotorua where the majority of volcanic activity (hot springs, steaming lakes) can be seen.
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