on the road
Cook Strait Ferry options North to South Island
To cross from New Zealand’s North Island to its South Island (or visa-versa) you need to get a ferry across the Cook Strait. This is one of the most beautiful ferry journeys anywhere on earth so think of it as a cruise not just transport! There are two companies that […]
Mount Maunganui Stopover
The PiwiWiwi crew had a couple of reasons to head over to Mount Maunganui: Niall had promised more help with the ‘Rena’ oilspill cleanup; we had a car to collect and Anna hadn’t left Raglan for a week or so & needed a break. We’d heard a lot about ‘The […]
PiwiWiwi Car Rentals
[singlepic id=118] We were going to do a quick article saying that we now had cars to rent out. We were going to tell you that they are 5 seater wagons so you can take friends & lots of gear or a friend & a superfluity of gear. We were […]
Campgrounds in Raglan
We’ve been asked a couple of times where’s good to camp in Raglan. To save re-typing it, here’s a summary: There’s four campgrounds in Raglan. They are: [singlepic id=116 w=150] Raglan Kopua Holiday Park. This is near town & family oriented. Facilities are clean and well maintained. Just behind it, […]
Enough Boards?
Here’s a daft picture we found ‘out there’: [singlepic id=114 w=500 float=center] It was at the end of a useful (German) article on airline fees for surfers.
Front Page of Raglan Chronicle
We have made the front-page of our local newspaper! We are absolutely made up, its brilliant! [singlepic id=109 w=450 float=center] You can read the article here
“So tell me: How do those boards fit?”
We’ve been making a fuss of our board straps but sometimes its hard describing something. A picture tells a thousand words but even that doesn’t seem enough. So here’s a sweet video of them in use: Or, if you prefer the old amateur version, complete with whiter-than-white legs here it […]
Other Spellings
We realise that our name can be hard to say & spell so here we’ve put in a few common ones just so Google doesn’t miss us! Please comment on this post with your own ideas if you think we’ve missed some: Alternates piwikiwi, kiwikiwi, kiwiwiwi, kiwipiwi, wiwikiwi, piwikiwi, kiwikiwi, kiwiwiwi, kiwipiwi, wiwikiwi, bigmac, pewewewe, pewekewe, peeweeweewee, peeweekeewee, keeweekeewee, piwiwifi,piwi […]
Volkswagen Vs Toyota
[singlepic id=104 w=250 float=left] When our friends & colleagues heard that we were starting a surf campervan rental company in New Zealand they instantly assumed we’d have Volkswagens. ‘Volkswagen van’ is almost synonymous with ‘Campervan’ yet VW have never made a campervan themselves.* They just make vans & other people turn […]
Sunsets and Swell
Spring in New Zealand has officially sprung (as of 1st September), the days are now longer than the nights (as of the Equinox on 22nd September), and the clocks have gone forward (as of 25th September) which all mean that summer is just around the corner! We were treated to […]
