Kaitiritiri

The translation of this would be Food Plenty Plenty, being on the coast this was originally a Maori fishing village however it is now a holiday area with mini golf and boat rides. It is a short stop from the abel tasman national park with boat taxi's taking you right into the heart, however we arrived just as a large storm was approaching the north island as was on it's way south, with all activities postponed or cancelled the bus decided to leave earlier the next morning to try and outrun the storm as we headed south. We had time for a short walk in the evening along the coast passing through a small woodland that had trees with trunks black as though burnt and wasps roving all over them, we didn't stick around long.

The plan of our coach driver paid off and as we drove south towards Westport the weather cleared although we heard the news about the country to the north and it didn't sound like fun, ferries cancelled, 12m swell and trees being blown over.