Regions

New Zealand can be divided into smaller sections called Regions. There are 14 in all. These regions each have their own characteristics.

Most of my time has been spent in Northland, Auckland and Waikato, but there are so many others. Read about one of these, then choose one of the others to read about - one that I did not get to see. You will be asked to write a brief essay on what you learned. Tell in your essay which part of New Zealand you would want to go if you made a visit.

Some of the trails in the north remind me of scenes in Lord of the Rings (filmed in New Zealand) - remember when Frodo and his friends were walking through the woods and hid from the Wraiths? Doesn't this picture remind you of that? This trail was between the waterfall and the black sand beaches.