Journal

The challenge is to choose what to wear daily.  So, packing for holiday there’s the luxury of choosing favourite tees for the summer knowing if you take 10 you don’t have to wash them as frequently. The top 10 summer tees are: Too Cool Search & Rescue Up a Mountain Silence of the Lambs Beer Fern Lamborkiwi Sheep Shades Kiwi Shades Room with a view Ad Venture Capitalist What are your top tees?  This year we want to revisit some old classics, tell us what they are in your view. The Team at Global Culture

There is nothing as sweet as throwing some clothes, swimming togs, jandals, and your favourite T-shirts into the car and shouting, ‘ROADIE!’. Leave your everyday life behind and get lost somewhere around the Country. We asked our staff… The top six road trips in New Zealand are; Queenstown Te Anau – Mirror Lakes – Lake Gunn – Milford Sound Auckland – Whangārei – Mangawhai – Bay of Islands – Cape Rēinga – Hokianga Christchurch to Wanaka through Tekapo and Lake Pukaki Auckland – Hamilton – Waitomo – Rotorua – Taupō – Ruapehu – Napier Blenheim – Nelson – Punakaiki - Greymouth – Hokitika – Franz Josef – Haast...

We are forever experimenting with different and more affordable ways to holiday so we can do more with our money.  Caravanning was our latest escape.  Escape from the routine of where to be at a certain time. Escape from the “…wait a minute I just need to do that one last thing.”  Our caravan adventure last summer took to us to Central Otago. Dansey’s Pass, Naseby, the Maniototo.  We were excited, nervous, wary, intrigued—how would it go?   It was fabulous.  Sure, there were family team building exercises. No one told us how hot the area was in Summer.  Nothing screams...

Every year I make New Year’s resolutions, hoping to create some positive change. The recurring theme each year involves more exercise, less alcohol, improving my finances, taking care of the family and becoming smarter. Once the glow of a fresh new year wears off, I struggle to make good on any of my plans. I am almost proudly one of the 50 percent of people who set a goal for the new year and fail! However, this year I want to join the camp of the winners and achieve my aspirations and dreams for 2021. 2020 has been a tough...