Nga Niho Pa (Canterbury) Kaikoura Central, South Island, New Zealand
By bumandworker on 12-Apr-11. Waypoint GC2T27V

Today we were able to browse around Kaikoura a bit and turn some cans into friendly smileys.These were easy to find.A big thank you to all the owners and greetings from the Moorhelmi in Germany.

Looked everywhere except the correct spot to start off with. Eventually found it. Great views up here. TFTC

Amazing views quick find hint helped GPS a bit out signed log ND placed cache back where found

Not so easy but it is there.-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --French version below-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Short late log but more complete now that we are back home.Our vacation will take us to the other side of the world to the land of the Maoris. After many, many hours of flying, a passage through China on the way there and through the United States of America on the way back, we will finally arrive in Christchurch which will be the starting point of our journey.We will enjoy the beaches of the Pacific Ocean and we will go back towards the North Island via State Highway 1. To combine business with pleasure, we will take regular breaks and small detours according to the caches that seem the most accessible to us.With a little more than 3500 km in 20 days, we will have discovered many facets of this island which is soothing. We will have to come back because there are so many places that we have not done . In broad strokes, the path will go from Christchurch to the Kaikoura Peninsula then towards Picton for the crossing to Wellington.New island, new road, and by State Highway 2 we go towards Hastings and Napier. We will leave the seaside for several days to go to Tongariro and Taupo. We will continue north towards Rotorua and Hamilton (without forgetting a detour via Hobbiton ) A detour to the Coromandel Peninsula and finally the almost north of the island with Whangarei and Waitangi to learn the history of this country.There will only be a few days left to spend towards Auckland and its suburbs before taking the plane back to the grayness of our European autumn.The majority of the boxes will be found, we have abandoned those where our English was lacking and where we could not understand the clue. Thanks to all the owners who brightened up our path, who took us to incredible places (that's also geocaching)In short, we had a great vacation, saw beautiful places that simply ask us to come back. We learned a lot about the history of this country and its traditions, it's a great motivation for our destinations.-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Petit log en retard mais un peu plus complet maintenant que nous sommes rentrs la maison. Nos vacances vont nous emmener lautre bout du monde au pays des Maoris. Aprs beaucoup, beaucoup dheures davion, un passage par la Chine laller et par les Etats-Unis dAmrique au retour, nous arriverons enfin Christchurch qui sera le point de dpart de notre priple.Nous profiterons des plages du de locan Pacifique et nous remonterons en direction de lile du nord via la State highway 1. Pour joindre lutile et lagrable, nous ferons des pauses rgulires et de petits dtours au gr des caches qui nous semble les plus accessibles. Avec un peu plus de 3500 km en 20 jours, nous aurons dcouverts pleins de facettes de cette ile qui est apaisante. Il nous faudra revenir car il y a tellement dendroit que nous navons pas fait . Dans les grand traits, le chemin ira de Christchurch la pninsule Kaikoura puis direction Picton pour la traverse vers Wellington.Nouvelle ile, nouvelle route, et par la State Highway 2 nous remontrons en direction de Hastings et Napier. Nous laisserons le bord de mer plusieurs jours pour aller au Tongariro et Taupo. Nous continuerons vers le nord en direction de Rotorua et Hamilton (sans oublier un dtour par Hobbiton ). Un crochet pour la pninsule de Coromandel et pour finir le presque nord de lile avec Whangarei et Waitangi pour apprendre lhistoire de ce pays. Il ne restera que quelques jours passer vers Auckland et sa banlieue avant de ne reprendre lavion pour retourner dans la grisaille de notre automne europen.La majorit des boites seront trouves, nous avons dlaisser celles o notre anglais faisait dfaut et ou que nous narrivions pas comprendre lindice. Merci tous les poseurs qui ont gay notre chemin, qui nous ont emmen dans des endroits incroyables (cest aussi cela le geocaching)Bref, nous avons pass de superbes vacances, vu des endroits magnifiques qui demandent simplement que lon revienne. Nous avons appris beaucoup de chose sur lhistoire de ce pays et de ces traditions, cest une grande motivation pour nos destinations.

Quick fine with a good hint

On a road trip with Net61 exploring Kaikoura and finding as many caches as we can. Great views from gz and a quick find of the cache with the hint. TFTC

Out for a walk by myself for once, so I thought Id stop and do some geocaching. Unfortunately, I discovered I did not have my pen so Ill photograph of the logbook.

Another beaut Kaikoura morning to go exploring!!

We had planned to spend the long weekend in Blenheim but came to Kaikoura after gk discovered this bike ride with loads of bumandworker caches on it. We are keen to find bumandworker caches as they are being archived often without the need for that to happen.Found the cache in the first place I looked then went around to see the seat and what a spot this is and totally agree with the great sentiments on the sign.Thanks for placing this cache and thank you for the smiley

Stopped at this cache while visiting **New Zealand**! [^]**My #151st visited Geocaching country!**---This cache was easily found and the logbook was signed.One more smiley face for me in the GEO map.Everything was in good condittion.Thank you for hiding this cache and showing me this place! Visited this cache together with **taybeedragon**---Greetings from ***Riga, Latvia***! [^]**Happy caching!**----------***For a little entertainment, here are 10 Fun Facts about Latvia!*** 1) Latvia is among the worlds greenest countries.2) Its home of the first Christmas tree.3) The Latvian flag is considered by many to be the oldest national flag in the world.4) Country has the widest waterfall in Europe.5) Latvia boasts the finest Art Nouveau architecture in the world.6) Jacob W. Davis, a Latvian tailor, was an inventor of rivets on famous Jean pants.7) The Latvian Song & Dance Festival is recognised by UNESCO as the largest amateur song and dance festival in the world!8) Alexander Laime, a famous Latvian-born explorer. He is most noted for being the first recorded human to reach Angel Falls (highest waterfall on earth), located in Venezuela, by foot.9) Latvians love basketball and Ice Hockey.10) Latvia is famous for being the home country of the inventor of the flavor of Pringles.----------..\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",.\...\ ------- **MATISONS!** ------- \....\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",..\.....\......\ /// \Paldies/ Aith / Ai / Thanks / Merci / Gracias / Danke / Bedankt / / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon

I'm down from Auckland for a couple of weeks and was in Kaikoura today, so did a few caches while out and about exploring the area, before the rain set in later this afternoon. Soon found the cache while checking out the Pa site. TFTC!

Located a small number of caches in Kaikura today. Weve previously done many in the area. This was a reasonably quick find. Great views nearby. #7110. TFTC.

Arrived in Kaikoura today and found some caches this afternoon. Tftc

Lovely spot. Thanks

GPS took us to the wrong end initially

Thanks for bringing us to this interesting place. Great views. TFTC.

**🏃** *Our long (28-day) adventure to New Zealand with a stopover in Singapore (2-days).Day 18: Kiakoura. A great day wandering around Kiakoura (instead of a whale watch trip).* **🏃**----------**💻** Today's Cache **14** of **14** @ **14:25**, Total Caches **13003**. **💻**----------**🐤[^] Bit of a stretch for our last find today. [^]🐤**----------**❤[:X]** TFTC bumandworker **[:X]❤***Logs posted using CrowMatic Publish*

Will update log later. TFTC

Some awesome views from up here. TFTC

Out caching & doing Adventure Labs in the area & decided to grab this cache. Unfortunately it was only after I located it & got out the log I realised I didn't have a pen. Never fear, lip liner came to the rescue & i signed the log RG72 in a lovely shade of muddy pink Absolutely stunning day in Kaikoura, pic to show how magic TFTC

Back on the south island as we fly out of Christchurch in a few days . We love this part of the coast and nice to see so many new ones since our last visit, plus the new roads which were being repaired last time.This was a quick find, in a beautiful place at dusk. Old soggy log book and unsuitable lip balm removed.TFTCTim and Viv - ddm

Interesting spot up here, spent ages with a distraction of a broken bottle and bag - not the cache.... Looked a bit further away and success. Cheers

We stayed in Kaikoura for a couple of nights on our way north, and were able to find a few caches today. This was our first of the day and when we realised there was also an Adventure Lab stage here, did that as well. There was a great view from here and we appreciated the message on the sign. If only…!
The cache container was wet inside but the newest log sheet was dry, so no problem signing. TFTC bumandworker.

Tfhc amazing views

I didn't want to park on the muddy grass for fear that I might get stuck. After doing the AL, I zipped around and found the cache at the end nearest to the 'O' end of the answer. TFTC.

Here to do the AL. Peaceful site. The sign talks about friendly cooperation to bring peace to the world family.
Goodwill, Justice and Understanding.

Found while doing the adventure lab. This one was well tucked in. TFTC

WiscoBryo made the spot here. I was on the way wrong end.

Hm. Last date in the log was 6/10/22…

Quick find with OSC

Tftc and greetings from Czechia

Found it

I was hopeful this would be here as others have found it but I couldn’t see it anywhere

Ha as walked away I thought to recheck the manky end of the wall where the flax is and found after all. TFTC

More later

Great to see such a well kept pa site.
Thanks for putting a cache here to encourage me to visit the spot.
I left a pet rock - a giraffe, and a homemade rattll coin

Lovely spot. Great view

If you position yourself just right you can't see the rown so view resembles when it was a pa. TFTC

Committed the biggest sin of a geocache hunter, came out without a pen. We did find the cache at this most beautiful lookout. TFTC

Quick run by. Easy find and no one around on an early morning. TFTC!

What a great spot this is, the views are stunning. We walked around, enjoyed the saying here. Thanks for bringing us here and the cache bumandworker.

The old logbook is a bit nasty but the recent one is fine. Nice view and you can understand why it was used as a pa. Love the sentiment on the stone above the seat. TFTC

Nice views of the area from up here!

Thanks for the cache!

On a trip south from Tauranga. Been cycling around when we can. Love it down here. Camped up for the night nearby. Heading north again. Thanks for bringing me here.


I am logging using the Cachly app template so please excuse generic logging along the way. It’s just my way of keeping track, but I do genuinely thank each and every one of you cache owners for taking the time and energy to place these caches. Logged with permission. Many Thanks for bringing me here. Cheers.

Really interesting site thanks for bringing me here tftc

Planned West Coast trip put on hold due to atrocious weather. So an alternative route was needed to avoid the rain. Not so! The rest of the south island copped it too..though on a lesser degree. So mainly driving north with the odd random cache finds. Seeing plenty of country less travelled a bonus. Spending a few days in Kaikoura then heading back down south

Lovely spot to visit, and an easy find. Thanks for the cache and for bringing us here.

Found with Nutty Nora. Brilliant place - so much history and amazing view

It is an honour and privilege to sit where Tangata Whenua lived for so long!! TFTC

Found

What a beautiful and peaceful site. TFTC

Quick find on a stunning summer day. Beautiful view, tftc

Found while out doing the ad lab. A lovely spot here for sure

UNITE IN PEACE
(HO HOU TE RONGO)

Managed to find it in the dark ok
Malinkaly and I planned a road trip to go to the MEGA but Covid has postponed the event again. We decided to continue on with our planned journey making adjustments as we go with the ever-changing travel restrictions. On the home leg now back to Dunners!
Thanks for the cache, bumandworker
#2774

A beautiful place to visit with lots of history. Thank you.

TFTC bumandworker

*** Out on our MEGA Roadtrip with Wilbywarrior. Who says this can only happen when the MEGA is actually held?! Greetings from Dunedin, caching friends
#527 ***

Sorry no pen. A nice walk. Lovely view tftc

Interesting site that I had never been to .
Thanks

Took longer than it should have as cache buried in leaf litter but got there in the end.

LEST WE FORGET..
Woohoo a long weekend and a good excuse to get away ...I usually just drive through kaikoura but this time I've decided to stay for 3 nights on a caching mission...
All good still there tftc

No luck here today

Found

Found with Juju54 nice area amazing where geocaching takes you to - TFTC

Found this one with Campmotherandken after a short search and bit of a wander.... lovely area here TFTC

Great view from up here. Tftc

Came to the Pā to get the details for the Adventure Lab and found there was a physical cache here too. Bonus! TFTC.

Found while caching on the way to and around Kaikoura with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

TFTC bumandworker

Found with NZDi. The weather in Blenheim was supposed to be unbearable today, so NZDi told me to prepare some targets in a cooler part of the country. Kaikoura was supposed to be 10 to 12 degrees cooler but not unbearably cold, so we headed that way for the day. I sorted out a couple of pocket queries for around Kaikoura and the route there and came up with 101 targets. We manage to get 23 (24 actually, I just discovered I didn't write a previous find down in my note book) of them plus five if you count the lab cache we got too. Not our best day out, but nothing to be sneezed at either. Some logs were dated and signed in full, but to preserve space most were dated and signed KM & ND.

This was our fifteenth find of the day and was somewhere we would not have come had it not been for the cache. We didn't realise it at the time but it was also one of the waypoints of an Adventure Lab cache we were also doing today, so we had to come back. The Adventure Lab cache gives more detail on the site and its history.

TFTC B&W

Korora Club found it, Chelsea, Connor & Gus!
Make sure to give peace

Interesting place.

A nice find while in the area

TFTC

Christmas Day walk around Kaikoura in the drizzly horizontal rain. Shame we missed the views but perfect conditions for muggle free caching! Lovely spot and the seat was dry despite all else including ourselves being soaked! Tftc

Quick search around wasn't long before the cache was spotted.
Started the adventure lab

Loimg forward to do this adventure lab
Thank you for the cache

Found doing the lab cache. Not noticed this here before. Love Pa's.

Doing the Adventure Lab and it took us to this lovely seat in the sun. Enjoyed the view while signing the log

Very nice and quiet place. Container was fine but logbook was completely wet. I added a new one in a zipbag. Thanks for taking us here.

No luck here

We had a wonderful time looking, but DNF. Beautiful spot and beautiful ideas on the sign above the seat. Thanks for getting us to come up here. Better luck to all who come after us.

I am spending today caching in and around Kaikoura. Finding a bunch of caches, old and new. This is my first visit to Kaikoura since the earthquake and it looks like it's been nearly 10 years since I found any caches here. That's a long time between drinks! The weather was stunning today. Blue skies and warm, my car said it got up to around 20C today. Very warm for the middle of June I think. Anyway, I had a great day so thanks to all the cache owners for placing and maintaining their caches. A great spot for the cache. When I approached GZ all I could see was a lid lying out in the open. As I looked around further I found the other pieces of the cache - bottom half, clip, log, a few bits of swag. Not sure if that was the work of muggles or animals? I collected it all together and replaced cache as per the hint. TFTC, Biggles.

A pleasant early morning walk to this one for an easy find. TFTC

Heading back to the North Island and stopped for a couple of nights here in Kaikoura.
Today I’m just taking it easy, dealing with ‘stuff’ but not prepared to get a sweat up.
Wandered into town to get this high FP cache plus the nearby TMGT geocache.
All good here. Lovely view and history. TFTC

Nice views from up here and a nice spot to take a seat, a bit of a surprise given what the area looks like from the road. Looks like there used to be some paths around under the trees here too. Found with boneybruce. TFTC!!!

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Caching in Kaikoura with purdiepurdie over the long weekend; we had been further along the road & stopped here on our way back.
A really interesting site; thanks for highlighting it with a cache, b&w.

TFTC. A fun caching escape to Kaikoura with kotukuSI.
What a lovely area of the country to wander around.
This is a special place. Very peaceful.

On a mission to turn green to smiles. Often been here and the juniors for school an incredibly peaceful place. Tftc

I was Kaikōura for the weekend, staying at Takahanga, and went to find a few before heading home/along the way. TFTC!!

Hello from Perth WA

We found this while on our South Island adventure.

TFTC

Stopping in Kaikoura for the night ready for the whale watch and seal swim tomorrow. Arrived early so took a walk around the bay to get a few caches.

Nice easy find with a lovely view. Signed log, took TB and replaced cache as found.

TFTC

On our trip thru NZ we visit a lot of places and see many spectacular locations.
This cache was one of our stopps thanks a lot to the owner.
TFTC
Schmerzbefreit

1x TB in

Awesome views today.

FITW busy paws on a day caching in Kaikoura. Lovely view. Tftc. #3488

Nice easy find and a wonderful spot. One can imagine the sense of a Pa here. What a view. TFTH

took a bit to locate and some people have been using the other end as a toilet !!! great view on a magnificent day tftc b&w

TFTC

Certainly a great vantage point here!! A shame it's looking very neglected. Thanks for the placement

What a great view from this vantage point ...grey old day but still magnificent tftc B&W

Tftc...wow what a view

Going to rain soon so picking up a few quick caches around town rather than the walk I had planned. Quick find, took tb. Thanks bumandworker

#7365

Lovely words. TB in.

Our first find for today. View of misty mountains and peaceful sea. TFTC

Thanks. Great views from the Pa site.

A cool location that I would have missed. Nice quick find.

T4tC bumandworker

Civv'nr & MissTreadlightly (UK)