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Air New Zealand Adding Direct Flights To New York In September!

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New Zealand will be opening “to international travelers from visa-waiver countries, including the United States, beginning May 1, without any quarantine measures” according to AFAR.

This is great news for those looking to travel to the country since it was originally planning to reopen in October. Now there’s more exciting news from Air New Zealand. Continue reading Air New Zealand Adding Direct Flights To New York In September!

New Zealand Town Will Give you $160,000 To Work There

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Have you ever wanted to pick up and move to a new destination far from home? If so, maybe you should consider heading to New Zealand.

A small New Zealand town has lots of jobs available but not enough people to do them. So what’s a small NZ town to do? Try to get people to move there by offering a very generous recruitment campaign! Continue reading New Zealand Town Will Give you $160,000 To Work There

Eat Your Big Mac Inside A McDonald’s Plane

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At home I rarely eat at McDonald’s but while traveling I love to stop in to see what interesting, local items might be on the menu.

Along with being interested in checking out locally inspired items, I also like to visit McDonald’s which tend to be a bit different in terms of their design. I’ve been to one location which has a train attached to it, another in New Zealand had Maori style wood carvings decorating it and there were also a couple of interesting locations in Dallas- one having a jungle/ zoo theme while the other was shaped like a Happy Meal!

I came across an article a couple of days back about a McDonald’s which might just be the coolest one ever and of great interest to aviation geeks! Continue reading Eat Your Big Mac Inside A McDonald’s Plane

Win A Trip To Middle Earth From Air New Zealand

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Air New Zealand is giving away a trip to Middle Earth aka New Zealand!

Kim and I visited New Zealand a few years back and had an amazing time. We only had time to see the North Island and would love to go back to see the larger South Island with all of its natural sites. Too bad NY residents are excluded from entering this sweepstakes. 🙁

While Air New Zealand says that they are giving away a trip to Middle Earth, they are actually only giving you a ride there.

Continue reading Win A Trip To Middle Earth From Air New Zealand