Comments on: Quirky questions about National Parks

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:50:18 +0000

A frien work at Mt Cook/Aoraki years ago and would regularly be asked, by Americans: “Where is the road to Mt Cook?”
and the Japanese: “Why is Mt Cook not lit up at night?”

By: Lynne

Lynne — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:52:25 +0000

Some of these questions are hilarious. My boyfriend and i were visiting the coromandel peninsula. We stopped near Tairua at the lookout to the Alderman islands. There were about 10 chicken chicks running around when a tour bus full of overseas visitors pulled up. The people from the bus wanted to know if they were kiwis. We laughed and my bf pointed 2 me and said im a kiwi.

By: Sarah Mankelow

Sarah Mankelow — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:53:17 +0000

Hi Mike, the road closed question was one I received while on the front counter in Arthur’s Pass a few years back now! it wasn’t a DOC closure, it was the state highway and it was snowing! I’m sure you are aware that the road over the pass does get closed quite regularly in the winter, but I guess those unfamiliar with the extremities of mountain weather it must seem very odd to have a state highway that can be “not open” 24/7!

By: Shelley Grace

Shelley Grace — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:44:40 +0000

On holiday in the US at my friends school: “Do you speak English?” “Have you ever seen a Maori?” “Do you have a geyser at your house?”