The Bailey Expedition

Aotearoa
"New Zealand"

Haere Mai. After a rather smooth series of flights we arrived in Christchurch. We will be living on the South Island in Christchurch for the months of February, March, and April. We have an apartment downtown, close to the school and the city center. We will be spending every spare minute exploring both islands and will post pictures and stories as they evolve.

Below is a photo of the building in Christchurch in which we are living; to the right is a picture of Griffin at the door of the flat.

See Griffin's Newly Updated Page as well as
-Ask Mr. Green
See Quinn's Newly Updated Page as well as
- What's different about New Zealand

Be sure to read our new feature: Mum's The Word

Various Trips
7. Final New Zealand Pages
6. The North Island
5. Arthur's Pass and Westland.
4. Golden Bay and Abel Tasman.
3. Fantastic Fiordland
2. Dunedin and the Otago Peninsula.
1. Pictures of our departure and arrival

The boys' school is right downtown and so many of their classes take place in the local environment. This is a picture of Quinn's PE class in the central square.

Our snail Mail address is:
Bailey Family
Unit1 25 Peterborough Street
Christchurch, New Zealand

We would love to hear from you while we are in New Zealand (we leave April 24th) either by snail mail above, email at baileyfamily@mac.com, or at our phone number which will be 3-377-6876 (to call from the US you must dial the following numbers: 011-64-3-377-6876). New Zealand is not only in the Southern Hemisphere, it is also across the international dateline and is now on daylight savings time (and the states have sprung ahead). Therefore 12:00 Noon on Monday Pacific ST will be 7:00am on Tuesday morning in Christchurch (they are 19 hours ahead). A handy dandy conversion chart is provided below.

Location	Christchurch	Portland	Denver	Minneapolis	New Jersey
Relative Time	12:00noon Tues.	5:00pm Mon.	6:00pm Mon.	7:00pm Mon.	8:00pm Mon.