2 Weeks in Aotearoa - An Underrated Travel Adventure! 

There's one bad thing about NZ though: its hard to get from one point to another when you have to stop every 5 seconds or so to take a picture because EVERYTHING IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL ❤

As an Australian I had one regret when i visited New Zealand in my late fifties, and that was that I didn't move there when I was 39 instead of moving to Tasmania.

As a kiwi from Dunedin Im happy you really showed how great the South Island is. I love Japan and the countryside is beautiful there but all the same Im happy I was born here.

My home ❤ I recently discovered your channel as I wanted to give living in Shinjuku a shot. Experienced a lot of cool places all over Japan and built good memories, but now I'm nearing my end (and I can quite confidently say that Japan is not my cup of tea, tldr; felt too socially isolated). Seeing this showcase of my backyard at this stage almost made me tear up, Jesus. Can't wait to get back... makes me reflect where I've lived in my life - and Queenstown is hands down my favourite, even though you'd think it's touristy - which it is on the surface, but the communities behind the veils run thick. Especially fun if you're into trying out really new things, such as alpine climbing all forms of rock climbing, mountain biking etc...

Welcome to NZ 🇳🇿 ! Aussie lady!🇦🇺 This is the best and beautiful country in the world that why we left Taiwan🇹🇼 34 years ago and live here happily ever after. Love your unique style videos since the beginning. Sorry for the tireless ‘pains’ but that’s how we get to enjoy your achievements, we’re really really appreciate all your efforts. Yet you deserve a moment of no worries relaxation in or after the missions. I learned a lot from kiwis that life is not just work.😅 But we do admire and envy you get to travel all the beautiful places you been to.❤

ive travelled a bit.....the drive to milford sound is like being in a blockbuster movie, its epic, surrounded by these gigantic snow tipped mountains and jagged landscapes, words cant describe....definitely the most spectacular drive ive ever been on. Well shot love your channel.

New Zealand has been on my bucket list since I did a country report on it in elementary school. Thank you for showing us how absolutely beautiful, fun, and an adventure it is.

Thanx for the lovely video. Yes, New Zealand is awesome. Here are 3 interesting stories from my week-long NZ trip years ago: 1) I was driving to Queenstown in the afternoon from the north during harvest season (March), and stopped at a roadside produce stand. I saw something called "Black Boy" peaches, which looked like any other yellow peaches on the outside. I asked why these had this name and the store attendant said they were purple inside like a plum. I bought a couple and took off. While I was driving, I decided to eat one and it was about the most delicious thing I've ever tasted! It was so good I had to eat the other one right away. After getting back to the States, I looked to see if they were available anywhere here but I didnt see them anywhere. I sure wish they would import them here. It was almost worth going all the way there just to taste this fruit! 2) I drove to Milford Sound w/o making a reservation first because it looked like there were 4 hotels there and I thought there should be no problem getting a room since it is so remote. While approaching, it started pouring down raining. I stopped at the first hotel I saw and asked for a room. They said they had none available because all the hikers on the trails came there to get out of the rain. I asked about other hotels and they said there was only 1 other one but told me it would probably be the same. I went over there and saw noone at the desk and I still didnt find any personnel after walking thru the entire hotel. I went back to the first hotel and I asked if there was anything they could do. They said they could put a cot in the ironing room and charge me a reduced rate. I didnt want to sleep all night in the car in the cold rain so I accepted (IIRC it was still about $50 US). It still makes me chuckle today when I think about the night I slept on a cot in the ironing room in a hotel in Milford Sound! 3) Also on the way to Milford Sound, I encountered several bridges that were only one lane wide and had railroad tracks down the middle. Yes, NZ had bridges where trains and cars shared the same lane! These bridges were not too long but still maybe a quarter mile or so. It looked like these bridges were still being used by trains because these were the only tracks thru this part of the country, the tracks ran right beside the road thru a river valley for quite a few miles and I'm not sure but I may have even passed by a train on these tracks. I wondered whether cars ever went across these bridges before they heard or saw that a train was coming. It seemed like this could potentially happen. It amazed me how undeveloped NZ was for a "first-world" country, particularly the South Island. In the countryside, which is probably about 98% of the country, it looked more like a 3rd-world country. I was there in 1999 and I wonder if these bridges are still there.

I've watched a lot of videos on the South Island, but this have to be one of the best. Fantastic job, you've inspired me

Yay!!! New Zealand! I have always wanted to go and this serves as a little taste of it! So amazing!

Great video! My advice to anyone visiting NZ's South Island is to not try to do it all at once, because you end up with scenery overload. "Oh, there's another mountain, another lake, etc". The North Island has a tad more diversity to its landscape (except for alps) and culture, but it's not as accessible or tourist-friendly as the South Island.

Simply majestic landscapes around New Zealand , on my trip to Milford Sound we saw the southern lights /aurora australis ! Such a beautiful country that has it all

Such a beautiful country especially the South Island. Been there 3 times and 3 weeks every time, 1989 (Honeymoon), 1995 (daughter was 3 years old) and 2009 (son was 9 years old). So much great and wonderful memories with my family. Took too many photographs on film and videos too. Thank you for the your clips and the feeling is great, I could smell the air and felt the vibes. 🙏🙏🙏🙂

As a kiwi living in Australia, this video made me feel home sick. You reminded me that my home country is beautiful.

The way this flows from one shot to the next is *masterful* 👏 another beautiful video

I am really sad there is no more videos from you about NZ! This one is sooo good! ❤

Wow ! Congratulations on such a fantastic and inspirational video. I left NZ in 1985 to tour the world and never got to see my own country first. I ended up in Australia in 1988 and have lived here since. This year I am planning a 3 week tour of both Islands of NZ and your video has given me so much insight as to what I want to see. Thanks so much.

Lovely video Hannah. The scenes you have captured are beautiful and you put it all together so well. Thank you for showing us this part of New Zealand.

Thank you Hannah. I just discovered your channel as we are traveling to Japan soon but since I live here in NZ on the South Island I just couldn’t stop myself from watching your NZ one as well :) wow! You did such an amazing job! It is indeed unreal how beautiful it is and even though we’ve lived in QT for over 6 years now I still stop all the time and admire the beauty of it. Thank you for all you do!

Absolutely stunning 😍 your filming is just so incredible, but yes, I can believe it's hard work getting all those shots!

Thank you Hananh- amazing video footage. As an old TV advertisement used to state in New Zealand “don”t leave town till you’ve seen the country”. Admittedly I have possibly seen more of Japan than I have seen of my homeland NZ, something i will rectify this year. So many films, music videos and adverts filmed here and celebrities just having a break from life without being bothered. Come back and visit again:)

As always - beautiful work Hannah!

Another CurrentlyHannah classic! Thank you for such a wonderful video! New Zealand is so nice and this brings back fond memories for me travelling through the Rockies here in Canada years ago. Your videos have a special quality to them - for me they bring a moment of peacefulness to the crazy lives we live and evoke such pleasant feelings. Thank you! You show how beautiful our world is, inside and outside of Japan. We were thinking of our top destinations we’ve been to and in fact Yuluru is up there! Now I have to plan for NZ and I haven’t even gotten to all the nice places you showed in Japan yet😂!

Just wanted to say, I watch all your vids normal speed all the way through because of your shot composition and visual quality.

Don’t have regrets about what you missed; you’ve only scratched the surface as there is so much beauty to see in this country. You’ll just have to come back again... we look forward to seeing you in the future!

Wow, thank you for sharing. I believe Japan is absolutely amazing and has so much more to see but to see how beautiful New Zealand is through your eyes gave me bit of a surprise. I am a Kiwi, born and raised but have never been that far south.

Simply Thanks for sharing this beautiful video I was living in NewZealand a while ago and this video reminds me how lucky I was to get live in NewZealand.NewZealand is definitely one of beautiful country

I'm from Christchurch but live in Sydney so to see the south again was amazing. Thank you. Great video

Love you guys, the new video is amazing, such beautiful views 🥹😊

Thank you for a beautiful video on our country, we are off to japan in september and are looking forward to seeing the amazing sights of japan,

Wow, such gorgeous videography - you really showed off the beauty of Aotearoa. Thank you

Thank you so much for sharing my favorite place on earth!

Just wanted to say that it's so refreshing to see Hannah in nature and not trying to be *instagrammable*. I'm so sick of seeing these travel influencers dress a certain way just to get the aesthetic shot. Keep on keeping it real, Hannah! ❤

So beautiful! Thank you for taking us along!

excellent filmography.. i love the music you chose for the shots and how chill you guys are.

A wonderful new video on my Birthday! Perfect timing!😊

Glad you guys had a good time here, it's a pretty awesome country :)

Such a gorgeous video. You capture it all so well!

CANNOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT VIDEO!! I'm going there in October and your video just made me so damn excited! 😄

Wow! She's back! Amazing video, thank you. ❤

Love the way you edit your videos, the music is spot on, like part of the story 😊

Great video, Hannah!!! New Zealand is incredibly beautiful!!!

どの場所も　とても美しい風景ですね❤ 行ってみたいです!

Wonderful video, Hannah!! We recently went to NZ, shortly after you and Chris, funnily. We didn't get to Milford sound this trip. But I absolutely LOVED Aoraki Mt Cook!!!! I already wanna go back!!!!!

Very chill yet comprehensive video!

Love your videos! So glad the RU-vid algorithm did it's thing this time! Been looking for more female travel vloggers/videographers. And you've got a great sense of humor too never a dull moment watching your vids! Love your work!

Great video Hannah No Nuditity No Fake Thumbnail Pure content Beautiful Cinematic Shots ✨

Your vlog is a true treasure. The way you capture the essence of each destination is pure art. Speaking of which, have you had a glimpse of the v4 Bento Bag from NomadLane? Seems like it could be your next trusty travel companion!

Hannah's travel vlogs are always beautifully shot. I knew Hannah's RU-vid from when you lived in Japan. I also post solo trips using trains and ferries in Japan on my RU-vid channel. Your video angles are so good! How to make a video is very helpful.

This vid made me miss NZ! Was last there 2 decades ago. Still so amazing.

Was in the Queenstown not long ago, can't wait to go back. Great video Hannah.

Hi Hannah, So lovely to meet you in New Zealand. Those places and nature are beautiful. Hannah, I wish yoy to visit many nice places

The views are absolutely insane!

AHHHH that was fantastic!!!! thanks for this peek into NZ. Btw, we have large parrots and small penguins over here in Perth.... ;)

Stellar vid as usual! It certainly re-sparked my interest in NZ and I'm adjusting the bucket list. You're such a champ.

Wow Hannah. What a stunning video, and what an advert for NZ! I'm amazed you convinced Chris to put his own camera down looking enough to film his cameo 😂 👍❤️👍

NZ is so campervan friendly, 3 of my 4 visits there i hired a campervan. The benefit of being able to pull over and make a cuppa at the drop.of a hat with gorgeous scenery... Ahhh ❤

Solid production Hannah, as always.

This is possibly the best quality video I've seen, jaw-dropping. I feel like I'm actually there. Thank you for your effort in uploading it!

Sitting here in my home in NZ reading the comments lol...oh this is tourism for everyone else. This is my weekend 😁

Glad you guys had a good time here

I went in the water at that same location earlier this year. 😆It was so darn cold, but just like you, felt amazing after. Now I have fallen in love with sauna and cold for all the benefits it provides. Not sure if you hiked the Rees Dart Track, but when I was there, I hiked several of the great walks and a few others and that was my favorite. Maybe an idea for your eventual return trip.

Really enjoy your great videos. You do fantastic stuff.

Beautiful footage! Nice to see Dunedin made a cameo! There used to be a chocolate festival where every year, chocolate balls called jaffas with raffle numbers imprinted on them were let loose down Baldwin St😂The first Jaffa over the line at the end was the winner. Was always quite the sight😊

Hi from central Otago, southern New Zealand 😂 yeah, I live here 😂 Baldwin street is where we used to test friends and our own cars after fixing them. If they can make it to the top of Baldwin street in second gear it's a pass 😄 I lived in Dunedin for 25 years but now I live off-grid in the mountains of central Otago. The scenery never gets old for me, I've been overseas a few times and know how amazing the lower south Island is. Even in winter 🥶 which it is right now 🥶 glad you enjoyed yourself ❤😂

I love to go there and there is so much to see is because on the South Island the national parks are walk to wall . Other countries maybe are all wide spread .

I’m 3 minutes in and already aaaaaah. What a BEAUTIFUL place. I’m traveling to Japan in October and no wonder RU-vid led me to your channel because I have been bingeing loads of Japan videos. Lol Now THIS, has been added to my travel plans next year. Hahah. Hopefully. What month did you go here? The weather seems pleasant. 😢❤🥹

It's so gorgeous!!! And those wee little penguins are too cute.

New Zealand beautiful 🇳🇿 Japanese subtitles I've been waiting for ☺︎ thank you ♡

Thank you for sharing, it looked beautiful.

I was there for the whole month of June, and I had the same reaction. NZ is such a wonderful place.

New Zealand is at the top of my bucket list!! It looks incredible. So many of my favourite movies like lord of the rings has been filmed there!

This was amazing! Thank you!

Had the opportunity to spend 2 weeks cycling through the entire South Island from Picton to Bluff and you're right, it's absolutely beautiful. You barely even feel the fatigue because of the visual feast!!!

All of Aotearoa is beautiful from Northland, Chathsm Island to Stewart Island

Exceptionally beautiful! There's no actual counterpart in the northern hemisphere, at least not in Europe. Norway would be the closest choice, but not quite. So, only in Canada, US or Russia, if at all..

I need this to help in the middle of a blooming long early shift haha! Thanks for uploading this now EDIT - these 20 minutes flew by

Amazing video! New Zealand is so beautiful

Hi Hannah lovely videography I’m looking forward to the costings etc, cheers.

Thank you for this Hannah.

NZ is spectacular hey!! Loved the vid guys

Yes, New Zealand is amazing and we loved our vacation there, but it´s to far frpm friends and families to move there permanently, but we will be back to visit it more times!

Ahhhh! Loved it! I kept shaking my head thinking "there's no way this is real". Nature is so great!

13:42 "Unfortunately there's a lot of no drone signs". *dramatic drone shot*

amazing didnt expect it to be so expansive

Cool vid. Glad you guys enjoyed our cool country.

nice vid. so pleased you got some really nice weather :)

Nailed it Hannah!

Love this video! NZ is so Beautiful 😍 The music is a little loud compared to your talking so I kept turning the volume down but it was still good to watch :)

NZ is one of the most beautiful places in the world! Love going there.

As others have said here, you have produced a 'real' video...... well done..! (By the way, I think you'll find that was the Rakaia Bridge rather than Shotover)

well, this was surreal to watch 🤣🤣🤣 as if i didn't already wanna go to NZ! this woulda sealed the deal omg. that Mt Cook is pretty peak mountain aesthetics 🤩 Milford Sound is gorgeous; the cello music was quite the complement. and that parrot! what a wonderful birb (although that duck, too. c'mere, duck) and omg 18:48 🙈 #bandannasquad4lyfe

Such a beautiful video. I’ve always wanted to go to New Zealand but part of me wondered if I would appreciate it as much coming from Western Canada, but I think the differences in wildlife and the fact that it seems relatively easy to get around is promising. Also, that camper van is beautiful, would love to try that out. just one note though, the link in your description has an error, so it doesn’t actually redirect to their website. I was able to figure it out, but just wanted to mention it.

When i visited NZ last year, a Kea landed on my shoulder like it was nothing. It ignored me and was like "Excuse me. Coming through" It's real objective was to get into my camera bag. lol. before i knew what it was doing, it climbed down my back and pulled some threads out of my bag near the zipper trying to get in. They have sharp beaks and are indeed VERY cheeky. Definitely one of my favorite animals now. I bought a magnet that has a Kea carrying off a traffic cone lol

Wish i'm like 10 years younger , at least able to do like a travel+work visa to roam around NZ. Now i'm older and stuck with my 9-5 job and with commitments , it's truly hard to just quit my job and just walk away

Hi from India. Thanks for showing wonderful Aotearoa

I always knew that the south island of NZ was beautiful, but seeing this: My goodness!!!!! It's stunning. In my strange brain, I always think of NZ South Island as being this strange mixture of the open grass/heather/treeless sheep covered mountains of Wales mixed with the bigger, taller, more extreme, but tree covered mountains of Japan. Watching the video, I have simultaneous feelings of: - Want to take the train from Tokyo and go hiking in Okutama - Want to go "home" to Wales and hike in the Brecon Beacons/Snowdonia - Want to head to NZ for my first time and see Milford Sound

A really great video and a great country. We were there ourselves in November and December 2023 and were immediately enchanted. New Zealand has the strictest drone laws. All flights over DOC land must be registered in advance. I.e. really with coordinates. And then, of course, they have to be approved. Everything else is private land. Here, too, the owner must be asked in advance whether you are allowed to fly over his land. Flights over roads are generally prohibited. And of course the general laws in areas of airports etc. So a lot of effort in preparation if you want to fly a drone.

I just watched a video about tropical birds living in Germany. They have learned to adapt to cold weather.

Excellent video as usual! No regrets just as many excuses to go back! 😅