The Great New Zealand Chocolate Trail

The Great New Zealand Chocolate Trail

I have to confess, I’m a raving chocolate fiend – especially when it is handcrafted. Boutique-style chocolate is just too good to resist! Whenever I travel the next fix is never far away, and believe me, there’s many a wicked stop to be found nationwide. In the past I’ve been known to go 100 kays or more out of my way, just to swing by my all-time favourite chocolatiers. Here's a list of my all-time favourite treats, guaranteed to induce a cocoa-induced stupor:

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Corrugated Kiwi

Corrugated Kiwi

There’s something incredibly Kiwi about corrugated iron. Take a good look  ‘round next time you’re out and about and you will spot many a roof, fence, bach and barn clad in its distinctive rippled waves. The more you look the more you see.

But nowhere embraces its versatility like the small South Waikato township of Tirau where it has become something of a fashion statement, adorning almost every high street building in some way, shape or form. And we’re not talking  ‘slim line’  baby iron either, but good old fashioned bog standard corrugated, painted every colour of the rainbow.

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