New Zealand Journey

I'm traveling in New Zealand with Smithsonian Journeys and a wonderful, small group of ten people. We've toured the North Island and I'll be posting photos in the next few days. Friday, March 29 is a National Day of Mourning for the shooting victims in Christchurch, where I will be on March 30 and 31. As you can imagine, a small, safe country like this is reeling from the trauma To begin my postings from here, I include headlines from a single edition of the Auckland newspaper, the New Zealand Herald. I hope this will give you sense of the gravity of the situation here.