#22 Buy - Today we gave a book as a birthday present bought from one of my favourite bookshops in Dunedin, the University Book Shop,...

#21 Do - walk the old town of Oamaru, the 'Victorian Precinct' and remember to look up! With most buildings dating from 1860s to 1880s...

#20 Do - rummage in the beautiful autumn leaves in the Botanic Gardens in Dunedin. My new favourite tree is the Japanese Maple - Acer...

#18 Do - recline in a comfy seat and explore the night sky at the Otago Museum Planetarium. It's the world's southernmost planetarium and...

#16 Drink - Wet Jacket wines. Owner Greg Hay brings top quality wine, NZ history and more recently, delicious Whitestone cheese, together...

#13 Do - the Luge in Queenstown - Squealing with competitive excitement, wearing the slightly dorky helmet, you do feel like a big...

#12 Eat - A Jimmy's - Jimmy started his bakery in Invercargill in the 1940s and moved to Roxburgh in the 1960s where they decided to...

#11 Do - opened in 1884, the Saint Clair Salt Water Pool is a spectacular swimming spot open October to March. With the temperature set...

#10 DO - today I explored the Dunedin Study 'Slice of Life' exhibition at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum - in 1975 more than a thousand 3...

#9 Eat/Buy - these amazingly sweet strawberries picked today came from as far as my back doorstep. The incredibly helpful staff at...