Matt Sullivan

The start of the week finds me now in a place called Kaiteriteri: a small seaside town just south of the Abel Tasman national park. It is a tiny place that comprises a small grocery store, a backpacker's hostel and a couple of eateries; that's about it. Oh, and several small kiosks where the water taxi and kayaking companies ply their services. Kaiteriteri's reason for being is to act as a gateway -- both by road and by water -- to the park.