{"id":564,"date":"2011-11-18T23:34:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T23:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anirama.com\/travelogs\/?p=564"},"modified":"2011-11-28T21:58:12","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T21:58:12","slug":"wellington-to-napier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anirama.com\/travelogs\/2011\/11\/18\/wellington-to-napier\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellington to Napier"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The morning started at CreativeHQ<\/a>, a startup incubator in Wellington. I had met Alan Hucks, their Business Strategist, at an AnimFX event and was eager to learn more about them – I had referenced them as a local example of incubator spaces in my class but hadn’t met anyone there yet. Alan arranged for Kim and me to meet Steve O’Connor, CEO, and Tui Te Hau, Programme Manager, this morning. I learned a lot from them about the startup environment in NZ, and left very impressed with what they’re accomplishing and their future plans.<\/p>\n

Wellington and AnimFX have been fantastic, but it’s time for Sarah and I to move on. We checked out of the Museum Hotel and drove to Napier – about a four or five hour drive. We stopped in Greytown for lunch (a bit mediocre) and Waipukurau for coffee and chocolate (excellent coffee, even at a roadside stand!). It was a beautiful but uneventful drive, with the exception of ten minutes of tropical style rain and stops for lunch and coffee.<\/p>\n

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