weather<\/a> will be like.<\/p>\n\u201cJust a few kilometres away, there\u2019s a beautiful beach, the Moutere River, and within an hour\u2019s drive, you\u2019re in serious bush \u2013 wild terrain.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe scenery here is magical. Even after six years, we\u2019ll go for a drive and still say: \u2018Wow\u2019.\u201d The Ilford born presenter explained the orgins of his move to New Zealand.<\/p>\n
He said: “We started our Kiwi adventure north of Auckland. If you understand the geography of the North Island, you\u2019ll know Auckland dominates. It sits at the narrowest point, and of New Zealand\u2019s five million people, around four million live in or around Auckland. So it\u2019s quite busy up there.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe rented a house \u2013 until you get residency, you can\u2019t buy \u2013 and it was beautiful. Suddenly, we had all these Kiwi friends. It\u2019s true what they say: Kiwis are very friendly.<\/p>\n
“We had a fabulous social circle. But over time, it began to feel a bit like the UK or Europe. I even called it \u201cEuro-Zealand\u201d because it was so busy \u2013 busy roads, constant building and development. So we decided to move again and ended up at the top of the South Island.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve never regretted it. The Tasman region is stunning. Nelson is our nearest city, though it feels more like a large town. We\u2019re very happy here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The host has revealed how he bought land around Ngatimoti, a small rural town in the South Island. Then, they built a hospitality business in the heart of the community, one that includes a vineyard, coffee cart, general store and restaurant and pub.<\/p>\n
In the series, fans will get to watch as they prepare to reopen to the public for its second full season \u2013 and get a taste of the trials and tribulations that the presenter’s entrepreneurial spirit throws up.<\/p>\n
His latest idea is to build New Zealand\u2019s first community energy garden, but trouble arises thanks to unseasonal weather, bad press, and the ever-persisting feeling of being an outsider. He added: “I like the challenge of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always say: the weather here has attitude. I lived in Devon for 20 years, and there you\u2019d get grey days with drizzle drifting in from the Atlantic. But here? When it blows, it really blows \u2013 trees come down. When it rains, it\u2019s tropical stair-rodding rain. You get landslips. And the sun? It\u2019ll burn you within 10 minutes in peak season.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd there are proper seasons here, which surprised me, but I like that. Oh, and earthquakes. We\u2019ve had three. During the first one, we were sitting outside with a glass of wine, and I noticed the surface of the wine rippling \u2013 what\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n
“That was a mild one. The biggest one really shook the house \u2013 the cutlery drawer rattled, and Liz and I each grabbed a dog and ran outside. No structural damage, thankfully.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut yes, earthquakes \u2013 and a dormant volcano just up the way. At least, we hope it\u2019s dormant.\u201d It’s isn’t just the scenery and landscape why Noel has fallen in love with his new home.<\/p>\n
He said: “What I love about New Zealanders \u2013 Kiwis \u2013 is their attitude of \u2018give it a go\u2019. That\u2019s taken a bit of a hit in recent years with all the changes and uncertainty, but it\u2019s still very much part of the national character\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cThey never throw anything away, which is still evident when you drive past some of the farms. And you know what? It makes sense. Before the jet engine, it took a long time for anything to get to New Zealand. So if you had spare parts for a tractor or old machinery, you didn\u2019t bin it \u2013 you left it in a field just in case. It\u2019s a practical kind of resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKiwis are also incredibly sociable. They love a good time, a good laugh \u2013 and they don\u2019t take themselves, or their politicians, too seriously. I love that. Especially here, in this area, which became a kind of haven for the hippies in the Sixties and Seventies. There are still people living in yurts up the valley, and good on them. Full respect.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we found was overwhelming kindness. We were living in Matakana during the flu outbreak, and suddenly, our mailbox was full of avocados, chocolates, home-cooked things \u2013 little gifts from locals who wanted to look after \u2018the two Brits up the way\u2019. It was heartwarming.\u201d Noel Edmonds\u2019 Kiwi Adventure launches on ITV1 at 9pm on Friday, June 20, with all episodes available that day on ITVX.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The presenter has shared the personal reason for his return to television with new show, Noel Edmonds’ Kiwi…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,208,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-172555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-itv","11":"tag-tv","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114658286350760226","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Noel Edmonds’ Kiwi Adventure premieres on ITV this Friday at 9pm<\/p>\n