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Pamela Wade

Auckland

Travel Writer at Freelance

Blogger at TravelSkite

(Pre Covid-19) paid (eventually, very little) to write about (mostly) free travel: how (in retrospect) cool was that?

Articles

  • Mar 23, 2025 | stuff.co.nz | Pamela Wade

  • Mar 18, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Pamela Wade

    Nervous about campervanning for the first time? Pamela Wade’s weekend adventure proves it’s easier—and more fun—than you’d think. Photo / 123RFOver a weekend of new experiences in a campervan, nomadic newcomer Pamela Wade enjoys her inaugural campervanning holiday by zipping around Auckland’s regional parks and campgroundsWhen I went to Auckland airport to pick up my first-ever campervan, a Toyota Hiace with a roof extension, I was startled mainly by its 2.7m height.

  • Oct 5, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Pamela Wade

    Cruising with Silversea includes a chauffeur service to and from the airport, and that’s just the beginning of this exceptional experience, writes Pamela Wade. There is a downside to the remarkable memories of the crew on a Silversea ship. Of course it’s flattering and welcoming to be greeted by name as you wander around on the first full day of a cruise, even if it does suggest some sort of intense overnight guest-recognition session.

  • Oct 1, 2023 | thepress.co.nz | Pamela Wade

    Built in 1582, the Old George is Newcastle's oldest pub. Pamela WadeNewcastle-upon-Tyne has always been a party town, and the odd pair of abandoned knickers on the street after a big night out wouldn’t be an unusual sight. But Queen Victoria’s drawers? That’s something else entirely. Not that they were flung out of the state landau as it rattled over the cobbles: it was a much more deliberate delivery, a calculated insult to a city she disdained.

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Pamela Wade
Pamela Wade @TravelSkite
16 Jun 23

First time I’ve read that sentence. Probably not the last. https://t.co/2uPj4yxYiO

Pamela Wade
Pamela Wade @TravelSkite
5 Apr 23

I’m so old I can remember when interviewees didn’t automatically begin (actually delay) every answer by saying “That’s a very good question”.

Pamela Wade
Pamela Wade @TravelSkite
27 Feb 23

Typed 20% into my search engine and the first suggestion that popped up was ‘20% of 100’. Maths teachers, for shame!