Craig McLachalan

Welcome

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Hi! I’m not Craig McLachlan, the Aussie actor and singer.
I’m Craig McLachlan the ‘freelance anything’ – welcome to my homepage.

I am a freelance adventurer, tour leader, writer, interpreter, media co-ordinator, ‘tourism consultant’, English language teacher and Marriage & Civil Union Celebrant.

I have a Bachelor of Commerce in Management Studies; a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Language; and a Japan-focused Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa & JAIMS (Japan American Institute of Management Studies).

Please check out this website and see what I can do for you.

  • I lead ‘soft adventure’ tours in New Zealand and all around the world.
  • I write my own books – six published in English, four in Japanese.
  • I’ve been writing Lonely Planet guidebooks for 25 years – titles on Japan, New Zealand, Tonga, New Caledonia, South Pacific, Hawaii, Europe, Greek Islands, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada, Australia and more.
  • I write Travel Apps for Touch Screen Travels. Check out New Zealand’s Best, Cook Islands’ Best & Japan’s Best.
  • I have been co-manager for my sons, ATP tennis player Ben McLachlan and his coach and co-manager, elder brother Riki. Ben played for Japan in Davis Cup, competed at the Tokyo Olympics and won seven ATP Doubles titles. The boys won the NZ Mens Doubles title together twice – and Riki was the NZ Davis Cup Coach in 2023.
  • I am a registered independent Marriage & Civil Union Celebrant – I can conduct weddings throughout New Zealand, specialising in intimate weddings, elopements and ceremonies in ‘unusual places’.
  • I’m a CELTA (Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)-qualified English language teacher. If you are interested in studying English with me online, please contact me directly by email.
  • My wife Yuriko & I operate an Airbnb apartment in Queenstown, New Zealand.
  • I started the Queenstown Karate Club in 1989 – am training privately as a 4th Dan Black Belt in Okinawa Goju-ryu Karate under Sensei Morio Higaonna.
  • …… and much, much more.

If you need a qualified ‘freelance anything’, please get in touch.

My motto – I’ll do anything, ….. almost anything!