Road trips are not often leisurely or spontaneous when you have kids on board.

There’s a lot to be said for sticking to State Highway 2 when travelling down the east coast of the...

The Hokianga (which means ‘the circumstance of returning’) is named in commemoration of the legendary Polynesian navigator, Kupe, who ended...

The Manawatū is a rich and deeply characterful part of the New Zealand landscape.

A peninsula provokes a certain state of mind, one of exposure to the elements and close proximity to nature.

The clatter and clang of the container terminal, red and green lights forming a path to the sea through the...

The wind swings half a compass and lifts.

Perhaps you’ve arrived in Kaitāia at the apex of travelling the Twin Coast Discovery Highway, or perhaps you’re travelling to...

North of the Bay of Islands, things get a little wilder.

Travelling north or south along State Highway 1, it's easy to pass through Taihape, Mangaweka, Marton or Bulls unthinkingly, missing...