Raglan: you don’t have to be a surfer, but it helps

Ask anyone with salt-draggled hair and the odd piercing where the best surf break in New Zealand is and there’s...

Mauao Mount Maunganui: holiday hotspot

The proper Māori name of Mauao – or ‘the Mount’, as most New Zealanders tend to call it these days...

Mount Taranaki: picture-perfect peak

You want a nice, classically shaped volcano? Well, look no further.

Port Waikato: where river meets sea

Those unfamiliar with New Zealand geography are often surprised to find the Waikato River, which they first met at Taupō...

Northwest Waikato: surfing the endless wave

In the 1966 cult surfing movie Endless Summer, filmmaker Bruce Brown follows two surfers, Mike Hynson and Robert August, on...

Wellington: culture, activities and the weather

From ballet to fashion to art to birds to parliament to gardens – Wellington's got it all (just try to...

Gisborne: close to heaven

Gisborne has what the rest of the world has lost... or is looking for.

Port Chalmers: a cradle made of sea

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

Invercargill: city of water and light

Think wide streets and wider, clear horizons.

Remote Southland: the quirk and the sublime

I had travelled to a remote corner of Southland in search of uncrowded waves to ride.

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