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Tongariro Alpine Crossing

It's well worth the sweat...


The Tongariro Alpine Crossing is like walking on another planet. © Great2Travel

Whakarewarewa Valley

When you consider how hard it must have been to make the transition from their tropical homeland to the decidedly...

The Beehive and Parliament Buildings

By the standards of contemporary architecture, you might think Parliament Buildings are pretty fancy.

Te Mata Peak: Hawke's Bay icon

The story about how Te Mata Peak in Hawke’s Bay came to be and how it came to resemble the...

Rotorua: hot pools

Back in the day, no one thought very much of Rotorua.

Adventure time: Rere rock slide

We’ll let you in on a little secret here, so long as you promise not to let it go any further.

Queenstown: the sky’s the limit

You feel pretty brave, standing there on the edge, your toes dangling in the void, the river moving lazily 100...

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...

Otago Peninsula: prodigious wildlife and a bona fide castle

If ever you should tire of the splendours of Dunedin – preposterous though that proposition may sound – there’s always...

Ōrakei Kōrako: Taupō's geothermal wonderland

There are still reminders scattered about the Taupō district of the subterranean forces that produced its mighty, first-century eruption and...


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