Loved by the locals: Matakana

Despite predation by introduced pests, including pet dogs, Northland kiwi are fighting back.

An Irish pub might be the last thing you would expect to find on Great Barrier Island, but that’s exactly...

Grab your surf- or sand-board and head for Ahipara, at the base of Ninety Mile Beach.

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

It's hard to imagine what the north must have been like in the days before the timbermen came – unless...

In the beginning, everyone came here by boat.

If you are looking for a sense of history in New Zealand, it lies here.

A long, winding, tidal harbour overshadowed by rugged volcanic cones, Whangārei is a place of many meanings.

The Bay of Islands is big on big views but my favourite is looking east across the inner bay from...