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Matakana road trip: an easy escape
Matakana is an easy escape from Auckland city – a short run up the motorway, through the tunnel, east at Warkworth.
Anchor Bay, Matakana. © Kath Webster
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Otago Peninsula road trip: wildlife and wild history
Family squabbles, love affairs and bitter accusations – sounds like the plot of a soap opera.
Steampunk HQ, Ōamaru
‘Steampunk is a quirky genre of science fiction that features steam-powered technology’ – according to Steampunk HQ in Ōamaru.
WOAP: a celebration of Wellington cuisine
WOAP (pronounced Whoa-app) is a two-week- / three-weekend-long festival showcasing the – quite frankly ridiculous – abundance of the Wellington...
Full spectrum: road tripping from Lake Hāwea to Jackson Bay
We begin in high country station territory: Hunter Valley, Dingleburn, Lake Hāwea Station, each with thousands of hectares of pasture...
Today, tomorrow, Tīmaru
Big skies, a long, lonely coastline of restless ocean with few safe havens, a region of dead straight roads cleaving...
Waitākere: under the sunset
The west has stories to tell; there’s drama in those hills.
Taranaki: like no other
Taranaki’s catchphrase, that it is 'like no other' – is, at first glance, nonsensical: after all, no place is quite...
Wellington: a capital affair
From the bustling promenade along the waterfront to colourful street performers in Cuba mall; the tempting wine lists in a...
Cheviot: secret spots and sheep sculptures
Cheviot is a blink-and-you-miss-it place with an often mispronounced name.
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