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Kaikōura: where crayfish and mountains meet
There is a magical place in New Zealand where the mountains literally meet the sea – as if a fairytale...
Overlooking the Kaikōura Peninsula from the sky. © Liz Carlson
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Alpine Pacific Triangle: Christchurch to Kaikōura (and back again)
Christchurch is gorgeous. Its urbane, English-inflected rivers and stone buildings style landscape genteelly masks a southern spirit that has seen...
Whanganui: following the river
The majestic Whanganui river has an ignominious end where it joins the sea.
Great Barrier Island: a rugged road trip
Port Fitzroy is only 25 kilometres from Tryphena but it took us nearly three hours to drive there.
Gisborne to Wellington: sampling the finer things in life
Gisborne intrigues me. It’s a mix of tradition, culture and nature.
New Plymouth: mountains and masterpieces
We get to New Plymouth on dark but the hotel is easy to find and we’re soon settled in and...
Waitaki: a river of time
Deep within the rolling green hills of the Waitaki district, there is a place called 'The Valley of the Whales'.
Gore: more than golden guitars
On one hand, the Gore Country Music Club’s weekly get-together sums up the town’s character.
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