Fear. It can be irrational. Paralysing. Occasionally insightful.

Lake Wakatipu was once home to a number of steam-driven watercraft, in the days before road-building in the Lakes District...

Richmond has a large mall, serving the surrounding Waimea Plains, with plenty of cafes, big-box shopping stores and a busy downtown.

These short walks are in the Egmont National Park, at North Egmont Road end.

This is pleasant walk uphill through changing alpine rainforest, with an optional detour to a lookout point offering views of...

The unsurpassed views and mountain reflections from the forested shores of Lake Matheson make this easy walk one of the...

Seen from above, the Egmont National Park on the western coast of the North Island forms almost a perfect circle,...

‘Upon the upland road,’ James K.

We get to New Plymouth on dark but the hotel is easy to find and we’re soon settled in and...

There is a magical place in New Zealand where the mountains literally meet the sea – as if a fairytale...