Clutha: a land of giants

If you’re reading this you’re a certain kind of traveller: one who knows how the vagaries of unpredictable weather can...

Tasman: a taste of everything

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

Nelson: living the good life

Tucked away at the top of the south, way off State Highway 1, Nelson is a town of 50,000 people...

Auckland War Memorial Museum: a national treasure

Our children will take completely different memories of the Auckland War Memorial Museum into their futures than the majority of...

Simple pleasures at Mangawhai

At Mangawhai Heads’ ocean beach we began with a glorious evening walk to where the cliff track rises to follow...

Gore: more than golden guitars

On one hand, the Gore Country Music Club’s weekly get-together sums up the town’s character.

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'.

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...

Gisborne to Wellington: sampling the finer things in life

Gisborne intrigues me. It’s a mix of tradition, culture and nature.

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...

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