Taranaki’s catchphrase, that it is 'like no other' – is, at first glance, nonsensical: after all, no place is quite...

The west has stories to tell; there’s drama in those hills.

We begin in high country station territory: Hunter Valley, Dingleburn, Lake Hāwea Station, each with thousands of hectares of pasture...

The rain had settled in. Mist crept over the brows of hills, brooding and moody.

Low-slung clouds obscure the landscape and as we drive closer, it turns to rain, veiling the steeply rising hills.

Rotorua announces itself to the nose at quite a distance.