Loved by the locals: Westland

Handily situated in the heart of the city, Queens Park is considered a New Zealand Garden of National Significance.

My favourite Gap Filler, the Dance-O-Mat, is a coin-operated dance floor.

If you like an easy walk that offers amazing views of Tauranga and the wider Bay of Plenty, I recommend...

Explore the ancient natural rock formations of the Wairere Boulders, inland from Hōreke.

Just north of Kaukapakapa, turn off State Highway 16 and visit the Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens.

This old miners' track crosses the southern Paparoa Range between Barrytown, north of Greymouth, and Blackball in the Grey Valley.

This is one of the best little local museums you could hope to find – richly packed with artefacts from...

This stunning wild beach at the northern end of the Otago Peninsula is accessed by the road that winds around...

Fleurs is a much-loved restaurant on Moeraki’s sparkling waterfront, established by local folk hero Fleur Sullivan.