Before the Harbour Bridge was opened, the North Shore was a retreat for artistic types, and many well-known plays, short...

The small settlement on the river at Mangawhai (as opposed to the bach town at the Heads down the road)...

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

This handful of surf beaches are easy to access and, in the right conditions, a good place to learn to surf.

The Bay of Islands is big on big views but my favourite is looking east across the inner bay from...

Grab your surf- or sand-board and head for Ahipara, at the base of Ninety Mile Beach.

I am such a sucker for cute local cafés, and Little Vintage Espresso in Amberley made me squeal out loud...

Hector’s dolphins. Beanbags shaped like sea lions, and sometimes also the real thing. A petrified forest stretch of coast.

Situated in the precinct of the New Zealand Police College, the national Police Museum is an absorbing way to...

Quite apart from the other delights of Queen Elizabeth II Park on the Kāpiti Coast – and there are many...