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Central Otago: good curling to ye
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/central-otago-good-curling-to-ye/
No one really knows where the peculiar sport of curling originated, but there’s no doubt it was the Scots who took it to their heart and kept it there when...
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Doubtful Sound: powerful serenity
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/doubtful-sound/
The most obviously dubious aspect of Doubtful Sound is its name because as everyone knows, it’s actually a fiord, carved from the mountains by the action of a glacier long...
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Farewell Spit: a sandy phenomenon
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/farewell-spit/
You might be forgiven for thinking Farewell Spit is named for the last thing Abel Tasman did as he high-tailed it out of Murderers’ Bay (now bearing the more marketing-savvy...
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Glenorchy and Dart River: gateway to paradise
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/glenorchy-and-dart-river-gateway-to-paradise/
They’ll tell you when you’re standing at the confluence and delta of the Rees and Dart rivers that you’re only 20km from paradise.
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Wānaka: kicking the autumn leaves
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/kicking-the-autumn-leaves/
Wellington poet Amelia Nurse has written about ‘the lake effect’ – the noticeable calming and smoothing of the ripples in brow and soul that occurs when you find yourself on...
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New transport funding tools for Auckland - look before you leap
Auckland AA Members are ready to consider new ways to pay for the city’s transport infrastructure, but the most straightforward – and popular – tool may be one the Council...
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Deadly December warning for drivers
https://www.aa.co.nz/about/newsroom/media-releases/safety/deadly-december-warning-for-drivers/
The AA is reminding drivers to take special care as the most lethal month on our roads begins today.
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Ōamaru’s Victorian Precinct: the capital of all things steampunk
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/oamarus-victorian-precinct/
Slightly eccentric, Ōamaru is one of those not-as-it-first-seems places. The surprises are all good ones, though, whether it’s penguins or penny-farthing races you’re after.
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Queenstown to Glenorchy Road: a drive to Paradise
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/queenstown-to-glenorchy-road/
Is there a more amazing drive? Forty-five minutes of emerald lake water and bush-clad hills, against a backdrop of snow-touched mountains.
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Queenstown Hill Time Walk: a rocky delight
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/queenstown-hill-time-walk/
OK, so climbing a hill, when you’re surrounded by mountains, is kinda like finding a dry rock in your peanut M&Ms.