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Loved by the locals: Tasman
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/on-the-road/loved-by-the-locals-tasman/
This is a remarkable find. Billed as the only place in the world where flames burn eternally in the bush, the tour includes a drive up the Blackwater Valley to...
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Loved by the locals: Nelson
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/on-the-road/loved-by-the-locals-nelson/
In reality the centre-ish of New Zealand – the real geographical center is somewhere in Cook Strait – this is nevertheless the surveying centre of New Zealand, the point 'zero,...
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Loved by the locals: Marlborough
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/on-the-road/loved-by-the-locals-marlborough/
TripAdvisor rates the tiny Burleigh as the number-one place to eat in Blenheim, which is a pretty big achievement for a suburban pie shop.
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Tasman: a taste of everything
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/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.
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Loved by the locals: Golden Bay
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/on-the-road/loved-by-the-locals-golden-bay/
A boutique movie theatre, iconic cafés unique geology and some of New Zealand's best beaches – discover a local's top picks for things to see and do in Nelson's Golden Bay.
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Whale watching: close encounters on the water
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/whale-watching-close-encounters-on-the-water/
It’s all about the shelving. Not that buckled bench in the caravan, but the Hikurangi Trench.
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Eat crayfish in Kaikōura: dine al fresco on this hallmark cuisine
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/eat-crayfish-in-kaikoura/
So, in Māori, kai means food and kōura means crayfish. Right. The water off this cool coast is wild with sea life, including that New Zealand delicacy: crayfish.
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Adventure time: Rotorua rafting
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/rotorua-rafting/
The upper reaches of the Kaituna River are pretty and placid enough.
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Otago Peninsula: prodigious wildlife and a bona fide castle
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/otago-peninsula/
If ever you should tire of the splendours of Dunedin – preposterous though that proposition may sound – there’s always the Otago Peninsula, extending from the city itself to the...
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Whakarewarewa Valley
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/spaces-and-places-whakarewarewa/
When you consider how hard it must have been to make the transition from their tropical homeland to the decidedly sub-tropical rigours of the New Zealand climate, you can immediately...