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Loved by the locals: Marlborough

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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.

Tasman: a taste of everything

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Richmond has a large mall, serving the surrounding Waimea Plains, with plenty of cafes, big-box shopping stores and a busy downtown.

Loved by the locals: Golden Bay

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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.

Whale watching: close encounters on the water

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It’s all about the shelving. Not that buckled bench in the caravan, but the Hikurangi Trench.

Eat crayfish in Kaikōura: dine al fresco on this hallmark cuisine

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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.

Adventure time: Rotorua rafting

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The upper reaches of the Kaituna River are pretty and placid enough.

Otago Peninsula: prodigious wildlife and a bona fide castle

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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...

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...

Queenstown: the sky’s the limit

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You feel pretty brave, standing there on the edge, your toes dangling in the void, the river moving lazily 100 metres below.

Marlborough Wine Trail

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You don’t have to go too far back– a matter of 30 years or so – to find yourself contemplating a bleak period in our history.