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Mountain biking the Rameka Track: gut-busting fun
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/mtb-the-rameka-track-gut-busting-fun/
Mountain bikes are forbidden from the Abel Tasman National Park – all except for one section, the Rameka Track from Tākaka Hill down into the Rameka Gorge.
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The Pinnacles: the name says it all
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/the-pinnacles-the-names-says-it-all/
It’s hard to argue that the discovery of gold was a good thing for the Coromandel Peninsula.
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Mount Tarawera: sleeping giant
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/mount-tarawera/
Lake Tarawera, at the foot of the ruins of Mount Tarawera, is the site of New Zealand’s creepiest ghost story.
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Kāpiti Island: birds of paradise
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/kapiti-island/
If you’ve got anything resembling a soft spot for the native birdlife of this country – and what Kiwi doesn’t – it’d break your heart to read the accounts of...
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Cook Strait crossing: one of the most beautiful in the world
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/cook-strait-crossing-one-of-the-most-beautiful-in-the-world/
Anyone who has ever done a road trip of New Zealand will have indelible memories of their Cook Strait crossing.
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Punakāiki Pancake Rocks: geological marvel
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/punakaiki-pancake-rocks-geological-marvel/
Funny that Māori should have had a word that sounded so much like the English word for ‘pancakes.’ Funnier yet that it should have been applied to a place where...
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Hollyford Valley: not your average walk
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/hollyford-valley/
Less popular than the nearby Milford and Routeburn tracks, the Hollyford Valley is nonetheless one of the South Island’s great tramping experiences.
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Marlborough Sounds: unspoilt wilderness
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/marlborough-sounds/
Marlborough must have been an amazing place to visit in the last Ice Age, when a fair chunk of the Southern Ocean was locked up in the Antarctic icebox.
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Lake Matheson: the perfect mirror
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/lake-matheson-the-perfect-mirror/
If you find yourself on the West Coast in a reflective mood, you’ll also find you’re in good company.
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Westland: land of ice dragons
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/westland-land-of-ice-dragons/
Some locals say that people who move to Westland are either running away or in search of something.