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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.

• 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...

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• The Hermitage: a haven for the adventurous

  https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/the-hermitage/

  Not much has changed of the view from the Hermitage from the day it was opened in 1884.

• Christchurch’s street art: an expression of solidarity

  https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/christchurchs-street-art/

  This isn’t a couple of cute billboard-type pieces put up in obvious places. This is a thing.

• TranzAlpine: one of the best rail journeys in the world

  https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/tranzalpine-the-rail-journey-considered-one-of-the-best-in-the-world/

  The TranzAlpine is another one of those ‘thanks for being clear’ kinda titles: it’s a train trip that crosses the Southern Alps.

• Larnach Castle: a vision of past and present

  https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/larnach-castle/

  If you missed Larnach Castle on your trip out to wing it with the albatrosses, you must have been glued to your phone.

• The Grand Traverse: a spectacular flight of fancy

  https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/the-grand-traverse-stunning-jaw-dropping-spellbinding-and-the-rest/

  While it’s always stunning to get in amongst it all, try getting above it now and again for the ultimate mountain experience.