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Otago Central Rail Trail: journey into an ever-changing heartland

https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/otago-central-rail-trail/

The Otago Central Rail Trail is an achievement, an acknowledgement that it’s not just hardy souls and fitness nuts who like to hike the landscape.

Rob Roy Glacier Track: glaciers, waterfalls and thieving parrots

https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/rob-roy-glacier-track/

The drive the start of the Rob Roy Glacier Track, the slightly preposterous-sounding Raspberry Creek Car Park, is almost as energy-sapping as the walk to the top of the glacier.

The wondrous wildlife of Otago Peninsula

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‘The most accessible wildlife in the South Island’ is the catch-cry here. Well, there are wheeling seabirds, honking sea lions and all manner of other natural noises, but you get...

Olveston House: how the other half lived

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Designed by a London architect and built between 1904 –1906, Dunedin's Olveston House is really something special.

The Routeburn Track: the ultimate alpine adventure

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As one of the country’s most famous walks, let’s get the house – (or hut) – keeping out of the way first: you’ll need to book in the heavy season.

Cheese rolls: the sushi of the south

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Food in situ. It’s a simple pleasure, but one not to be overlooked. Context is all in all matters culinary.

Bread & Circus: taking back the streets

https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/world-buskers-festival/

If the title of this startling event has you thinking of folksy folk united and assembled in a be-sandalled mass in the city’s squares, well, you need to think again, friend.

Southern Scenic Route: a different way of life

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This is a drive of unparalleled beauty, an almost contradictory mix of dense woodlands, cool and canopied, and wild southern coast, battered with spray.

Stewart Island Rakiura: a world away

https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/stewart-island-rakiura/

New Zealand’s third largest island, Stewart Island is a unique, curious place that is well worth a visit.

Aoraki Mount Cook National Park: the iconic peak that is the snapshot of the south

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Aoraki Mount Cook is the symbolic, iconic, singular peak that snapshots the south in no uncertain terms.