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Ōpārara Basin: limestone caves with cathedral-like passages and magnificent arches
This is ancient, ancient land, up here. North of Karamea, the last-gasp town of the West Coast, a stopping spot before hitting the world famous Heaphy Track.
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Southern stars: see the rare but spectacular Aurora Australis
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/southern-stars-see-the-rare-but-spectacular-aurora-australis/
As world populations continue to gather in cities, and those cities grow, the chance to gaze longingly at the stars and really see them above the urban glow is diminishing.
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Moeraki Boulders: clamber over them for the ultimate selfie
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/moeraki-boulders-clamber-over-them-for-the-ultimate-selfie/
So while they are known as the Moeraki Boulders, they are actually strewn along Koekohe Beach, for the record.
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Bluff Oyster Festival: unsophisticated and proud of it!
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/bluff-oyster-festival/
See, it’s that whole food in situ thing again. Where are the internationally renowned delicacy known as Bluff oysters likely to taste best? Bluff, did you say? You’re good at...
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Hokianga: harbouring history
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/hokianga-harbouring-history/
From the look and feel of the Hokianga today, it’s hard to believe it used to be one of the busiest and most populous parts of New Zealand.
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Hokianga: a road trip around a heavenly harbour
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/hokianga-a-road-trip-around-a-heavenly-harbour/
The Hokianga (which means ‘the circumstance of returning’) is named in commemoration of the legendary Polynesian navigator, Kupe, who ended his exploration of New Zealand here and departed for Hawaiki.
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Farewell Spit: the longest natural sandbar in the world
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/farewell-spit-the-longest-natural-sandbar-in-the-world/
When you first spot the spit on a map you just know you have to go there.
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Buller Gorge: swing into action in the deep, meandering canyon
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/buller-gorge-swing-into-action-in-the-deep-meandering-canyon/
Gorge is right! She just goes down, down, down to that mighty Buller River, as it sets off on its long journey southwest.
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Camping in Golden Bay: a pristine paradise
It’s a different world, Golden Bay. On the way to pretty much nowhere in particular, and that’s how the locals like it.
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Denniston: a real ghost-town experience
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/the-denniston-experience-a-real-ghost-town-experience/
A lot of folk hit Westport and then head south, where the dramatic destinations await: glaciers, mountains, that service station near Haast with the muttonbird pies (OK, we made that...