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New Zealand Rugby Museum
Missionaries of all stamps have come and gone throughout New Zealand's history and most have left their mark.
Taranaki's gardens: a sight to make the heart sing
Where, asks an old song, have all the flowers gone?
New Plymouth: welcome to Taradise
New Plymouth started life as the port servicing the mellow, fertile dairying country surrounding Mount Taranaki.
New Chums Beach: a slice of heaven
The east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula has more than its fair share of pretty beaches.
Hollyford Valley: not your average walk
Less popular than the nearby Milford and Routeburn tracks, the Hollyford Valley is nonetheless one of the South Island’s great...
Hot Water Beach: dig your own spa pool
The entire eastern coastline of the Coromandel Peninsula is studded with jewel-like beaches.
Hanmer Springs: alpine adventures and indulgence
There’s only one thing better than lounging in soft mineral water heated by thermal springs and that’s lying in soft...
Wānaka: kicking the autumn leaves
Wellington poet Amelia Nurse has written about ‘the lake effect’ – the noticeable calming and smoothing of the ripples in...
Farewell Spit: a sandy phenomenon
You might be forgiven for thinking Farewell Spit is named for the last thing Abel Tasman did as he high-tailed...
Dunedin City: Edinburgh of the south
‘Dunedin’ is an ancient name for Edinburgh and the resemblance doesn’t stop at the names.
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