Westland: land of ice dragons

From glaciers, beaches, lagoons to the famous Treetop Walk in Hokitika, we've picked five great things to see and do...

Head to our southernmost city to find heritage architecture, vintage vehicles, pretty walkways and beautiful parks.

Think wide streets and wider, clear horizons.

It was a slate grey day in Bluff.

Find great walking tracks, picturesque lakes, historic townships and a dramatic coastline around the South Island's Central West Coast.

Kiwi poet John Newton once wrote that mountains are 'a story you tell about yourself, a story you are journeying...