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Tutukākā and the Poor Knights: national treasure
We are a maritime nation. New Zealand is blessed with its coastline and most of us find some way of...
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Te Urewera: the national park that isn’t
Te Urewera, the mountainous homeland of Ngāi Tūhoe, the Children of the Mist, spent 60 years as a national park...
Matakana coast and country: weekend wonderland
It’s not that long ago that Matakana was just a bend in the road between Warkworth and Leigh.
Christchurch: a city transforming
I’m often asked by visitors if they should bother to visit Christchurch. I’m always a bit gobsmacked by this.
Port Chalmers: a cradle made of sea
The clatter and clang of the container terminal, red and green lights forming a path to the sea through the...
Gisborne: close to heaven
Gisborne has what the rest of the world has lost... or is looking for.
Wellington: culture, activities and the weather
From ballet to fashion to art to birds to parliament to gardens – Wellington's got it all (just try to...
Wellington: the coolest capital
Whichever way you come at it, Wellington is all about drama.
Otago Peninsula: catching the wind
A peninsula provokes a certain state of mind, one of exposure to the elements and close proximity to nature.
Stewart Island Rakiura: the other (third) island
It was a slate grey day in Bluff.
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