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Rising up from the heart of the North Island the volcanic plateau looms like a dome of adventure and discovery. Breezing...
Take a look at a New Zealand map and Banks Peninsula is a curious geographic feature, a big bulbous blob of land jutting...
School is out and the holiday hum is purring across the country, turning our minds to the lustre of the long summer break...
Pocket-sized Timaru lives and breathes the seaside. Salt spray seasons the air in this South Canterbury city, with an unmistakeable...
Nestled between Kaikoura and North Canterbury, the Hurunui District embodies the very best attributes of the New Zealand...
After gorging on the waterside temptations of Tauranga, I pointed the car south and east to stake out some of the Bay of...
Nature is an unbeatable balm to reinvigorate your spirits and sooth the soul. Few places in New Zealand exemplify that better...
As the birthplace of New Zealand’s tourism industry, welcoming and guiding visitors since the 1880s, manaakitanga is embedded...
They could well be regarded as the lungs of Rotorua, the tall trees of The Redwoods and the wider Whakarewarewa Forest. First...
Remote, rugged, immense and wreathed in mist and mysticism, Te Urewera is the home of the Tuhoe people. Revered for its lakes...
Every time I visit Invercargill, I’m always struck by the character of the people. They’re gritty, incredibly resourceful...
Pangs of envy strike me whenever I’m watching a televised cricket game from Tauranga’s Bay Oval. The camera pans across the...
My maiden experience of mighty Mt. Hutt was as an impetuous teenager. I was a 14 year old on a school day-trip to the ski...
Sun-drenched Blenheim might well be brilliant every day. Bluebird skies and gentle sunshine faithfully bathed my late winter...
The glossy deep blue water of Queen Charlotte Sound gleamed with photo-shoot-ready perfection. Picton had dawned bright and...
After savouring the unplugged splendour of Stewart Island and the wondrous trove of classic wheels in Invercargill, I pointed...
Why do councils even pretend to care about your views, to pretend that consultation counts, when in most cases, the establishment...
Who would possibly have thought two sleepy weeks of winter school holidays could unearth such political histrionics. It’s...
As we fleetingly profiled on yesterday’s show, one of New Zealand’s greatest urban legends seems to have been starkly exposed...
Finally see some headway on New Zealand’s challenge to start re-engaging with the world. On face value, it may strike you...
The notion of a Labour Greens government fills my heart with fear. For all their mischief and duplicity, I’m grateful that...
Maybe it’s my DNA, my Irish roots, but I love potatoes. Agria, Red Rascals, Ilam Hardy…spuds rock. Christmas wouldn’t be...
Team New Zealand have come under media fire again over the weekend, with revelations that their team base at the Viaduct...
Isn’t it interesting that organised crime, gangland, is being lined up by a swathe of political parties for special attention...
