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Everything we have found about travelling in New Zealand, gathered from 21 publications and rewritten as short briefs with the original reporting credited. Last story added 20 hours ago.

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Two Hikers Kick Off a Te Araroa Thru-Walk: What the 3,000km New Zealand Trail Involves
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

Two Hikers Kick Off a Te Araroa Thru-Walk: What the 3,000km New Zealand Trail Involves

Thru-hikers have launched their Te Araroa walk from Cape Reinga, New Zealand. Here's what the 3,000km trail in...

UFOs, wrestling chimps and hungry seals: inside New Zealand's oddest conservation hotline
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

UFOs, wrestling chimps and hungry seals: inside New Zealand's oddest conservation hotline

New Zealand's DOC call centre fields 40,000 calls a year — including UFO sightings, a chimpanzee MMA bout and...

Copland Track: Hot Pools and Rain on the West Coast's Wild Walk
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

Copland Track: Hot Pools and Rain on the West Coast's Wild Walk

One wet day, one sunny exit: what the Copland Track and its Welcome Flat hot pools taught a recent hiker, plus...

Four Years, 1,200km and Zero Regrets: What the Walk1200km Challenge Teaches You About Exploring on Foot
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Four Years, 1,200km and Zero Regrets: What the Walk1200km Challenge Teaches You About Exploring on Foot

After four years of New Zealand's Walk1200km challenge, the lesson is simple: no walk is ever wasted. How the...

A New Zealand-Traveller Built a Simpler Way to Find Free Backcountry Hut Bunks
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

A New Zealand-Traveller Built a Simpler Way to Find Free Backcountry Hut Bunks

A new Kiwi-built tool shows which DOC backcountry huts have bunks free, so weekend trampers can find and book...

Oturere Hut on the Tongariro Northern Circuit delayed until December 2026
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

Oturere Hut on the Tongariro Northern Circuit delayed until December 2026

Weather delays the new Oturere Hut on the Tongariro Northern Circuit. Bookings open 18 December 2026 — what af...

Denniston Plateau mining bid knocked back — for now
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

Denniston Plateau mining bid knocked back — for now

A fast-track application to mine the Denniston Plateau on NZ's West Coast has been rejected as incomplete. Wha...

Remote Lane Cove Hut comes with an unusual soundtrack: boaties' playlists
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Remote Lane Cove Hut comes with an unusual soundtrack: boaties' playlists

DOC has warned visitors to Lane Cove Hut in the Far North to expect loud music from boats moored in the cove....

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Auckland's Ortolana and The Store to close as Britomart redevelopment begins

Ortolana and The Store are closing in Auckland's Britomart as redevelopment begins. Here's what's shutting, wh...

Air New Zealand Adds Six New Routes — Including a First at Sydney's New Airport
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Air New Zealand Adds Six New Routes — Including a First at Sydney's New Airport

Air New Zealand launches six new routes: first international flights to Western Sydney, plus Christchurch long...

Otahuna Lodge at 20: How Two New Yorkers Became Accidental Luxury Hoteliers
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Otahuna Lodge at 20: How Two New Yorkers Became Accidental Luxury Hoteliers

Otahuna Lodge near Christchurch marks 20 years under owners Hall Cannon and Miles Refo — a restored 1895 Victo...

Inspiration & Trip Ideas

Judas, redeemed: why the new Jesus Christ Superstar tour is worth a night out in Auckland

Jesus Christ Superstar tours New Zealand this October, with Javon King's Judas making a case for redemption at...

Inspiration & Trip Ideas

Tees for a Cure: Lou Walker turns family's cancer history into action at Auckland Fashion Week event

Lou Walker fronts Breast Cancer Cure's Tees for a Cure in Auckland — 26 NZ designers, a free NZICC exhibition...

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