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Into the Mist of Te Urewera
Remote, rugged, immense and wreathed in mist and mysticism, Te Urewera is the home of the Tūhoe people. Revered for
Remote, rugged, immense and wreathed in mist and mysticism, Te Urewera is the home of the Tūhoe people. Revered for
After gorging on the waterside temptations of Tauranga, I pointed the car south and east to stake out some of
Green-eyed pangs of envy wash over me whenever I’m watching televised cricket from Tauranga’s Bay Oval. The camera pans across
As the cradle of our nation’s tourism industry, welcoming and guiding visitors since the 1880s, manaakitanga is embedded in Rotorua’s
They loom like the lungs of Rotorua, the tall trees of The Redwoods and the wider Whakarewarewa Forest. First planted
Sun-drenched Blenheim might well be brilliant every day. Bluebird skies and gentle sunshine faithfully bathed my late winter fling with
The glossy deep blue water of Queen Charlotte Sound gleamed with photo-shoot-ready perfection. Picton had dawned bright and brilliant; families
It looms off the coastline like a giant ocean liner, its silhouette resembling an impregnable floating fortress. Long on my
My virgin experience of mighty Mt. Hutt was as a delinquent teenager. I was a 14 year old on a
This is Lunuganga. A masterpiece of spatial theatre engineered over half a century by Geoffrey Bawa, the visionary widely revered
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There is a rare, intoxicating luxury in stepping between worlds during a single journey. En route to Europe, Harmeet Sehgal
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Far from the beach clubs and sensory noise of its southwest coast, Thailand’s hallmark island is perfecting the fine art
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