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New Zealand’s South Island is blessed with a truly diverse and fascinating natural landscape. As a result, there’s an abundance of stunning, and often, educational outdoor activities available around ...

Known as the gateway to the islands and inlets of the Marlborough Sounds, Picton is blessed with many stunning coastal trails and nature-filled hikes. With options available for hikers of all skill le...

Many tourists opt for New Zealand’s more popular cities such as Queenstown; but Christchurch is an underrated travel destination filled with diverse and memorable experiences. Despite being devastated...

As a small country, there are not as many national parks in New Zealand as, say, Australia (14 versus over 500). However, less is certainly more in this case, as the over 30,000 square kilometres of ...

Who doesn’t love a good snowball fight? There’s something gloriously mischievous about balling up a good helping of powder, creeping up on unsuspecting prey and launching your initial strike. What fol...

New Zealand might seem like a pleasant, peaceful country, and do you know what? For the most part, it is. Sheep don’t get involved in much crime, after all. However, beneath the crust of the Earth lie...

The Maori people of New Zealand are known as the tangata whenua – the people of the land. Te Ara encyclopaedia states that they likely arrived from the Pacific Islands around 1300 AD, settling along t...

Christchurch, the largest city in New Zealand’s South Island, is also one of its most beautiful. This is perhaps why it has been given the affectionate nickname ‘The Garden City’.

Let’s take a look s...