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Fundraiser for new Wanaka Climbing Guidebook
The Wanaka Rock Climbing Club (WRCC) needs help publishing the newly updated (and classic) Wānaka climbing guidebook. This guidebook is an invaluable resource for anyone climbing the local crags. The book is also the main source of funding for the not for profit, volunteer driven WRCC. WRCC has developed and maintained around 1000 (including 300…
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Why Cardrona Needs To Be Your Next Winter Holiday Destination
Planning on going to New Zealand for the winter and looking for a ski destination? Cardrona Alpine Resort should be your next stop. Located in the South Island of New Zealand, this fun and family friendly resort is known for being ‘higher and drier’ – its location, altitude and south facing slopes mean the mountain…
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Book Review: Tamatea Dusky
By Peta Carey Tamatea / Dusky Sound is a massive area, virtually uninhabited and rarely explored, despite its widely-regarded natural beauty. Remote and relentlessly buffeted by westerly winds, this archipelago in the southwest corner of Fiordland National Park draws unique, adaptable individuals requiring tenacity and endurance to match the physicality of its landscape and waterways.…
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Book Review: Wonderland
THE PHOTOS IN PETER ALSOP’S WONDERLAND (POTTON & BURTON) ARE A SAMPLING FROM THE ARCHIVES OF WHITES AVIATION. FOUNDED IN 1945, WHITES DEALT IN EVERYTHING FROM AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, TO TRAVEL JOURNALISM, TO HAND-COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHY. ONE THING THEY DIDN’T DO WAS FLY; DESPITE THE COMPANY’S NAME, THEY NEVER OWNED A PLANE. THEIR PHOTOS, COLOURED BY HAND…
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The Complete Guide to Rotorua, from Hot Water Beach to Hobbiton
For an adventure into a land of gorgeous lakes, Mars-like volcanic landscapes and fascinating history, Rotorua, New Zealand should be top of the list. Rotorua has long been a popular place to travel to, as a hot spot of geothermal activity (geddit?), a place rich in Maori culture and heritage, and, in more recent years,…
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The 7 Best Beaches Near and Around Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland gets a bad rap, especially from the rest of the country. There’s a lot of noise made about the traffic and the house prices, but if you ask us, there are a lot of reasons to be a fan of the City of Sails. One of these, of course, is the number of beautiful…
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The best hiking trails in and around Auckland, NZ
Auckland may be New Zealand’s biggest smoke, but it’s far from a concrete jungle. It’s a city built on an isthmus surrounded by water and regional parks, and enveloped by ranges of native bush. There’s so much to explore, and luckily for the rest of us, there have been people throughout the history of the…
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The 12 Best Hikes in New Zealand – North & South Islands
Kiws love to tramp. If that sentence made no sense to you, it’s not as saucy as it sounds – apologies. It simply means that down here in New Zealand, hiking, or tramping as it’s known locally, is a beloved national pastime. Along with slinging a rugby ball around and slapping some sausies on the…
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Backpacking in New Zealand: What to Do, Where to Go, What to Bring
We all know the best stories come from those times when you’re just about broke, in a foreign country, with an unquenchable thirst for adventure. For the nomadic spirit that wants to fill up their arsenal with ridiculous tales for a later date, New Zealand is the best place to get on the road with…