The Complete Guide to Michelin Star Restaurants New Zealand New Zealand has never had a Michelin Guide before. That changed on 30 June 2026, when the Michelin Guide held its first-ever ceremony in Oceania, right here in Auckland. For years, food lovers rated New Zealand’s restaurants highly without any official recognition to back it up.
New Zealand Travel Blog, Fiming Sites
Skippers Canyon Filming Locations: Mission Impossible Fallout Guide
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Skippers Canyon Filming Locations: Mission Impossible Fallout Some of the most jaw-dropping helicopter footage in Mission: Impossible – Fallout wasn’t shot over Milford Sound at all. Two of the film’s key Skippers Canyon filming locations sit just outside Queenstown, in rugged, barely-touched valleys most visitors never see. Skippers Canyon and the Nevis Valley don’t get
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Where Was Mulan Filmed in New Zealand? Inside Ahuriri Valley Disney’s 2020 live-action Mulan is set entirely in ancient China. However, the crew barely filmed any of it there. Instead, for six months in 2018, the film’s biggest and most demanding scenes came together in a remote New Zealand valley, standing in for a country
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Ida Valley, Otago: Inside the Power of the Dog Filming Locations Long before Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog swept the 2022 awards season, Central Otago was already New Zealand’s best kept cinematic secret. Golden tussock hills, wide dry valleys and huge open skies have stood in for worlds from Middle-earth to the American
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Milford Sound, Fiordland: Mission: Impossible – Fallout Filming Locations Few landscapes on earth look like they were built for the movies. Milford Sound is one of them. Towering granite cliffs drop straight into black water. Waterfalls appear out of nowhere. Clouds sit low over the fiord for most of the year. This corner of Fiordland
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Hokitika Gorge West Coast: The Ultimate Travel Guide There are few places on earth where glacial water glows this bright. Hokitika Gorge has an intense, milky turquoise hue that looks almost unreal. That is the magic waiting for you at Hokitika Gorge West Coast, on New Zealand’s South Island. The Hokitika Gorge West Coast region
New Zealand Travel Blog, NZ Itinerary Inspiration
Luxury Private Tours New Zealand: Explore Aotearoa Your Way
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Explore Aotearoa Your Way with a Luxury Private Tour New Zealand rewards travelers who take their time. The alpine passes of the Southern Alps, the volcanic terraces of Rotorua, and the wine-soaked valleys of Marlborough deserve more. A rushed stop on a fixed coach schedule simply is not enough. That is why more travelers are
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Best Places to Visit in New Zealand: Top Cities and Towns Trying to work out where to go in New Zealand? You are in the right place. This small country packs in an outsized range of landscapes: the geothermal wonderland of Rotorua, the fiord-carved wilderness of Milford Sound, glacier valleys, volcanic plateaus, wine regions, and
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Mount Doom New Zealand: Complete Guide to Mt Ngauruhoe and the Lord of the Rings When Peter Jackson needed a mountain that looked like the end of the world, he found it in the middle of New Zealand’s North Island. Mount Ngauruhoe is the perfectly symmetrical volcanic cone at the heart of Tongariro National Park.
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Lake Moke, Glenorchy and Queenstown: Filming Locations of Top of the Lake Not every great drama needs a studio. Lake Moke, Glenorchy, and Queenstown proved that. Jane Campion chose this corner of New Zealand’s South Island for her acclaimed TV series. Top of the Lake first broadcast in 2013, and it brought the raw landscapes