New Zealand Holiday With Kids: The Complete Family Planning Guide A New Zealand holiday with the family sounds simple until you open a map. Two islands. A long-haul flight. Kids who want dolphins, a gondola, and a hot pool, all on day one. Take a breath, because it’s far more doable than it looks. This
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Kaiteriteri Beach, Abel Tasman National Park: The Complete Guide Kaiteriteri Beach is the golden-sand gateway to Abel Tasman National Park. It’s New Zealand’s most visited national park. Kaiteriteri itself is a small coastal village with a sheltered, glorious sweep of beach. Warm, calm water and generous sunshine hours make Kaiteriteri New Zealand a genuine destination
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Awaroa Inlet & Beach, Abel Tasman National Park: The Full Package Awaroa Beach holds a unique place in New Zealand’s story. In 2016, thousands of ordinary New Zealanders crowdfunded its purchase. They donated enough to buy the beach and gift it to the Department of Conservation for good. That single act of generosity turned Awaroa
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Marlborough Sounds: Sandy Bay and the Sunken Valleys At the top of the South Island, a maze of drowned river valleys forms one of New Zealand’s most fragmented coastlines. The Marlborough Sounds cover roughly 1,500 kilometres of shoreline. Yet many of its bays remain accessible only by boat. Sandy Bay is one of dozens of
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Farewell Spit, Golden Bay: New Zealand’s Wild Northern Edge
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Farewell Spit, Golden Bay: New Zealand’s Wild Northern Edge Farewell Spit stretches roughly 25 kilometres from the tip of Golden Bay. That makes it New Zealand’s longest sand spit. It sits at the very top of the South Island, curling out into the Tasman Sea like a giant hook. Farewell Spit NZ is recognised internationally
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Koekohe Beach, Waitaki: More Than Just the Boulders Koekohe Beach sits on the Otago coast, in the Waitaki district of New Zealand’s South Island. Most visitors know it as the home of the Moeraki Boulders, the giant spherical stones scattered along its shore. For everything on the boulders themselves, our dedicated Moeraki Boulders guide has
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New Zealand Great Walks: Milford, Routeburn & More New Zealand’s Department of Conservation manages eleven official long-distance tracks known as the New Zealand Great Walks. Each one is well-formed, well-signed, and equipped with huts or campsites along the way. Unlike a standard backcountry tramp, these walks don’t require advanced navigation skills. They do reward decent
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Best Beaches in New Zealand: Cathedral Cove, Piha & More New Zealand’s coastline stretches for more than 15,000 kilometres. Choosing the best beaches in New Zealand out of all that shoreline is no small task. From black-sand surf beaches to golden coves framed by native bush, the country covers almost every kind of beach experience
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The World’s Fastest Indian: Oreti Beach and Lake Hawea Roger Donaldson’s The World’s Fastest Indian tells a true story. However, the film still needed the right New Zealand scenery to bring Burt Munro’s life back to the screen. The World’s Fastest Indian filming locations span two very different landscapes. One is the wide, hard-packed sands
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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