New Zealand

My first trip north to see the might Kauri tree Tane Mahuta meant we stayed at this cute homestead lodge on the edge of Waipoua Forest.

Guest blogger Luke Oram discovers Brazier’s Books and Art on Auckland’s Dominion Road

Mercer is one of those places you could blink and miss on State Highway 1 as you hurtle en route from Auckland to Hamilton or beyond. In fact I’ve only …

It’s not often a girl gets to invent her own gelato! But thanks to the very cool owner of Giapo on Auckland’s Queen St, we created a flavour

Introducing the new Blogger at Large gelato: for large bloggers and those who want to be. How cool is this?! I was in an Giapo, the gelato store on Queen …

Detour off the northern motorway on SH1, preferably on a Harley Davidson or at least with a noisy hole in your muffler, to the ultimate westie hangout: the Puhoi Pub …

If your pooch is more important to you than your children (yes, I mean you, Audrey Chawner) then you’ll love this doggy hotel and day spa in Auckland for pampered pets…

When you’re making the pilgrimage from Auckland to Hawkes Bay, as one is want to do when a whanau weekend beckons, where to stop and eat in Taupo is very …

Well now I know. I’ve just slept under the stars at SkyCity Hotel … well technically while I was under the stars I was also under a roof and a …

How handy is this? If your New Year’s resolutions include no drinking on school nights, just sneak into Giapo on Auckland’s Queen St and order a couple of scoops of …

If, like me, you’re an aunty of a 15 year old boy and are tasked with entertaining him for a couple of days, a visit to the shopping mall is …

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