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Otago Rail Trail memories (All photos: Maria Grace)

We cycled the Otago Rail Trail with small kids, and it was a near-perfect trip

The Otago Central Rail Trail is one of our most famous and beloved cycle trails, and for good reason – but is it doable with young kids? Absolutely.
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By Maria Grace | 6th February, 2021
Guest writer
An adventurer taking a time out on a trip. This is not me, but it could be. (Photo: DOC; annotation author’s own)

Long-time walker, first-time hiker: What newbie trampers need to know

This summer, more of us than ever are biting the bullet and heading out into the great outdoors for the first time.
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By Guest Post | 2nd February, 2021
Guest writer
The Swan Taproom and Eatery, Bath St (Photo: DunedinNZ)

How to do Dunedin

Get wild, get cultured, get fed and then get to bed: the essential guide to a perfect few days in the southern city.
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By Catherine McGregor | 28th January, 2021
Deputy Editor
Walking up the Deception Valley (Photo: Abigail O’Regan)

What I learnt walking Te Araroa for 50 days

In an ordinary season, Te Araroa is bustling. We’re walking it in a not-so-ordinary season.
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By Kirsten O'Regan | 21st January, 2021
Guest writer
Let’s get angry (Image : Tina Tiller)
Opinion

It’s time to get angry about excess baggage fees 

Stewart Sowman-Lund gets good and mad on behalf of those who have been forced to fork out.
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By Stewart Sowman-Lund | 27th November, 2020
Live Updates Editor
Nick Atkinson in the Waikaretu Valley. Photo: Supplied

Who needs the world when you can pedal your way to paradise?

After the second lockdown came to Auckland, Nick Atkinson dusted off and spruced up his bicycle,
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By Nick Atkinson | 20th September, 2020
Guest writer
Come On to New Zealand: The 1980s tourism video that wants you to get nude

Come On to New Zealand: The 1980s tourism video that wants you to get nude

Tara Ward takes a trip back in time with this classic 1980s New Zealand tourism video.
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By Tara Ward | 27th July, 2020
Contributing writer
Crayfish for breakfast in Kaikōura (Photo: Leisha Jones)

Rediscovering Aotearoa through food: A post-Covid snacking odyssey

A love letter to New Zealand, from crayfish to custard squares.
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By Leisha Jones | 24th July, 2020
Guest writer
Getty Images

The ultimate guide to New Zealand quarantine and managed isolation hotels

What should you expect when you touch down in New Zealand, bound for your temporary hotel home? It all depends on the luck of the draw
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By Isaac Davison | 19th July, 2020
Guest writer
Destination Pacific. Photo: Getty

The trans-Tasman bubble can wait. NZ and the Pacific can make a Covid-free zone

The health arguments are sound, and the economic and cultural imperatives are clear.
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By Collin Tukuitonga | 13th June, 2020
Guest writer
Immigration NZ’s New Zealand Now site.

QUIZ: How does NZ describe itself to lure people from nine different nations?

Only one is really easy, but most of them make sense, in a bleak way.
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By Toby Manhire | 11th June, 2020
Editor
A boom in domestic tourism in Queenstown could cushion the damage of the border closure. Photo: Getty

Exclusive: New poll offers hope for devastated tourism industry

Widespread appetite for domestic tourism, while public support for the alert level two shift is high.
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By David Brain | 16th May, 2020
Contributing writer
Photo: Getty Images; Graphic: Tina Tiller

‘An absolute crock’: Tourism industry rounds on ‘wildly disappointing’ budget

The tourism sector was holding out hope for a lifeline. It didn't come, and now, they say, they're drowning.
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By Catherine McGregor | 15th May, 2020
Deputy Editor
The iconic Church of the Good Shepard at Lake Tekapo, Mackenzie Basin. Photo: Getty Images

The lockdown sanctuary at Lake Tekapo

What's it like living out the lockdown at one of New Zealand's most popular tourist destinations?
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By Michael Andrew | 25th April, 2020
Business editor
Why I love: Duolingo, the language app that’s the next best thing to travel
Opinion

Why I love: Duolingo, the language app that’s the next best thing to travel

Missing international travel? At a loose end? It's time to learn a language, the easy way.
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By Catherine McGregor | 21st April, 2020
Deputy Editor
Photo: Getty

For shoestring tourists needing to self-isolate, options are few

The government says tourists could be deported if they fail to self-isolate. One problem: there aren't many places they can do so.
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By Josie Adams | 18th March, 2020
Staff Writer
A passenger at Rome’s Fiumicino airport on January 31, 2020 (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)

What you need to know about travel and Covid-19

Should you stay, or should you go? Your burning questions on travelling in the time of coronavirus, answered.
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By Catherine McGregor | 7th March, 2020
Deputy Editor
Getty Images

The Spinoff guide to air travel etiquette

You may not be punching strangers' seats, but there's plenty of other behaviour that is guaranteed to make your fellow passengers seethe with rage. Here's how to travel by plane without making people hate you.
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By Catherine McGregor | 19th February, 2020
Deputy Editor
Stasher: The ‘Airbnb for luggage’ launches in NZ

Stasher: The ‘Airbnb for luggage’ launches in NZ

UK company Stasher allows travellers to store their luggage while offering local businesses a way to earn extra cash. The CEO Jacob Wedderburn-Day explains how the business works.
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By Jihee Junn | 17th February, 2020
Staff Writer
Jimmy Hayes. Photo: Supplied.

The Kiwi travel bag company that raised more than a million on Kickstarter

This week on Business is Boring, host Simon Pound talks to Jimmy Hayes from Minaal.
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By Simon Pound | 6th February, 2020
Business is Boring boss

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