Wellington

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Could NZ be the best country on the planet?

Published April 28th, 2016

Stop everything you’re doing. The Brits are onto something. For four years in a row now, New Zealand has come out on top as their fave country as voted in the UK’s Telegraph Travel Awards. Let me repeat that: four years! Here’s our guess as to why and 18 reasons to jump on the NZ-train and GO!

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How to spend the weekend in Wellington

Published December 9th, 2015

Creative, well caffeinated and culinarily blessed, Wellington is surprisingly compact.

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Hayley Holt competes in the Auckland Airport Suitcase Race on Coronet Peak at the American Express Queenstown Winter Festival

Must-visit New Zealand winter festivals

Published May 13th, 2015

Giant Cadbury Jaffas hurtling down the world’s steepest street. Free parties as part of Queenstown’s biggest party. Month-long Maori New Year celebrations. The future stars of world football. And something called Beervana. Beervana.

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Omanawanui Track Waitakere Ranges Regional Park Auckland Julian Apse

The other film locations in New Zealand

Published April 27th, 2015

New Zealand’s bubbling brooks, snow-capped peaks, rich forest valleys and ancient glaciers gained international fame after they were transformed into the home of Middle Earth for Peter Jackson’s first The Lord of the Rings movie in 2001.

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A hipster guide to Wellington

Published October 22nd, 2014

Canberra may be the OECD’s pick for the best place in the world to live, ranking tops for income, jobs, environment and access to services, but for a capital that truly reps a cool cachet, head over the ditch to Wellington.

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