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Vivid Sydney - day one
The Vivid Festival is lighting Sydney up with a series of arts, cultural, lighting and musical events. Chris Schulz takes…
Top 5 most expensive hotel rooms
There are hotel suites worldwide that are so fancy they can command an eye-watering annual wage to stay for just one night…
Winston Aldworth: The most dangerous part of a plane
It must be bloody easy to fly a passenger jet. When Air India's captain B.K. Soni fancied a kip on an April 12 flight from…
Winston Aldworth: The perks and benefits of travelling with kids
Here's a little secret that readers who are childless - or 'childfree', depending on your perspective - may be unaware of:…
Winston Aldworth: Why PM's wandering eye does matter
It's none of our business if any old Minister of Tourism - or any old Prime Minister, for that matter - chooses to take…
Winston Aldworth: In praise of stunning roads
The most stunning road I've driven on is the one that runs between Laerdal and Aurland in the snappily titled Sogn og Fjordane…
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Winston Aldworth: On nudity, burgers and other weighty matters
Like many, I have the occasional dream in which I've arrived somewhere - usually on a form of public transport - stark naked.
Winston Aldworth: Where do you go to prolong a great summer?
Welcome to the tail end of a remarkable Kiwi summer. There have been balmy days at the beach, lengthy barbecues and - most surprisingly - a wonderfully competitive cricket test series. In years to come, we'll recall these…
Winston Aldworth: Think you've got it bad? Try Ryanair
In last week's Travel editorial , I made a passing reference to budget airlines. It opened a torrent of bitter responses about Jetstar - the dominant flier at that end of the market in our skies. I'll say this up front:…
Winston Aldworth: Wake-up call an airport eye-opener
Last week, I was the clown who kept the plane waiting. I've muttered darkly about such people before - how could you be late for the plane when your luggage is in the hold? Especially at Auckland Airport, where no boarding…
Winston Aldworth: 100% behind event promotion
The trouble with running a tourism industry that offers a once-in-a-lifetime experience is that, well, people tend to do it just the once. So how does New Zealand get repeat visitors, especially when we're so far away from…
Winston Aldworth: Smith's chance for a sound decision
Conservation Minister Nick Smith's decision to take control of the plans for tourist access from Queenstown to Milford Sound is a good one. Smith will now have the final call on whether to build a tunnel or a monorail connecting…
Jill Worrall: Sri Lanka
Wilbert Wattegedara has been a guard on Sri Lanka railways for 34 years, he tells me as I lurch around his guard's wagon as the Colombo to Badulla train as it winds its way fitfully through the hills. After only an hour…
Jill Worrall: Volcanic terrains
It's been a week of filling in gaps - exploring a few highways around the North Island that, as a South Islander, I'd never driven before. There were a couple of other new experiences too: first swim in Lake Taupo, first…
Winston Aldworth: Let's shift the summer break
Some Kiwis, it seems, fancy a summer holiday period that better reflects the realities of our climate. A survey by Tourism Bay of Plenty found almost a quarter of New Zealand adults would support a move to ditch December…
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Motukaraka: An island treasure
Only accessible by high tide, Motukaraka promises magic and adventure to Stephanie Chamberlin.
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Waiheke Island named in top 10 South Pacific islands list
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Auckland's Waiheke Island has been ranked in the top 10 islands to visit in the South Pacific by an…
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It's taken about 20,000 years to build one of the natural wonders of the world, but Kiwi travellers can put themselves right in the middle of the thing within just a few hours. Stretching for 2600km along the Queensland…