A tiny colonial outpost today exerts a big pull on tourists, writes Don Donovan.

Edward Rooney charts a course to the bottom of South Island and across to Australia on one of the busiest cruise ships afloat.

A hands-on cooking school is a delight from paddock to plate, writes Alexia Santamaria.

A coastal town's war memorial has partially crumbled in the Canterbury earthquake, leaving descendants of dead soldiers shattered.