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Fishing: Kiwiana calling

When you drive through the Awakino Gorge, you notice the sparkling stream down in the bed of the valley.

<i>Kevin Clarke:</i> Party Central for RWC doesn't need too much

<i>Brian Rudman:</i> No need to mortgage ourselves

A garden full of possibilities

Otago board wants NZ ban on all campervans

Signs of pickup in accommodation market

No place for Auckland on national cycle trail

Summer accommodation numbers start to look up

New accommodation stats show total guest nights for 2009 were down one per cent from the year before, but there was a 4 per cent rise in December.

Hotel industry filthy over website's dirtiest list

The hotel industry is increasingly concerned at the power wielded by internet sites such as TripAdvisor, on which often excoriating - yet anonymous - notices are posted that can destroy an establishment's reputation.

SkyCity aims to lure more Asian gamblers

Huka Lodge wins travel award

A New Zealand luxury lodge has been recognised for its consistent high standards by a century-old English high society magazine.

Snub for squillionaire's superyachts

Big-spending overseas millionaires' superyachts are being turned away from Auckland because of lack of decent berths.

Bonus Bonds : odds against a pot of gold

Maori greeters: 100% pure fake

A tour operator is under fire for using fake Maori to attract tourists from cruise ships docking in Tauranga.

Diappearing acts of the last decade

Kelly Tarlton's: In at the deep end with scary sharks

Jaqueline Smith put her hand up for a swim in Kelly Tarlton's Shark Cage and was relieved it wasn't bitten off.