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Far North - and still so far to go

Our epic road trip reaches the Bay of Islands where there's always time to stop and soak up the sights.

Doing it tough in our land of plenty

What makes New Zealand? Is it the people? The landscape? A shared history? Our obsession with rugby? The Herald wanted to find out

What happened to our housing dream?

As part of a major new series of mini-documentaries, David Fisher and Mark Mitchell investigate the fate of the quarter-acre Pavlova Paradise.

Who We Are: Land of Plenty

As part of the Who We Are series, David Fisher and Mark Mitchell investigate how easy it is to wrest a living from this Land of Plenty. <b>•<a href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/national/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503075&gal_cid=1503075&gallery_id=163495' target='_blank'>Watch: Who We Are: Rugby</a> • <a href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/who-we-are/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503521&gal_cid=1503521&gallery_id=163431' target='_blank'>Who We Are: Pavlova Paradise</a></b>

Who We Are: Pavlova Paradise

As part of the Who We Are series, David Fisher and Mark Mitchell investigate whether New Zealand is still a quarter-acre Pavlova Paradise. <b>•Watch more: <a href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/who-we-are/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503521&gal_cid=1503521&gallery_id=163442' target='_blank'>Who We Are: Land of Plenty</a> •<a href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/national/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503075&gal_cid=1503075&gallery_id=163495' target='_blank'>Watch: Who We Are: Rugby</a></b>

The place too perfect for a photo

Our ultimate road trip uncovers a boon for the motorist, a super swimming hole and a beauty spot almost too good to be true.

Who We Are Video Blog: Auckland to Dargaville

Who We Are: Auckland to Dargaville

On our travels, we gave New Zealanders a blackboard and asked them to write the word - or words - summing up what it means to be Kiwi.

The town where you can live like royalty

Goodbye Auckland, hello New Zealand. Our biggest city is like a different country, a feeling reinforced by our visit to Te Puea Marae.

Who We Are: Norsewood to Manaia

When the sun had risen and the day began properly, the temperature in Napier was still around zero. The grass was crisp and crunched underfoot.

Who we are: Rai Valley to Norsewood

On our travels, we gave New Zealanders a blackboard and asked them to write the word – or words - summing up what it means to be Kiwi. We’ll publish them each day of the series.

Watch: Cook Strait crossing

Watch: Eketahuna - a wrestler's story

$10 jugs and a haka: A night in a Kiwi pub

In this edition of great New Zealand travels, let me gloss over Wellington and instead highlight two great provincial pubs.

Who we are: Hokitika to Rai Valley

On our travels, we gave New Zealanders a blackboard and asked them to write the word – or words - summing up what it means to be Kiwi. We’ll publish them each day of the series.