Lions Tour 2017: Rotorua & Hamilton
The story so far. The British & Irish Lions, a salad of players harvested from assorted professional UK teams, are here in New Zealand to play seven regional rugby teams, as well as three traditionally fruitless matches against the All Blacks. The tour hop-scotches around the country but can be broken down, we think, into […]
Lions Tour 2017: Christchurch & Dunedin
The 2017 Lions Tour kicks off this Saturday in Whangarei. In the name of thorough, watertight journalism, I’ll point out that New Zealand is rugby nation whether New Zealand likes it or not. We don’t actually play the thing, heavens no, but we do love to go to sports bars and roar at the big […]
Lions Tour 2017: Auckland & Whangarei
In June and July this year we see the return of the British & Irish Lions Tour. The Lions are a composite team of players selected from professional English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh teams, and the visitors will play ten rugby union matches around New Zealand. The series highlights are three games against the All […]
Eichardt’s Private Hotel
Nestled on the picturesque shores of the South Island’s Lake Wakatipu, Eichardt’s award winning Private Hotel delivers highly sought after 5 star luxury accommodation for the discerning traveler, right in the heart of Queenstown. A mix of old and cleverly incorporated new, the exterior of the Hotel takes advantage of the original historic Eichardt’s Private […]
Whale Stranding at Farewell Spit
In February 2017 over 600 pilot whales beached themselves at Farewell Spit, a fin-shaped headland at the northern tip of the South Island. It is the second-largest whale stranding in New Zealand’s recorded history, after the 1918 stranding of 1,000 whales on the beaches of the Chatham Islands. The reason for the stranding is unclear; […]
World Masters Games Comes to Auckland
The World Masters Games is one of New Zealand’s biggest sporting/tourism events of 2017 and the largest multi-sport event in the world, yet many Kiwi’s still draw a blank if you mention it. Our neophyte’s introduction gives them the lowdown on the whats, wheres, whens and whos of this massive occasion. What? The World Masters […]
Queenstown Highlights Tours
Queenstown is one of the most highly acclaimed tourist destinations in the world. Its breath taking backdrop of towering mountain ranges, glacial fed lakes and picture perfect tussock clad valleys have led to its immense popularity with tourists and travellers resulting in an increasingly exhaustive list of things to do and see in Queenstown and […]
Getting The Best Rental Car Deals
If you're travelling in New Zealand and want to get a great car rental deal, check out our car hire advice. Expert holiday and travel advice from the specialists at NZ Rent A Car.
Cadbury Building’s New Old Look
At Cadbury’s chocolate factory in Dunedin work has begun restoring a long-disused building to it’s original appearance. Like many older buildings its facade was shaved in the name of modernisation in the 1950’s when the ornate features went out of vogue. However, Dunedin is renown for its outstanding architectural heritage and so the return to […]
Shot in NZ – Part IV: Pork Pie
Roaring into cinemas this weekend is Pork Pie, a remake, or “re-imagining” of Goodbye Pork Pie (1980), New Zealand’s cult classic road/buddy movie. In the original, an opportunistic young hoon rents a yellow Mini in Kaitaia, Northland, using a “found” driver’s licence (before photo ID’s), and is soon joined by two passengers of similarly anti-authoritarian […]
