Barney McDonald enjoys the taste of a Cloudy Bay experience.

Waiheke is New Zealand's most densely populated island with 83.58 people a square kilometre, and is the third most heavily populated after the North and South Islands.

Adventure capital Queenstown has a quiet appeal, writes Cate Foster.

A flock of marvellous distractions await you at The Farm, writes Diana Balham.

The UK's Daily Telegraph asked NZ Prime Minister John Key, about Queenstown, including his favourite sights, hotels, bars and restaurants.

Danielle Wright follows the tour buses to a sheep and beef farm in Matamata for the Hobbiton Movie Set Tour.

Danielle Wright spends a family weekend with nature.

Hauraki Adventurer and documentary maker Gus Roxburgh shares what he loves about our closest national park, the Hauraki Gulf.

Queenstown has come out on top in a poll of Tripadvisor website users.

Danielle Wright discovers small-town seaside charms on a weekend away in Raglan.

Elisabeth Easther discovers a gem of a town in Northland where the train runs down the middle of the main street.

A steamy weekend in Whakatane has to include a visit to New Zealand’s most inhospitable island, writes Paul Rush.

Queenstown has a wide range of exciting activities on offer, discover Spy editors Andy Pickering and Ricardo Simich.

A steamy weekend in Whakatane has to include a visit to New Zealand’s most inhospitable island.

There's much hilarity when Jane Binsley takes her daughter skiing for the first time.

Blenheim, named for a battle, is a peaceful oasis, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Elisabeth Easther finds New Zealand's former capital is still a capital place.

Elisabeth Easther checks out the wine and produce in the Gateway to North Canterbury.

Donna McIntyre escapes the city on a campervan holiday.

Morton Kute takes an unscheduled nosedive aboard NZ414.

Chill out where high adventure and relaxation go hand in hand, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Torn between a high-rise holiday and jungle, Tim Roxborough found both in one place.

Donna McIntyre joins BMX champs Sarah Walker and Laura Smulders on a thrill-filled road trip.

There's no end of things to see and do in the 'white city', writes Elisabeth Easther.

Finding true north in the Far North, Elisabeth Easther finds plenty there to spin her wheels.

Kawakawa's tourist loos have inspired more tiny art houses.

Amble for hours in any direction, writes Jane Jeffries.

Elisabeth Easther pays our winter wonderland a visit.

Winston Aldworth takes some unique tours of a re-shaped Christchurch.

Bone up on our country's past at one of these intriguing highway stop-offs.