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![Great Walk bookings return with a spring in their step](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Great Walk bookings return with a spring in their step
Planning for the summer walking season is back on track.
![Libraries and old-fashioned letters: An inspiration for modern travel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Libraries and old-fashioned letters: An inspiration for modern travel
Travel trends that may seem anything but trendy.
![I heard you like the wild ones: Stewart Island's native wildlife](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
I heard you like the wild ones: Stewart Island's native wildlife
Where to see, spot and appreciate the best of Stewart Island's wildest inhabitants.
![Travel Alerts: Where to find relaxation with a side of luxe on Rakiura Stewart Island](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Travel Alerts: Where to find relaxation with a side of luxe on Rakiura Stewart Island
Want to get back to nature? Book yourself a PurePod on NZ's southernmost haven
![Explained: The 'summer switch' about to bring warm days to NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Explained: The 'summer switch' about to bring warm days to NZ
After a chilly start, the back-half of October marks a slide into summery temperatures.
![27-hour rainmaker: Slip closes highway, heavy downfall warnings for north](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
27-hour rainmaker: Slip closes highway, heavy downfall warnings for north
Rain descends on the North Island just in time for the school holidays.
![Rat invasion puts Ulva Island's predator-free sanctuary status at risk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Rat invasion puts Ulva Island's predator-free sanctuary status at risk
Ulva Island is famous for being a predator-free sanctuary for native birds.
![Blustery Sunday: Strong wind watches, road, snowfall warnings for parts of NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Blustery Sunday: Strong wind watches, road, snowfall warnings for parts of NZ
Southwest winds are bringing severe gales to parts of the North and South Islands.
![Icy blast hits NZ: 849 lightning strikes, flooding - and big swell, snow on the way](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Icy blast hits NZ: 849 lightning strikes, flooding - and big swell, snow on the way
Strong winds, heavy rain across NZ, and brace for a temperature drop down south on Friday.
![No legs? No sweat - Amputation no setback for great NZ outdoorsman](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
No legs? No sweat - Amputation no setback for great NZ outdoorsman
Flesh-eating bug cost Ross Millichamp his legs, Kurt Bayer reports.
![Stewart Island considers tripling tourist levy to cover rising costs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Stewart Island considers tripling tourist levy to cover rising costs
The visitor levy to the island has been frozen at $5 since 2013.
![Marine gold: The secret scatological world of whale poo traders](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Marine gold: The secret scatological world of whale poo traders
$40k nuggets, regularly mistaken for rocks, it could be worth the deposit on a house.
![Best of summer: Where to find the country's top 10 fish and chip shops](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Best of summer: Where to find the country's top 10 fish and chip shops
The top 10 have been named but who will you vote as the country's number one?
![Summer's calling: Top-rated must-dos in Southland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Summer's calling: Top-rated must-dos in Southland
The best things to see, do and experience in Southland this summer.
![Groundswell NZ's 'Mother of all Protests' takes steps to avoid being hijacked by anti-vaxxers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Groundswell NZ's 'Mother of all Protests' takes steps to avoid being hijacked by anti-vaxxers
Groundswell organisers say they want to distance the rural protest from anti-vaxxers.
![Tractors, 4WDs, utes descend on Auckland city, town centres in Groundswell protest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Tractors, 4WDs, utes descend on Auckland city, town centres in Groundswell protest
'Let everybody know we are here and we are not happy with what's going on in this country'
![Humans and moa may have co-existed on Stewart Island](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Humans and moa may have co-existed on Stewart Island
Analysis showed the bird was a South Island giant moa that died around 700 years ago.
![Rakiura/Stewart Island may have had its own moa population](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Rakiura/Stewart Island may have had its own moa population
Analysis of moa skeleton discovered on Stewart Island points to lost local population.
![MIQ apology: Son's emergency allocation bid approved to bury father](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
MIQ apology: Son's emergency allocation bid approved to bury father
Father's ashes will be spread at Stewart Island as his dad wished.