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Fijians are looking forward to when tourists can return. (Photo: Getty Images)
29th September, 2021

For tourism-starved Pacific Islands, when and how to reopen is a vexed question

Many nations are hoping that having a fully vaccinated population will allow tourists to return by Christmas.
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By Apisalome Movono and Regina Scheyvens
Guest writers
Image: Getty Images/Toby Morris
19th April, 2021

All your questions about the Australian travel bubble, answered

Everything you need to know about travelling across the ditch.
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By Stewart Sowman-Lund
Live updates editor
Otago Rail Trail memories (All photos: Maria Grace)
6th February, 2021

We cycled the Otago Rail Trail with small kids, and it was a near-perfect trip

The Otago Central Rail Trail is one of our most famous and beloved cycle trails, and for good reason – but is it doable with young kids? Absolutely.
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By Maria Grace
Guest writer
An adventurer taking a time out on a trip. This is not me, but it could be. (Photo: DOC; annotation author’s own)
2nd February, 2021

Long-time walker, first-time hiker: What newbie trampers need to know

This summer, more of us than ever are biting the bullet and heading out into the great outdoors for the first time.
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By Guest Writer
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The Swan Taproom and Eatery, Bath St (Photo: DunedinNZ)
28th January, 2021

How to do Dunedin

Get wild, get cultured, get fed and then get to bed: the essential guide to a perfect few days in the southern city.
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By Catherine McGregor
Deputy Editor
Walking up the Deception Valley (Photo: Abigail O’Regan)
21st January, 2021

What I learnt walking Te Araroa for 50 days

In an ordinary season, Te Araroa is bustling. We’re walking it in a not-so-ordinary season.
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By Kirsten O'Regan
Guest writer
Let’s get angry (Image : Tina Tiller)
Opinion
27th November, 2020

It’s time to get angry about excess baggage fees 

Stewart Sowman-Lund gets good and mad on behalf of those who have been forced to fork out.
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By Stewart Sowman-Lund
Live updates editor
Nick Atkinson in the Waikaretu Valley. Photo: Supplied
20th September, 2020

Who needs the world when you can pedal your way to paradise?

After the second lockdown came to Auckland, Nick Atkinson dusted off and spruced up his bicycle,
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By Nick Atkinson
Guest writer
Come On to New Zealand: The 1980s tourism video that wants you to get nude
27th July, 2020

Come On to New Zealand: The 1980s tourism video that wants you to get nude

Tara Ward takes a trip back in time with this classic 1980s New Zealand tourism video.
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By Tara Ward
TV writer
Crayfish for breakfast in Kaikōura (Photo: Leisha Jones)
24th July, 2020

Rediscovering Aotearoa through food: A post-Covid snacking odyssey

A love letter to New Zealand, from crayfish to custard squares.
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By Leisha Jones
Guest writer
Getty Images
19th July, 2020

The ultimate guide to New Zealand quarantine and managed isolation hotels

What should you expect when you touch down in New Zealand, bound for your temporary hotel home? It all depends on the luck of the draw
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By Isaac Davison
Guest writer
Photo: Getty Images
13th June, 2020

The trans-Tasman bubble can wait. NZ and the Pacific can make a Covid-free zone

The health arguments are sound, and the economic and cultural imperatives are clear.
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By Collin Tukuitonga
Guest writer
Immigration NZ’s New Zealand Now site.
11th June, 2020

QUIZ: How does NZ describe itself to lure people from nine different nations?

Only one is really easy, but most of them make sense, in a bleak way.
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By Toby Manhire
Editor-at-large
A boom in domestic tourism in Queenstown could cushion the damage of the border closure. Photo: Getty
16th May, 2020

Exclusive: New poll offers hope for devastated tourism industry

Widespread appetite for domestic tourism, while public support for the alert level two shift is high.
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By David Brain
Contributing writer
Photo: Getty Images; Graphic: Tina Tiller
15th May, 2020

‘An absolute crock’: Tourism industry rounds on ‘wildly disappointing’ budget

The tourism sector was holding out hope for a lifeline. It didn't come, and now, they say, they're drowning.
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By Catherine McGregor
Deputy Editor
The iconic Church of the Good Shepard at Lake Tekapo, Mackenzie Basin. Photo: Getty Images
25th April, 2020

The lockdown sanctuary at Lake Tekapo

What's it like living out the lockdown at one of New Zealand's most popular tourist destinations?
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By Michael Andrew
Guest writer
Why I love: Duolingo, the language app that’s the next best thing to travel
Opinion
21st April, 2020

Why I love: Duolingo, the language app that’s the next best thing to travel

Missing international travel? At a loose end? It's time to learn a language, the easy way.
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By Catherine McGregor
Deputy Editor
Photo: Getty
18th March, 2020

For shoestring tourists needing to self-isolate, options are few

The government says tourists could be deported if they fail to self-isolate. One problem: there aren't many places they can do so.
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By Josie Adams
Staff writer
A passenger at Rome’s Fiumicino airport on January 31, 2020 (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
7th March, 2020

What you need to know about travel and Covid-19

Should you stay, or should you go? Your burning questions on travelling in the time of coronavirus, answered.
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By Catherine McGregor
Deputy Editor
Getty Images
19th February, 2020

The Spinoff guide to air travel etiquette

You may not be punching strangers' seats, but there's plenty of other behaviour that is guaranteed to make your fellow passengers seethe with rage. Here's how to travel by plane without making people hate you.
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By Catherine McGregor
Deputy Editor

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