Story Angles

‘In search of the treasures of the Whanganui River and the world of Tane’...

If cyclists have plenty of time but little money and want to see the New Zealand countryside, they could try WWOOFing, Willing Workers on Organic Farms.

“Gliding Peak” is the literal translation of the Mâori word Taranaki – which fits with the Mâori legend of how Mt Taranaki came to where he now resides.

Long before Europeans came to Aotearoa New Zealand, Whirinaki Forest has special significance to the early Maori iwi (tribes) of Te Urewera.

Before the coming of the European, the vast timbered lands of the Whirinaki rainforest served as a Garden of Eden to the mountain iwi (tribes) of Te Urewera region of the central North Island of Aotearoa (New Zealand).

It’s hard to believe people could get excited about catching a fish five millimetres long, but that’s the case in New Zealand’s whitebait season.

Wilderness Lodges at Moeraki on the West Coast of the South Island and at Arthur’s Pass in the heart of the Southern Alps are at the forefront of nature tourism.

Jane Hunter of Hunters Wines and Michelle Richardson of Villa Maria Estate are two New Zealand women at the pinnacle of achievement in the wine industry.

The World of WearableArt Awards Show is a two hour theatrical spectacle held each spring in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington.

Ngatokimatawhaorua is believed to be the largest war canoe (waka) ever built and can carry 80 paddlers and 55 passengers.