Phil Oliver is a Central Otago mountain biking legend. He is a man who locals acknowledge as a guru of the sport. A veteran competitor, Phil knows all the trails from four wheel drive and single trails, to the technical cross country rides and the fast down hill courses littered around the area.
Botanist and guru of New Zealand foliage, Tony Foster, has set up a new venture tucked in a special corner of Northland, giving overseas visitors a unique first-hand experience of New Zealand’s plant life.
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).
The New Zealand Garden Trust (NZGT), launched by the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture in early 2004, has created a trail of national and regionally significant gardens that provides an array of top garden experiences for visitors ...