Walking / Hiking

In spring, New Zealand's vast mountains are usually more accessible for hikers, with receding snow, longer daylight hours, and warmer conditions.

When competing around the globe, world mountain bike champion Vanessa Quinn often thinks of the stunning trails back home in New Zealand.

Most people choose to visit Fiordland, New Zealand’s southern paradise in summer, but as Joe Russell discovers, spring and autumn is really the time to go.

Lake Waikaremoana is famous for its fresh water trout fishing and hunting, and as home to one of New Zealand’s top 10 walks.

Pure Trails New Zealand has developed guided hiking trips of the South Island of New Zealand specifically for the older active traveller.

Ulva Island, situated in Whaka o Te Wera (Paterson Inlet) on Rakiura (Stewart Island), is a sanctuary for visitors to learn about native flora and fauna from a Maori perspective.

Within the unfenced boundaries of Fiordland, one of the largest national parks in the world, is some of the most wild and dramatic scenery in New Zealand.

There are various significant literary spots open to the public, featuring important places in the lives of New Zealand's best-known writers.

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

Experienced and fit hikers relish the opportunity to tackle the Ball Pass, a three-day alpine treck crossing the Mount Cook Range.