Luxury

An American couple have just completed their holiday dream trip in New Zealand after winning an online luxury travel auction.

New Zealand’s Huka Lodge in Taupo has received another prestigious award for excellence - this time for maintaining consistently high standards for 25 years.

New Zealand’s Blanket Bay luxury resort near Queenstown has been rated the second best place to stay in the world according to the Condé Nast Traveler’s 2010 Gold List.

US golfing phenomenon Anthony Kim was on the lookout for birdies rather than the spectacular landscape that was all around him as he took out the lucrative Kiwi Challenge golf tournament in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, yesterday (12.11.09).

Readers of one of the world’s most influential travel magazines have named Blanket Bay lodge, near Queenstown, as the best leisure hotel in Australasia and the South Pacific.

Cruising the protected blue waters of New Zealand’s island-studded Bay of Islands has taken on a new dimension with the arrival of the cruise ship 'Ipipiri'.

For the sixth year in a row, New Zealand has been ranked in the world’s top five best destinations by readers of prestigious Condé Nast Traveller magazine.

Australian Shannyn Gourley, from Victoria, is the lucky ‘one in a million’ Aussie who now has a New Zealand luxury holiday waiting for her.

Two top New Zealand luxury lodges - Kauri Cliffs, in Northland, and The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, in Hawke's Bay - have come in #1 and #2 in an international travel survey.

A million Australians (and a few more) have jumped the ditch to experience the Kiwi landscape, culture and attractions in the past year.