Luxury

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.

A new five star riverside lodge, set in the central North Island’s spectacular mountain landscape, has become the latest addition to New Zealand’s list of luxury destinations.

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.

Taupo, the central North Island’s lake resort and popular tourist destination, is to have a Hilton hotel – only the second in New Zealand to be managed by the famous world corporation.

A Californian couple who’ve waited 25 years to fulfil a dream to visit New Zealand, will be making the trip in style having won an on-line auction for a luxury holiday.