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Hiking up or around Mt Taranaki gives you amazing views from nearly every direction.

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Small towns are coming up with creative ways of battling bad party behaviour.

As city dwellers make a break for it, new villagers pop up to enjoy the rays of summer.

Stay close to the shore with these beautiful stays around the country.

Stephanie Holmes checks in to the Avani Metropolis Auckland Residences.

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Actor Claire Chitham shares her favourite Kiwi holiday destinations.

Dunedin has great ways to welcome the weekend, writes Alexia Santamaria.

Alpine beauty offers snow in winter and biking and walking tracks in summer.

Ash Davey will be one of the yachties tearing across Cook Strait.

The City of Sails trumps holiday hotspots the Coromandel and the Bay of Islands.

Many know Queenstown as New Zealand's skiing hub.

There is much to charm in this tiny West Coast hamlet, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Tim Roxborogh tackles the famous river's bike trails with ease.

Eveline Harvey gets a buzz from sightseeing by helicopter.

KiwiRail locomotive engineer Alfred Wilson still isn't tired of the scenery.

Alexander Bisley traverses the Mainland on the Tranzalpine route.

Sue Halliwell returns to the spectacular Poor Knights Islands.

Jason Reeves checks into the Sudima Hotel, Rotorua.

Greta Umbers takes on the country's most popular day hike.

The streets, parks, museums, airport and zoo are teeming with creations from Weta.

Stephanie Holmes checks into the Hotel Grand Windsor, Auckland.

Tim Warrington finds himself in the stunning icefields of Franz Josef Glacier.

Graeme Lay looks at sites related to Captain Cook that Kiwi history buffs should visit.

Neil Porten and his daughter go black water rafting. Here are their accounts of adventure.

A break on the Kapiti Coast is an enchanted chance to unwind, writes Cloe Willetts.

Michelle Weir checks into a central Christchurch hotel with a 'wow factor' bathroom.