The Chateau Tongariro is one of the most luxurious hotels in New Zealand.
SeaLink has announced special Great Barrier Island fares for the post-Easter period.
Auckland hotels have come through a difficult and challenging year.
A day in downtown Los Angeles, where the day plays out like an orchestra.
Stop by the little Mercer Cheese shopMercer is one of those places you could blink and miss on State Highway 1 as you hurtle en route from Auckland to Hamilton or beyond. In fact I've only ever stopped at Mercer to use the loo or get petrol.
In which I pull a huge weekend in TokyoI'm not famous for my all nighters - I'm a lightweight on the turps and I like my bed too much - but catching up with old friends and the pure excitement of Tokyo proved a revelation. The city literally fuels you, there really is that much going on...
In the Eye of the Tiger: how to survive the Lantern FestivalIt'd been a couple of years since I last attended the Auckland Lantern Festival and I had completely forgotten how amazing it is. For three days, Albert Park in the CBD is transformed into a multicoloured, multi-cultural spectacle as Aucklanders join the Chinese and wider Asian communities in celebrating the Lunar New Year (this year it's the Year of the Tiger).
On one of those days where I just needed to crunch some miles I took I44 across Missouri. It was a dull and at times wet day, and so I couldn't help but notice the big bright neon signs I regularly passed for what were called 'Adult Stores'. According to the signs festooned across the large but bland buildings that were positioned just by the off ramps these places had a bit of whatever took your fancy, and 'at great prices'. ...