Taking a slow drive along Greytown’s main street, it’s easy to see how this provincial settlement has earned the title of cafe capital of the Wairarapa.
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Trout fishing in Turangi→
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Looming large as we head up State Highway 1 towards Turangi are the three crowns of Tongariro National Park, their distinctive volcanic peaks piercing the clear blue sky.
Read MoreRotorua - Hot Pool Heaven→
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Rotorua’s active volcanic wonderland of frothing geysers, bubbling mud pools, and natural thermal springs and spas is the North Island's epicentre of thermal delight.
Read MoreOvernighting at Ormondville Railway Station→
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Ormondville, 11pm. A deep rumbling draws steadily closer, floorboards resonate with the soothing clackety-clack of wheel upon track. The reverberations reach a crescendo then die away, and the tiny town is once again enveloped by silence – until the next train heading north comes rushing through the night.
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River Birches→
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River Birches is built on the site where legendary fisherman, Zane Grey, trekked through bush seeking out the trout-filled pools of the Tongariro River in 1926.
Read MoreCorrugated Kiwi→
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There’s something incredibly Kiwi about corrugated iron. Take a good look ‘round next time you’re out and about and you will spot many a roof, fence, bach and barn clad in its distinctive rippled waves. The more you look the more you see.
But nowhere embraces its versatility like the small South Waikato township of Tirau where it has become something of a fashion statement, adorning almost every high street building in some way, shape or form. And we’re not talking ‘slim line’ baby iron either, but good old fashioned bog standard corrugated, painted every colour of the rainbow.
Read MoreAll Deco’d out→
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Art Deco homes from the 1930s are found throughout New Zealand from small country towns like Ranfurly to big city suburbs, but nowhere are they found as abundantly as the sunny seaside city of Napier.
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Pukeko Landing Lake Tarawera→
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Pukeko Landing is a self-contained three-bedroom cottage, ideal for groups of friends, or extended families, or anyone looking for complete peace and privacy.
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