A cautionary tale by David Morris.

The best way to tour New Zealand is by car.  With your own set of wheels you travel when you want, go where you want, and stop when you want. Coach options don’t allow that.

If you're travelling New Zealand for two months or more, buying a car can be an economical...

There is a delectable irony about Wellington’s new bar complex, the Temperance.

It’s in a 100 year-old heritage building that was originally the headquarters of the New Zealand Temperance Union -  a bunch of wowsers who fought to bring prohibition to this country.

Fortunately they were thwarted...

Kaiwaka in Northland, a village of some 537 souls (according to the 2006 Census),  sits astride State Highway 1, 20 clicks north of Wellsford.

It’s not what you’d call the cuisine capital of the country, but it does have one seriously redeeming gastronomical saving grace:  La...

Another tourist has died out in the New Zealand bush, the second in the last three weeks.  They are tragedies that just didn’t need to occur. This time it was a young Polish guy who got trapped by rising floodwaters in a bush stream.  Last month it was an Israeli girl who strayed off...

Took a trip last month from Wellington through Napier and Taupo on my way home to Auckland.

Made me realise what an under-rated  destination the Wairarapa region is. To start with it's physically beautiful - soft, gently rolling grassy downlands; the main road meanders easily along the...