We’ve still got our hottest month to go, so even though we’ve passed the longest day, this weather promises to be around for a bit longer. Here’s a secret little spot to hide away in and take advantage of the back-to-school quietness, head to tiny Kuaotunu in the Coromandel. It’s really only famous for one [...]
New Zealand
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My secret Coromandel hideaway
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Hot deal: Cape Reinga & cruise combo
Journey along Ninety Mile Beach, then stand on the tip of NZ and see where the Tasman Sea collides with the Pacific Ocean at Cape Reinga. Visit the ancient Puketi Kauri Forest, with a 20min boardwalk past 1,000 year old Kauri trees andnative bush. Try sandboarding down the massive sand dunes on boogie boards at [...]
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Aucklanders – give your city a cuddle!
Auckland Scene: You know, I’m hardly an Auckland native. I was born here, but shortly after my arrival I was shuffled quickly down the line to the nearest agriculturally inclined town deemed safe enough to raise a child. I moved back up as a part of my rebellious coming-of-age; left my Swandri to pill and [...]
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Tease your tresses at Pony Express in Auckland
If you haven’t visited Newmarket lately, you’re in for a big surprise. First there’s a whole new fashionista street behind the Rialto. Osborne Street (off Teed Street) has been made-over and now bursts with designer labels, new footpaths and trees. Then over on Broadway the new flagship Glassons has opened in the old Hallensteins building [...]
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The Kuaotunu killer cone!
I’ve just come back from a weekend in Kuaotunu. Where, you ask? I know, it’s a mission to find if you’re not from the ‘Mandel. Basically you head to the Kopu Bridge at Thames and turn right to get there via Tairua and Whitianga or left via Coromandel town. About an hour and a half [...]
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Whitianga’s scallops are sizzling this weekend!
I’m as excited as a kid in a candy store for the upcoming Whitianga Scallop Festival! In fact I reckon even a kid would take a freshly sauteed scallop over a gummy bear any day. The famous festival started in August 2005 and about 2500 people came that first year to sample the locally harvested [...]
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Jucy launches a funky hotel in Auckland
Looking for cheap accommodation in Auckland? Check out the Jucy Hotel – a funky new backpackers right in the city.
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Come to my place for the RWC
Auckland Scene: Folk are running about in a veritable feeding frenzy in the lead-up to the Rugby World Cup. Party Central looks like it’s going to end up being more of a state of mind and less of an actual place. The All Blacks are personally testing the public transport stretch into Kingsland. Mt Eden [...]
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Plenty of brain food at Kai to Pai
Auckland Scene: In a world obsessed with counting calories, going organic and eliminating G.E, it’s nice to know that we live in a country that still celebrates tucker as a cultural icon, rather than something to be scrutinized at its molecular level. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying we shouldn’t shudder at the fact [...]
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Free phone calls from Lawrence to the rest of the world!
From where?! I hear you ask. Lawrence is a tiny squeak of a town in Central Otago and only known to me because I have cousins there whom I have visited only once, age 17. Well not even there – they live even more remotely on a farm in the wop cacks and I remember [...]
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