Summer in the Snowy Mountains can still deliver harsh and unexpected weather. At Charlotte Pass, the highest resort in the range, the clouds swoop in dramatically thanks to wild winds.
Summer has thawed the last of the high peaks but there;s no doubt these mountains are cold and wild as a chilly gale rips across my [...]
11
Mar
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11
Mar
Down on The Farm takes on a new meaning for Angela Walker when she visits a new luxury lodge in Hawke;s Bay.
Our first impression of The Farm at Cape Kidnappers wasn;t the sweeping view over the Pacific and Hawke;s Bay, spectacular as it was, or the classy but comfortable decor, or even the Colin McCahon [...]
11
Mar
Down on The Farm takes on a new meaning for Angela Walker when she visits a new luxury lodge in Hawke;s Bay.
Our first impression of The Farm at Cape Kidnappers wasn;t the sweeping view over the Pacific and Hawke;s Bay, spectacular as it was, or the classy but comfortable decor, or even the Colin McCahon [...]
11
Mar
Meals are a challenge for Leah McLennan when she stays with Mongolian nomads.
Goat;s testicles! I exclaim as I;m handed a bowl of white balls in warm milky porridge. I;m visiting a Mongolian nomadic family on the eve of one of their happiest days of the year and one of the worst for their animals %26ndash; [...]
11
Mar
Happiness is … a converted truck, a fishing rod and a place to get away from it all.
Ivan and Linda Eastwood recline in the rear of their furniture truck and watch the sea.
The truck is parked on a patch of flat ground, its back to the sea, beside the gravel track that runs 2km along [...]
11
Mar
Happiness is … a converted truck, a fishing rod and a place to get away from it all.
Ivan and Linda Eastwood recline in the rear of their furniture truck and watch the sea.
The truck is parked on a patch of flat ground, its back to the sea, beside the gravel track that runs 2km along [...]
11
Mar
I take a jet-lag fuelled gulp of morning coffee and begin to flick through the pages of the local papers.
At this ungodly hour, I am sitting in solitude and pre-empting my breakfast with a few strips of more-ish biltong, rewarding the persistence of a few optimistic birds hopping around my feet with a taste of [...]
11
Mar
New Zealand does luxury lodges better than anywhere else. Winsor Dobbin gets a bird;s-eye view from a very different style of accommodation.
I love tree houses. I loved them when I was a kid and nothing has changed now I;m an older, fatter kid. Hapuku Lodge, outside Kaikoura on the east coast of New Zealand;s South [...]
11
Mar
A company part-owned by former MP Richard Prebble is planning a massive development near Turangi that will be twice the size of the town.
Te Whenua Venture Holdings plans to build 2500 house lots with facilities for sport and recreation about two kilometres north of Turangi.
The land is a former Landcorp farm block that was taken [...]
11
Mar
Shopping online is more popular than ever, but Consumer NZ warns it is also more dangerous than ever.
A report by the institute highlights the snags of shopping online.
Internet shopping has grown in popularity in New Zealand to the point where for every $3 spent in a conventional store, $1 is spent online.
But Consumer research manager [...]
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