Hawkes Bay by Bike: Three Days of Coastline, Rivers & Vineyards
An unhurried journey through Hawke’s Bay’s estuaries, river valleys, coastline and some of New Zealand’s most celebrated wine country. With over 200 kilometres of interconnected, flat cycle trails, Hawke’s Bay is one of those rare destinations where cycling feels less like exercise and more like indulgence. With the assistance of Takaro Trails, we planned our three-day cycle […]
The Forgotten World Adventure – one of New Zealand’s hidden treasures
The Forgotten World Adventure is a great 2-day experience taking you back in time to when New Zealand was truly rural, life was hard, and folk needed grit and determination to get ahead. We set off from Stratford, bound for Okahukura, near Taumarunui, on a journey of discovery to better understand how this pioneering generation […]
New Plymouth – highlights from my night in New Plymouth
It’s been quite a few years since I was in New Plymouth, in fact, it was in 2013, when I was at AUT completing my post grad in journalism. As part of the course I was assigned to work at the Taranaki Daily News for a week. Now 13 years on, I’ve returned to New […]