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Little Polynesian Resort, Rarotonga.

Island resort offers a wonderfully laid-back escape from winter

Set in lush gardens with a backdrop of volcanic mountains and the ocean beckoning beachside, Little Polynesian is your textbook tropical escape.

  • Trudi Jenkins

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Major wing of New York’s famed Met reopens with work by First Nations artists

In a time of swings and roundabouts for Aboriginal Australian art in New York, two new works take a prominent position in the reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller wing.

  • Michael Koziol
It’s possible to walk for hours without seeing any sign of human habitation.

The hidden side to one of NZ’s most popular islands

Only a 40-minute ferry ride from downtown Auckland, Waiheke Island receives an avalanche of visitors every summer. But it’s not hard to get away from them.

  • Rob McFarland
Pack light for the hike.

I went on my first big hike in my 40s. It changed the way I see travel

Thirty years ago, my mother hiked New Zealand’s Milford Track. My attempt to follow in her footsteps was an eye-opener.

  • Bianca O'Neill
The sculpture has been on display at the airport since 2013.

‘It breaks my heart’: Giant Gandalf sculpture in NZ airport to be removed

For more than a decade, passengers at Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant, hovering eagles from The Hobbit.

Pristine shores of Moso, an island off the northwest coast of Efate.

How does Vanuatu compare with holiday favourite Fiji? I found out

Having visited Fiji countless times, I was keen to see the difference between the two Pacific nations – and there were some notable distinctions.

  • Sheriden Rhodes
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Pacific Resort Aitutaki is the tropical island of your dreams.

The tropical paradise you can have (almost) all to yourself

Aitutaki is wonderfully unspoiled compared to certain other island hotspots, and this adults-only resort takes the fantasy a step further.

  • Trudi Jenkins
Cook Islands.

Best of the Pacific

Our blue backyard consists of 10,000 islands spread across the world’s largest ocean, so there’s no better place in the world to book a flop-and-drop.

Tourist numbers to New Zealand have not bounced back to pre-COVID levels.

Bloody hell, NZ’s come up with a tourism slogan worse than ours

Take a bow, New Zealand. Australia’s infamous “Where the bloody hell are you?” campaign is no longer the worst to come out of this region.

  • Robert Jackman
Dunedin’s Tunnel Beach, New Zealand.

The new bucket list for the Pacific and Australasia

The nations of Oceania are a captivating blend of pristine nature, cultural heritage and vibrant cities that even the most hardworking traveller will never exhaust.

  • Julietta Jameson

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