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Welcome to Katoomba, the town that time forgot.

Millions of visitors drive through this town every year. Some tell them to skip it

The gateway to one of the state’s top tourist attractions has become a “blighted, deteriorating town”.

  • Julie Power

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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.

The magnificent landscape.

Underrated region is the most magnificent landscape I’ve ever seen

I’m hesitant to reveal this, but the underrated mountains of New Zealand’s North Island, as opposed to the popular South, is where the real action is.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Anapela Polataivao as Mareta in Tina.

‘Any big man will crumble’: Why mums are the heart of this hit NZ film

Tinā is now the sixth-highest grossing Kiwi film in history. Arriving in time for Mother’s Day, it expands our ideas of family.

  • Nell Geraets
A flight cancellation by Virgin Australia forced about 100 people to sleep in the airport until Easter morning.

Virgin Australia passengers in NZ stumped by series of errors

Qantas stepped in to provide blankets, mats and sleeping bags for Virgin Australia passengers forced to camp at Queenstown Airport, on Saturday night.

  • Chris Zappone and Poppy Clark
The sleeping bags provided to customers at the Queenstown, New Zealand airport.

‘100 people slept on carpet’: Virgin passengers spend Easter in Queenstown after delay, cancellation

Sydney-bound passengers stranded in New Zealand were unable to find accommodation on Saturday night because of the long weekend.

  • Chris Zappone
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Cabin crew and ground staff Air NZ uniforms featuring the Kōwhai print by designer Emilia Wickstead and artist Te Rangitu Netana.

A favourite designer of Princess Catherine brings a regal look to airline’s new uniforms

Emilia Wickstead has taken a break from dressing Princess Catherine to creating a uniform for her national airline, filled with Maori significance.

  • Damien Woolnough
Joanna Horton at the Smug Fig in Stones Corner, Brisbane. Horton is the author of novels Catching the Light and Between You and Me (Ultimo Press).

Brisbane author Joanna Horton on friendship, desire and the Greens

Joanna Horton, partner of Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather, balances activism and motherhood with writing powerful novels about human connection.

  • Nick Dent
French President Emmanuel Macron holds a meeting in Paris on Thursday with representatives of industries affected by the US tariffs.

‘Brutal’: Macron vows to protect Europe after US lands shock trade blow

The French president has called on EU nations to stop all investment in the United States after Donald Trump announced a 20 per cent tariff on European imports.

  • James Crisp, Nick Squires, James Rothwell and Sarah Newey
The 610-metre raised boardwalk across Blanket Bay.

No Lycra required: New NZ route is perfect for the unserious cyclist

This New Zealand cycleway will change the way you see biking forever.

  • Kerry van der Jagt

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