NEW ZEALAND
Walking New Zealand’s Hokianga Coastal Track
Three days of wildly beautiful coastline — and chances are you won’t have to share it with anyone.
PACIFIC
Another Samoa: Tramping in the tropics
Hikers’ haven American Samoa is home to the only US national park in the Southern Hemisphere.
AFRICA
A beastly back rub: Hanging out with the hyenas of Harar
There are times in your life when you ask yourself: How did I get here? For me, one of those times was in a rubbish dump at night in Ethiopia with a 60kg hyena on my back.
ASIA
Against the odds: Surviving the Burma railroad
Seventy-five years after being conscripted into the Dutch East Army during World War II, a Northland man’s service – and his ordeal on the notorious Burma railroad – has finally been recognised.
CAUCASUS
Looking for Uncle Joe
Joseph Stalin is alive and well in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.
MIDDLE EAST
Best Mideast stopover: Dubai or Oman?
Your long-haul flight is touching down in Dubai and you want a stopover – but do you stay in the United Arab Emirates or head to nearby Oman? Here’s my verdict.
EUROPE
Bohemia’s bagpipe festival in pictures
Every two years the International Bagpipe Festival draws pipers from all over Europe — and occasionally from as far away as New Zealand — to a small town in the Czech Republic.
