Māori elder’s vow to stay on Moturua Island: ‘I have a job to do’
Matutaera Clendon is determined to stay on the island where he was born and raised, despite orders to dismantle his illegally built tiny home.
Read moreMatutaera Clendon is determined to stay on the island where he was born and raised, despite orders to dismantle his illegally built tiny home.
Read moreThe loss of the Fairfax archive is one of the great debacles of New Zealand history-keeping. Here’s how I found a small part of it back.
Read moreAn island’s overpopulation problem turns out to be a blessing for a mainland conservation project.
Read morePerched 1800 metres above sea level in the Southern Alps, Mueller Hut is surely one of the best places in New Zealand to spend the night.
Read moreAncient podocarp forest, soaring suspension bridges and oodles of history make the Timber Trail one of New Zealand’s best cycling experiences.
Read moreTwo years ago a massive slip wiped out a highway and turned Mangamuka into a ghost town. Now it’s happened again.
Read moreIn the Hunger Winter of 1944-45 Dutch families faced a terrible choice: Risk starving to death or walk hundreds of kilometres in sub-zero temperatures to find food.
Read moreTowering monuments, vibrant cities, and a national identity which has somehow survived Soviet oppression and a turbulent history — those are a few of my memories from a trip to Ukraine long before the Russian invasion.
Read moreProud desert dwellers, extraordinary hospitality, and the ancient, rock-hewn city of Petra: Just three of the reasons you need to visit Jordan.
Read moreThe island boasts spectacular beaches, hot springs, raucous birdlife and lush forest — and it’s just half an hour from Auckland by plane.
Read moreWhere experiencing one of New Zealand’s wildest places doesn’t mean you have to go without fine food and lodgings.
Read moreA chance discovery sheds light on the last famine in Western Europe: The Hunger Winter of 1944-45.
Read moreThe monks of Sedlec Abbey, in what is now the Czech Republic, turned a problem into a morbid masterpiece.
Read moreBest known for its ancient wonders, Egypt also boasts biblical sites, superb snorkelling, stoner hangouts, trips down the Nile on traditional sailing boats, and — best of all — sleepy oases of date palms and mud brick homes deep in the desert.
Read moreVillage’s creator had a “serious flirtation” with an island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf before choosing a bay near his home in Wales instead.
Read moreWhat does it mean to be a New Zealander of Dutch descent? And what if the country of my ancestors decides I no longer belong?
Read moreMore than 900 years after it was built Angkor Wat is still the world’s biggest religious monument — but this resilient, vibrant country offers much more than temples.
Read moreDestroyed factories, looted manhole covers, stunning scenery and staggering generosity: That was Albania in 1999.
Read moreSnow-covered landscapes, peeling plasterwork and views from my window: A sentimental selection of photos from Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in the early 1990s.
Read moreAn ambitious ecological restoration project aims to return a small corner of New Zealand to the way it was before humans arrived.
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