New chapter for Northland sailing ship with a colourful history
The Tui has variously been a sugar barge, a restaurant, a shipwreck museum laden with treasure, and the target of a notorious jewel thief and rapist.
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‘I haven’t found that feeling anywhere else’: How a waka changed a Dutch paddler’s life
A Dutch paddler who travels around the world each year to take part in Waitangi Day commemorations says learning about the Māori world has changed his life.
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Hawaiian voyagers welcomed back 40 years after historic visit to Waitangi
A voyaging canoe has returned to New Zealand four decades years after reviving one of the world’s oldest seafaring traditions.
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Who are they? Exhibition aims to identify people in Ans Westra’s famous photos
The organisers of an exhibition by acclaimed Dutch-New Zealand photographer Ans Westra are hoping visitors will recognise people in her images.
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Farewell faithful servant: Obituary for a Toyota Corolla
No object has served me better, or given me a greater ticket to freedom, than a 1987 Toyota Corolla.
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Hīkoi mō te Tiriti: A new generation rises up
A photo essay capturing the start of one of New Zealand’s biggest-ever protests, the nine-day Hīkoi mō te Tiriti (‘March for the Treaty’).
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Northland’s ‘Tarara’ reconnect with Dalmatian roots on Croatia rugby tour
More than a century after their forebears left what was then an impoverished corner of Europe, a Far North rugby team is using sport to rekindle old family ties.
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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.
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‘This must not happen again’: How a nation’s photographic history was lost, and found
The 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.
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The island with too many kiwi
An island’s overpopulation problem turns out to be a blessing for a mainland conservation project.
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Mueller Hut, Mt Cook National Park: Is this NZ’s best overnight walk?
Perched 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.
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How to ride New Zealand’s Timber Trail without blowing your budget — or busting a gut
Ancient podocarp forest, soaring suspension bridges and oodles of history make the Timber Trail one of New Zealand’s best cycling experiences.
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‘We can hear ourselves think again’: Stillness descends on Mangamuka as highway closes for the second time in two years
Two years ago a massive slip wiped out a highway and turned Mangamuka into a ghost town. Now it’s happened again.
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Auckland’s island escape: Great Barrier’s Aotea Track
The island boasts spectacular beaches, hot springs, raucous birdlife and lush forest — and it’s just half an hour from Auckland by plane.
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Fiordland’s Hollyford Valley: A walk back in time
Where experiencing one of New Zealand’s wildest places doesn’t mean you have to go without fine food and lodgings.
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Portmeirion of the south: How the most remarkable village in Wales was almost built in New Zealand
Village’s creator had a “serious flirtation” with an island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf before choosing a bay near his home in Wales instead.
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Being Dutch: What my heritage means to me
What does it mean to be a New Zealander of Dutch descent? And what if the country of my ancestors decides I no longer belong?
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Project Island Song: Return of the giants
An 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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Braving New Zealand’s Old Ghost Road
One of New Zealand’s newest dual-use tramping and mountain bike trails, the 85km-long Old Ghost Road is also one of the most spectacular.
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Getting high in Northland: A peak-bagger’s guide to the North’s 10 highest mountains
How to climb Northland’s highest peaks — well, some of them anyway — and where to find them.
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