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The Great NZ Road Trip
![If NZ was a business, this would be our happiness score: A wrap and 16 awards of Great Road Trip](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=793)
If NZ was a business, this would be our happiness score: A wrap and 16 awards of Great Road Trip
The end of the roadie: NZ's best pie, pub, region, city, town, and village.
![2500km for $322 - how a V8 driver in an EV tackled some of NZ's hairiest, scariest roads](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=793)
2500km for $322 - how a V8 driver in an EV tackled some of NZ's hairiest, scariest roads
How a petrolhead found an EV on an eventful cross-country journey.
![Paddy Gower on his mood, his true passion, and his biggest fear](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Paddy Gower on his mood, his true passion, and his biggest fear
'I’m afraid of dying, particularly of cancer. But it’s only because I love life.'
!['Stubborn optimism': How the Raglan 'vibe' has helped this yoghurt company build success](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Stubborn optimism': How the Raglan 'vibe' has helped this yoghurt company build success
Meet a Raglan entrepreneur bringing a surfie-speak vibe to her endeavours.
![The Great NZ Road Trip: Rotorua to Tauranga](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Great NZ Road Trip: Rotorua to Tauranga
NZME's Editor-at-Large Shayne Currie continues his road trip across NZ in the all electric VW ID.5, making his way from Rotorua to Tauranga. Video / Shayne Currie
![The Great NZ Road Trip: Raglan Food Company's 'give back' philosophy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Great NZ Road Trip: Raglan Food Company's 'give back' philosophy
Raglan Food Co. co-founder Latesha Randall talks about the company's environmental efforts. Video / Raglan Food Co
![Rotorua took a big hit last year; This 28yo is helping lead a remarkable tourism turnaround](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rotorua took a big hit last year; This 28yo is helping lead a remarkable tourism turnaround
From washing dishes in the hotel less than a decade ago, to leading the entire staff.
![The Great New Zealand Road Trip: Nine Questions With... Trish Peng](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Great New Zealand Road Trip: Nine Questions With... Trish Peng
"I’m a firm believer that our actions and efforts carry more weight than our words."
![The Great NZ Road Trip: Frances Denz MNZM](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Great NZ Road Trip: Frances Denz MNZM
Frances Denz reflects on her teaching excellence award. Video / Bay of Plenty Times / NZ Herald
![The very small NZ village with an astounding (and hidden) story - featuring an A-list star](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The very small NZ village with an astounding (and hidden) story - featuring an A-list star
The business with famous customers operating from one of our smallest villages.
!['We don’t have it so bad': What seeing the world taught Bailey Mackey about his own home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'We don’t have it so bad': What seeing the world taught Bailey Mackey about his own home
'We don’t have it so bad… there are some pretty broken countries in Europe."
![When the big bands played: The man reigniting NZ's old rural halls](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
When the big bands played: The man reigniting NZ's old rural halls
The halls are the heart of the community. Jamie Macphail's making them beat again.
![The Great NZ Road Trip: The charm of Matiere](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Great NZ Road Trip: The charm of Matiere
Shayne Currie continues his journey, making his way into the small town of Matiere and getting shown the beauty of the quaint town. Video / NZ Herald
!['Shut up and get on with it': Liam Malone on his hopes and fears for NZ and the world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Shut up and get on with it': Liam Malone on his hopes and fears for NZ and the world
"Why did we go so far to stop producing the next Ernest Rutherford?"
!['Kiwi will beat them all!': The small NZ town immortalising a sporting great](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Kiwi will beat them all!': The small NZ town immortalising a sporting great
A superstar flies again: 'Dad and Kiwi were just really great mates.'
![How a trip to Kenya inspired a multimillion-dollar business](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How a trip to Kenya inspired a multimillion-dollar business
Dan Radcliffe turned his lacklustre OE experience into a successful business.
![The Great NZ Road Trip: 'Doing good' a way of life for Taranaki entrepreneur](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Great NZ Road Trip: 'Doing good' a way of life for Taranaki entrepreneur
From a north Taranaki farm to Kenya to a New Plymouth brew pub, local entrepreneur Dan Radcliff says "things don’t have to be boring to do good.” Video / Ilona Hanne / IVHQ / NZ Herald
![The Great NZ Road Trip: Palmerston North to New Plymouth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Great NZ Road Trip: Palmerston North to New Plymouth
Shayne Currie continues his journey, making his way into Taranaki and stopping off in Waverley. Video / NZ Herald / Getty
![Never mind the Oscars - the unique way Wētā's Sir Richard Taylor measures business success](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Never mind the Oscars - the unique way Wētā's Sir Richard Taylor measures business success
A rare interview with one of NZ's creative geniuses: 'You've got me going now.'
!['Too many hawks, not enough doves': Lucy Lawless on fear, hope, and what she wants Kiwis to know about Auckland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Too many hawks, not enough doves': Lucy Lawless on fear, hope, and what she wants Kiwis to know about Auckland
Lawless is making a new movie about one of New Zealand journalism's heroines.