Tourism retailers see an upsurge in Kiwi's heading abroad as the strengthening dollar makes overseas travel more appealing.

Catherine Masters joins a Kiwi catamaran on its first cruise around Vanuatu.

The right to camp out by the beach and sleep to the sound of the surf is being banned in one of the North Island's top holiday spots.

Heart of the City says public money helping prop up Auckland's port could equate to the cost of an iconic building on Queen's Wharf.