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Whitsundays: Sail away
Like sea turtles and snorkelling, islands and adventures - and sipping a gin and tonic while the water laps gently around you and the sun slips into the ocean?
Like sea turtles and snorkelling, islands and adventures - and sipping a gin and tonic while the water laps gently around you and the sun slips into the ocean?
Barbara Holloway writes an ode to her Auckland.
Well, for one, it's pretty magical to get to experience a white Christmas - sure, it'll be extremely cold, but Europe does Christmas exceptionally well.
You don't need to be Jay Z or Beyonce to live it up like a star in West Hollywood.
Emma Galloway is charmed by Auckland's food and fast pace.
Pirongia is Maori for "like a bad smell" although Pirongia is pretty and not at all smelly.
A good rule is not to get anything written on your body that you don't understand - we've all heard the horror stories.
I took my three boys to Thailand and met two of my best girlfriends from my Hong Kong days.
There are places linked to rock royalty all over the world ... if you know where to look.
The kind of tourist you are determines the kind of tour you get, but unfortunately, I have learned, sometimes good people are bad tourists.
This clever T-shirt is emblazoned with 40 icons that tourists can use to communicate when they don't know the local language in whatever country they're in.
What exactly is the point of flight mode? Has there ever been an accident because of a mobile device being left on?
Hawker centres abound but the Maxwell Centre, one of the biggest, is a good place to start your cheap-eats journey.
Tristram Clayton is co-host of NZ Herald Focus, here he shares his most memorable travel memories.
Tim Bray appreciates the past of Auckland's theatre industry and how it has become home.
Apart from the traffic/road conditions safety aspect I was also wondering about personal safety while biking around.
Stop! This is the empire of the dead, reads a sign greeting visitors at the entrance to the two-kilometre long tunnels filled with bones, writes Patrick Fort.
Tablets are catching up to toys when it comes to travelling with kids and a free hotel breakfast is a must.
As far as activities, the Botanic Gardens are a must and free guided tours are available twice a day.
There's a lot more to Hawaii than Waikiki Beach and Pearl Harbour - here's a look, island by island.
Gratuities are being solicited more than ever and travellers are prime targets.
My question is, can pilots vary the planned routes as he did or do they need airline approval? But it did save time on a long direct flight.
Books can take you places, but Steve Braunias wants to go for real to the exact place he's been reading about.
Formerly known as Joliffetown and Moonlight Gully, it was subsequently named for the Blackball Shipping Line, which leased land in the area to mine coal.
Stay at the Ovolo Hotel in the former wool store-cum-Naval building on Finger Wharf (Russell Crowe owns an apartment at the end).
You're more likely to come down with a nasty bug than be injured while travelling - and that touch-screen entertainment device could be responsible.
Tourists who don't do their research can make all kinds of cultural gaffes abroad for something as simple as a hand gesture or a drink order.