Jim Eagles says it's a pity we we don't make more use of the marvellous recreational potential offered by the Hauraki Gulf.

We're travelling to a family wedding in San Francisco next April with our two children (aged 1 and 3).

An annoyed Irishman on a working holiday in NZ discovers it's always best to shop around for the cheapest airfare.

We round up the hottest travel deals going.

Las Vegas is where a bride's theme will come true, writes Maria Slade.

Michael Brown has the heads-up on the best South African side-trips and booking your World Cup tickets.

They're calling it the "bunny good idea" package at The Heritage Hotel in Auckland this Easter.

We are flying into Rome and join a cruise in Venice a few weeks later.

An unspoilt nation with exotic experiences on tap.

We are two older adults travelling to the US in early April and hope to stretch our visit to three months.

Victoria Bartle rounds up some of the best travel deals going.

Stumped by foreign languages when you're travelling? Google is working on software that translates text captured by a phone camera.

Midnight Youth's drummer Aidan Bartlett shares his travelling tips.

Victoria Bartle rounds up some of the best travel deals going.

With the world's eyes soon on Vancouver for the Winter Olympics.

Kerri Jackson revels in the luxury of Auckland's restored and refined Hotel DeBrett.

Advice on planning a mid-year trip to Thailand and nutting out an itinerary for northern Africa.

Tripadvisor.com has released its annual lists of the dirtiest hotels in the world, based on travellers' reviews.

How best to enjoy the sun: DIY or package deal?

Alanah May Eriksen travels to the island nation just a couple of months after the September tsunami which destroyed the southeast coast of Upolu and discovers the tourist industry is in full swing.

My wife and I are off to Honolulu towards the end of December for 10 days. We're interested in things to do, things perhaps that are not on the well-beaten tourist track. Any tips?

Find inspiration from classic books such as Dracula and Where the Wild Things Are.

The Lonely Planet travel experts plan out itineraries for some intrepid readers.

Bone up on foreign rules to keep on the right side of the law, writes Chris Pritchard.

But Kerri Jackson is forced to admit she doesn't, on a trip to the British Music Experience in London.

One of the perks of being a tech journalist living in a small country at the very ends of the earth is that I occasionally get to hop aboard a plane and travel to somewhere to write about gadgets.

Susan Buckland boards a freighter, bound for hauntingly beautiful islands where ancient man-size stone tiki guard moody, lush valleys.

Veteran mountaineer Graeme Dingle shares his travel tips.