Editors of a prestigious New York publication heave revealed they have spent a long year without travel dreaming of being on Auckland's pleasure isle.
Waiheke was one of eight international destinations to make Conde Nast Traveler's 2021 Gold List. Editors singled out the island as a "forever favorite" as they compiled their annual list of the world's best travel experiences.
The short list was edited down from readers' favourites and "the stuff we daydreamed about in lockdown... that sustained us in a year of curtailed travel".
The glowing review said Waiheke was a "mini version of the country's greatest hits", parising its "golden sand beaches, wineries, and sheep-dotted hillsides."
Among the vineyards Man o War gained special recognition with their syrah being among the tipples editor Erin Florio missed the most.
