Winston Aldworth gets behind the wheel of two high-performance cars with FreemanX Supercars in Queenstown.

In September 2013 Eddie Hobson spent 45 incredible days capturing New Zealand in timelapse photography and slow motion. Travelling both North and South islands, he covered over 8500kms. 'The beauty of New Zealand is breathtaking. The diversity, splendour and close proximity of the locations is astounding'. Courtesy Eddie Peter Hobson: https://vimeo.com/78982418 Check out tataride.com - facebook.com/timelapsetheworld

Auckland has been rated as one of the world's Top 10 Cities to visit next year by Lonely Planet, and some prominent Kiwis tell us why that accolade is richly deserved. Video / Lonely Planet

Judy Bailey relaxes on beautiful Hinchinbrook Island and sees a pair of cuddling koalas in the wild on Magnetic Island.

Colin Mathura-Jeffree finds style everywhere in Victoria's classy capital.

Northern Queensland has some incredible snorkelling and wildlife-spotting opportunities, finds Judy Bailey.

This amazing GoPro cam footage captured some amazing scenes as it was placed upon an eagle flying through Mer de Glace glacier and Montenvers Railway on northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif, in the French Alps.

Jon Bridges on some of the highlights of the inaugural Word Adelaide festival.

The couple's disrespectful action have gone viral. Video / Instagram

On this trip to Australia, Michael Van de Elzen will be blogging about the food and wine he experiences in Adelaide, the Barossa Valley and Tasmania.

You might remember Jon Bridges from radio and television programmes such as Ice TV. Now he produces 7 Days, a job he describes as crazy fun. Jon will be checking out culture on his travels through Australia.

Judy Bailey and husband Chris live in a villa on Auckland's North Shore but soon Judy will be packing her bags to explore the natural wonders Australia has to offer.

Colin enjoys digging for hidden gems in new destinations, finding the best places for coffee and chancing on great bargains. He'll be sharing his discoveries through his blogs.

The sit-in protests at Rabaa al-Adaweya mosque in Cairo have been widely reported, and now you don't have to simply observe from the television or news sites. 'Rabaa Tours' offers a hands-on experience of the protest, including interaction with demonstrators who have been there for over a month since the ousting of the former President Morsi. The tag line "Heard enough? Time to see" encourages tourists to come and see the "truth" about those at Rabaa.

It's all Snow business as nzherald.co.nz hit the slopes of Mt Ruapehu to see the runs and hear the frozen fun from the folks on the mountain.

Lynn Dao has allowed us to watch her fantastic video. Towards the end of her two week trip in New Zealand, she went with Dolphin Encounter in Kaikora to hop in the ocean and swim with a bunch of dolphins. She thought it was going to be amazing, but nothing prepared her for the surreal experience of swimming with a pod of 500 dusky dolphins!

Narongsak Nagadhana toured New Zealand and captured these beautiful time-lapse videos from the South Island, Mount Cook Valley - The Church of Good Shepherd in Tekapo - and a Queenstown sunset. courtesy vimeo.com/user17638692

The Louvre was closed on Thursday after its workers walked off their jobs to protest against what is said to be a rising problem of pickpockets haunting the famed Paris museum's vast galleries.

Fiji Airways's new Airbus A330 made its maiden commercial flight to New Zealand in 2013. Video / Supplied

Hawaiian Airlines will start flying non-stop between Auckland and Hawaii. It will be the only United States airline to fly to New Zealand. The flights will provide significant new holiday options for Kiwis, increasing opportunities to fly to Honolulu and providing same carrier connections to the neighbour islands of Maui, Kauai and Hawaii Island, and services to 11 destinations on the US mainland, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York.

Michelle Lv of the Ritz-Carlton in Guangzhou, the main city in southern China, showing off the hotel's presidential suite. The 420sq m room costs $10,000 a night.

South Africa said on May 6, 2021, it will end its captive lion industry in a major move for conservation. Photographer Aaron Smale travelled to South Africa as the winner of the Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the year competition to capture them in the wild. Video / Aaron Smale

Auckland Tourism has launched a new campaign aiming to drive tourism from New Zealand to the big smoke. Here's their ad.

New Zealand's first zip-line tour through the native tree canopy opened last weekend.

Early next month, Air New Zealand is launching a new hand-sketched in-flight safety video fronted by Emmy-nominated American actor Ed O'Neill - of hit TV show Modern Family - and New Zealand-born actress Melanie Lynskey of Two and a Half Men. The new video features 'cameo appearances' from a range of well known personalities, including world leaders like United States President Barack Obama, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and French President Francois Hollande. Other well-known faces include All Black Captain Richie McCaw, Olympians Mahe Drysdale and Valerie Adams, television star Paul Henry and rapper Snoop Dogg. The new safety video will be progressively rolled out on all international and domestic jet flights from early July.

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner demonstrator aircraft visited New Zealand this week: nzherald.co.nz travel editor Eveline Harvey went along for the ride from Auckland to Christchurch.