Destinations

Jill Malcolm comes across the unexpected in the village of Mangaweka, a truly tiny town with an estimated population of approximately 200
Travel writer Lisa Jansen visits Nelson and finds the town is much more than the gateway to Able Tasman and Golden Bay
Hands down one of the most spectacular road trips in Aotearoa has to be the route that leads to the peninsula city of Gisborne. The scenery will astonish, says Elisabeth Easther.
For the curious RV traveller, one of the joys is coming across villages that are off the beaten track. Though tiny in size, they often have sizeable stories to tell.
Despite being NZ’s longest navigable river, Whanganui River has only two bridges between Whanganui and Taumarunui, but that doesn’t mean there’s any shortage of places to explore