Wellington / Wairarapa

Liz Light gets high in the sky at the annual Wairarapa Balloon Fiesta.

New Zealand’s very own Stonehenge, in the heart of rural Wairarapa, stands on a knoll above river flats with the grey-blue of the Tararua Ranges on the western horizon.

Liz Light, mostly on a bike, checks out gourmet Wairarapa.