Shandelle Battersby checks into a one-bedroom Seaview Cottage, overlooking the harbourGetting there:Akaroa is a 90-minute drive from Christchurch — if you’re heading there in winter take your time, as the road (SH75) can be icy and it’s pretty windy. The…
There are many and varied attractions in the capital that can transform a family stay into a refreshing adventure, writes Bronwyn SellThere are few experiences more fun than exploring a familiar city through your children’s fresh eyes. For my suburban…
There was a train. There would be Alps. Snow. Tunnels. A dining car, and possibly dodgy travelling companions, when Ewan McDonald rode on the TranzAlpineThe short, tending to portly, and we shall agree on gentleman, fussed his way up the…
Bronwyn Sell finds the best spots in the capital to feed the family.1 Pizzeria Napoli, 30 Courtenay PlAn authentic little Italian restaurant, filled with families when we dined early on a Friday evening. They have great kids’ pizzas and pasta,…
Many countries greet visitors with genuine enthusiasm and travel-brochure smiles but are any more friendly than Fiji? Maybe it’s the sense of family, the village community style of welcome and inclusion, that sets the island nation apart.I wish this snap…
Deep in the darkest corner of my vault of memories, just before the memory of losing my mother in the women’s wear section of Piggott’s department store, is the one of my first flight. I must have been about three,…
Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra has been appointed by Tourism Australia as the ambassador for the ‘Friend of Australia’ advocacy panel. Apparently, Chopra becomes the first Indian women ambassador for the advocacy panel.Parineeti Chopra joins Chef Sanjeev Kapoor and cricket expert…
The incoming government to supercharge the tourism industry’s success has recently unveiled Tourism for Tomorrow, the 2017 Tourism Election Manifesto during TRENZ 2017, the industry’s most important international trade show being held in Auckland.“Our Tourism 2025 goal is to build…
Eva Air has said goodbye to the old and welcomed the new in a retirement celebration for its Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft, an event which also saw the debut of its new uniforms as designed by Shiatzy Chen.The celebration was…
Ka pai, New Zealand!Aotearoa has been named as the third most beautiful country in the world, according to an influential travel guide.Rough Guides highlighted New Zealand’s “rolling green hills, majestic mountains, breathtaking fiords and amazing diversity of landscape from one…
