It seems hard to believe now but just 30 years ago wine was small business on Waiheke.When brothers John and Paul Dunleavy bought 12ha of farmland in 1988, there were just two wineries on the island — Goldwater and Stonyridge….
Manly is one of Sydney’s most famous tourist attractions but may also be one of its least penetrated and understood.“Every concierge in Sydney will tell their guests to come here,” says Manly Centre manager Meegan Clancy. “But when they get…
Vietnam’s fantastical new JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay has picked up the prized title of Asia’s Leading New Resort at the 2017 World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony.The Bill Bensley-designed conceptual luxury resort, inspired by the legend…
Sitting waterside on Kawau Island, the house is owned by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. There’s a flagpole out the front on which guests can raise the RNZYS colours each morning.Getting there: We caught a water taxi — well,…
As the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love approaches next year, its epicentre in San Francisco is these days less counterculture and more just countering rising property prices.Haight-Ashbury became a flower-child mecca in 1967. Most accounts say the “summer”…
Strike me pink, Australia is big. And there are parts of it so beautiful they’ll take your breath away. Most of Queensland’s Whitsundays region, a 90-minute flight north from Brisbane, looks like the backdrop to a Lara Bingle ad.Stretching from…
There’s a certain effervescent energy when you get a group of women in a room together.It’s bubbling and overflowing with positive vibes, and there is a risk that they won’t be able to shut up. I noticed this instantly as…
Ian Baker-Finch has joined the team at easyGolf Worldwide – a luxury golf travel company providing golfers with holidays to the world’s best courses – in the role of ambassador.He will use his expansive knowledge and love of the sport…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxon said there’s a simple reason why the carrier chooses to put a sharp focus on innovation.“If it is good for the customer, it will be good for us commercially,” he…
Tourism New Zealand, Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Air New Zealand have announced their new joint venture partnership through a campaign for the Indian market, for the travel period May 2017 to April 2018.New Zealand has witnessed a steady increase in…
