Back from a one-year hiatus, the Wellington LUX Light Festival features five new precincts guaranteeing an explosion of light, colour and sound to those visiting the Wellington City Centre.Don’t miss Freemans Bay artist Craig Neilson and his Wanderwave Foundation which…
The plane: Air NZ’s regional operator Mt Cook with an ATR72 turbo prop. Disconcerting to see a piece of overhead trim connected by hanging strip of Sellotape.Class: One class.Price: $59.Flight time: 1 hour.My seat: 9C on the aisle but the…
Qantas customers are set to benefit from smoother connections and improved facilities at Perth Airport with construction to begin on a new integrated domestic and international passenger hub.A new international wing, will be located within the existing T3/T4 area.It will…
Shandelle Battersby checks into the Heritage Collection Anchorage Resort, at Great Lake Taupo.Getting there: I flew into Taupo Airport (50 minutes) rather than making the drive from Auckland (three hours and 20 minutes). The Anchorage is five minutes from the…
The plane: Not all that dissimilar to a late 1990s school bus, plus wings.Class: Economy.My seat: 37F. My brother and I had a row of four to ourselves. Or two seats each, if you want to be difficult.Price: You can…
A chartered trip on the Silver Fern railcar has Tina Trenkner-Meade wondering why we can’t escape to the Winterless North by train more often.The baby lambs ran away from me. I was thrilled to see them. They were not thrilled…
I grew up in Whakatane with my grandparents and it was the best childhood you could imagine. The area we grew up in, Wairaka, had a real strong cultural footprint. Our people have been here for 1000 years. Living with…
It was like high school PE class all over again, though blessedly minus the Lynx deodorant favoured by teenage boys in the 90s. Those memories of nervously awaiting your turn to bounce over the beam, or do a long jump,…
The girlfriend of the Australian man detained in the US for overstaying his visa by one hour has expressed her anguish as his ordeal stretches into a second week.Baxter Reid, formerly of Canberra and Sydney, is likely to remain locked…
Emirates will provide an all-A380 service from Melbourne when it upgrades its third daily flight from the Australian city, EK408 and EK409, from a Boeing 777-300ER to an A380 operation.The move will add 945 seats per week to the Australian…
