Oceania

A food festival deliciously packages the best the peninsula has all year, writes Alexia Santamaria.The view as you come over the hill before the descent into Banks Peninsula is stunning but it’s…

Growing up, my family was really into VWs. We lived in Onehunga, but quite often we’d traipse around the country going to VW shows and VW rallies, or camping in the Kombi. Every year we’d …

Perhaps it was the seat-of-your-pants, high-speed raft ride zipping through churning ocean waters off the coast of Queensland, zig-zagging without warning as some of the more daring perched on the ves…

Bella the black Labrador is hunting truffles.Within seconds she’s pawing the ground, indicating there’s a truffle embedded in the soil, waiting to be dug up. She makes her part look easy, …

Their signatures are inky spiders. Spindly legs and fat, loopy bodies. They are Mrs Brown and Mrs Smith and Mrs Thomas.They have relinquished their first names to marriage, but there is strength in th…

Avani Hotels & Resorts has announced the acquisition of the Metro Suites business in Auckland, New Zealand.In a deal worth over NZD11 million, the Metro Suites business currently operates in the l…

Cinnamon Life will welcome celebrity chef Australia George Calombaris to the property later this year.He will be in Sri Lanka from June 8th-11th, giving a lucky few an exclusive opportunity to dine, l…

Every year thousands of tourists from across the globe flock to the Bundaberg region, to get up close and personal with turtles – and it’s more than worth the journey.A swim with the majes…

W Hotels, part of Marriott International, has announced the appointment of Haldon Philp as general manager of the highly anticipated W Brisbane.Slated to open in early 2018, W Brisbane marks the re-en…

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 ho…