Oceania

Where is it? 50 km south of Dunedin, in the Clutha District.Origin of current name: It’s either a shortened version of Milltown (for the early flour and oat mills) or a reference to the English …

Alex Braae visits the Treaty Grounds — a perfect spot to soak up a little of our history.Imagine hosting an overseas visitor in New Zealand in February. They turn on television news to images of…

Oceania Cruises will make New York a seasonal homeport for the Insignia, starting in the summer of 2017.The deployment begins Aug. 10, when the Insignia arrives at the Manhattan Terminal at the end of…

A luxurious $10,000 a night waterfront penthouse – which is set to be one of New Zealand’s priciest hotel suites – will open in Queenstown this summer.The Penthouse at Eichardt&rsquo…

The majesty of the skies above Tekapo is captivating, writes Sarah Daniell.We have travelled more than 1000km, we are 1000m above sea level and we are looking at Saturn, about 1.2 billion kilometres a…

The tiny dishes of this Lyttelton eatery grew on locals, says Jesse Mulligan.When Giulio Sturla opened Roots, an ultra-modern restaurant in Lyttelton, the locals hated it. The Canterbury harbour town …

LEG ONE: GREYMOUTH TO KUMARAAnna Harrison embarks on four days of cycling to explore the beauty and history of the rugged West Coast.They say you never forget how to ride a bike. But the last bike I r…

Wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 suggests the aircraft did not make a controlled descent into the ocean, according to a new report.Various pieces of the Boeing 777 have been wa…

One man’s visionary dam in the Kimberley has led to an upsurge in new growth, writes Judy Bailey.It’s grey nomad season in the Kimberley. I’m stunned by the constant procession of fo…

Fantastic, creative food in a casual environment is the city’s new wave of dining, writes Anna King Shahab.The beauty of fast-growing Sydney is that if you leave it a while between visits, there…