Oceania

A 110km bicycle ride’s a breeze when it’s topped up with a wine or three, writes Katrina Johns.A three-day leisurely cycling tour through some of the best wineries Hawke’s Bay has to…

Tasmania’s Three Capes trail is spectacular, but it’s not cheap, writes A. Odysseus Patrick for The Washington PostHilly, forested and wet Tasmania is regarded by many Australians as their…

bmi has appointed Antony Price as director marketing & customer with immediate effect.Based at the airline’s East Midlands hub and reporting to airline chief commercial officer Jochen Schnad…

David Smith checks into the Baycrest Lodge, in Taupo.Check-in experience:The best recommendation for any accommodation provider is return visits. We first stayed at Taupo’s Baycrest Lodge soon a…

Qantas’ third Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will be named after one of Australia’s cutest native animals, the quokka.Unique to Australia and largely found on Rottnest Island off the coast of Per…

Charismatic Motutapu is for the birds, writes Elisabeth Easther.Motutapu is a remarkable island. Not only is it one of the oldest landforms in the Hauraki Gulf, it’s connected by a causeway to t…

When the time is right, Te Puia provides a unique experience, writes Elisabeth Easther New Zealand.If you know the Coromandel Coast at all, you’re never surprised when you see it sitting at the …

Naumi Hotels, the Singapore-based design hotel group, is to launch Naumi Auckland Airport as its first location in New Zealand.The move is part of wider expansion plans in Australasia and internationa…

Helen van Berkel checks into the Aleenta resort, at Phang Nga, in Thailand.Getting there: About half an hour’s drive north of Phuket International Airport, across the Sarasin Bridge, is one…

The adventure in a sentence:Cape Reinga is well known as the furthest tip of the North Island.Thousands of visitors drive there each day, but why not walk it?For this adventure, we started at Spirits …